ATV doesn't show up in iTunes...and I have a PC

I am reposting a common question, only b/c the other posts seem to deal with ATV to Mac issues.
I have had ATV for about 1 yr and I have been able to use it fine. Until recently! I have a Hewlett Packard PC with a Linksys wireless router. I have a WPA protection and ATV is logged in and I can see the router. From the router software I can also see ATV. However, from iTunes I cannot see ATV. I have gone to the preference link and made sure iTunes is searching for ATV and the field remains blank.
I don't know what to do at this point. The troubleshooting guide gets me nowhere. Thanks for anyone's help and input.

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