Home sharing across state

Okay - so I have traveled away from my home for business - but now I want some of my music from my computer at home. I instructed my family to turn the computor on and open iTunes - but I still can't get my shared library to show up on this computer. Can it not be seen cross - state? Any help would be most appreciated. Thank you!

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    HALLELULAH!
    Well thanks to everyone that tried to help with this. I can't believe it has taken me two whole weekends to sort this out. And yes I did go to my local Apple store but they said that everything I had already done was what they would have suggested - they were interested to know as well.
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