3gs homeshare problem

Help! I have set up homeshare on my 2 laptops today, no trouble, I come to set up my iphone 3gs, and nothing is happening, I have enabled homeshare on settings on the phone, when i go into the ipod app, then into " more", no homeshare, i have been through just about every tutorial possible today, I am slowly going insane. I am using the same wi fi as my laptops,

Are you using the same Apple ID for your iPhone?
Is your Firewall On? If true, switch it Off.
Is virus scanner On? If true switch it Off.
Updated you router firmware?
Is WMM On in your router?
Is iTunes running?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3819
Message was edited by: ckuan

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