Home Sharing - works in WiFi, not Ethernet: Help!

Hi all -
I've had an Apple TV happily working with Home Sharing from a Mac Mini when both were on the WiFi network from my Time Capsule router.
However, I've just installed Ethernet cabling at home so all three are now connected on a wired network, and Home Sharing is no longer working on the Apple TV.
The Apple TV simply says that it can't find the Mac, and to check that it is on the same network. However, there's only one wired network / LAN in the building - just two CAT5 cables running to the Time Capsule, which is then getting the Internet from a cable modem.
Any idea how I can resolve this?

Katrina S. wrote:
+Seriously? No answers at all?+
This is a user forum. Lotsa folks asking questions, few sticking around to give any answers. Just depends who is around to see a message and whether they have any ideas to help. Could take days, not minutes or hours.
+I have created and tried this with three different accounts, but they all fail to enable Home Sharing.+
I'm confused why you're trying 3 different accounts. Try it using the same single account and two different PCs. Does that work? Can you download and play a free song of the week using one of those itunes store accounts?
Going forward, I hope you decide to only use one account. They can never be combined later. You'll have to forever remember the login credentials of each itunes store account if you move stuff to a new PC.
I tried 3 accounts, because none of them work for Apple TV. Yet, all three of them DO access the Apple store and forums and music and everything on this website.
Did I say anything about combining these accounts? Not even remotely helpful.
It's the same for me, as it is for rlongfield22(above).
I am absolutely serious: Apple is the most difficult, ridiculous, illogical interface I have EVER seen in 18 years of computing and using the internet. I use both MACs and PCs daily, so I can easily compare the experiences on many levels.
I know what I am doing on a PC and I rarely make common errors. I know my Apple ID and pass by heart(all three of them). I know my PC and network name by heart. My network and PC have the passwords blank.
So,...I should be able to have my Apple TV work, by simply activating Home Sharing on this network(done that successfully) and then activating it on my Apple TV(doesn't work).
I have tried activating Apple TV network first and tried activating Home Sharing first, but neither one works. When I plug in the Apple TV, the blue light flashes and then stays on.

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