Home Sharing stopped working ATV2 and 15" Macbook Pro OSX 10.7.2 & iTunes 10.51 (42)

I was working fine up until yesterday evening. I've tried everything from restoring and reseting the ATV2, restarting and reinstalling iTunes, turning homesharing off and back on again.
Also I can't use Airplay from my Iphone 4S or my Ipad2. Both problems starting at the same time.
I found some solutions for Win 7, but what about OSX?

Sounds like a lot of folks are having this problem with home sharing (me too) between the Apple TV 2 and iTunes... For me, it seems to solely be a problem of the Apple TV as my iTunes Home Sharing library is always available through Remote on my family's two iPhone 4Ss and iPad 2.
Out of curiosity, is anyone who has a hard-wired ethernet connection to their Apple TV experiencing this problem of Apple TV and iTunes Home Sharing not connecting?
After spending so much preparation time before purchasing the Apple TV last week (Handbrake'ing all my DVDs over the past month), it is truly frustrating to see that this device is not currently functioning as it should.

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