Computer not available to sync via icloud

OK, working with an iPhone 4 which I successfully upgraded to IOS5
Turned on Wi-Fi/iCloud syncing and made sure to turn on options to sync calendar, notes, mail, etc
When I open settings/General/iTunes Wi-Fi Sync on iPhone 4 I find that the Sync Now button is grayed out and the phone says "Sync will resume when <network name of my computer> is available"
The thing is, that computer is on, iTunes is open, the computer is connected via LAN to the network which has wireless router, and WiFi is working.
So why is the phone saying my computer is not available? What am I not doing?

ralff,
I think the power-connector plug-in is only when you want to do a backup. Or, plugging into power automatically syncs and does backup. However, there is a sync button under Settings/Genera/iTunes Wi-Fi Sync that you can use even when it is not connected to power. I just now did it and it worked - however, I'm still finding that it treats the computer as being unavailable at times for no obvious reason. I just now saw it go from available to unavailable and back to available again, even though I did nothing different with the computer. This is the gist of my question - what exactly makes the computer "unavailable" when it is clearly turned on and connected to the LAN?

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