Home sharing not working on ipad with different account name but same apple id that was created, what to do?

PC is set up for home sharing and 2 iPads and 1 iPhone is sharing fine.  1 iPad and 1 iPhone is not home sharing.  The only difference on the devices not working is that the Apple account name is [email protected] while the Apple ID is [email protected] which is also the Apple ID used in creating Home Sharing and is the account used on the devices that are working.  Do they need to be the same?  My wife has her own iTunes account.  If they are the same how would her purchases be charged to her account?  Thank you for any help.

Hi there,
The article below has some more information for troubleshooting Home Sharing that you may find helpful.
Understanding Home Sharing
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3819
-Griff W.

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