Homesharing and Airplay not working on Apple TV, 3rd gen.

I have reviewed many threads, no troubleshooting, rebooting, etc. is working. From what I have read it seems that everything is set up correctly, and this is something that happened suddenly (ie: one morning it was working, by night time not working) without anything on our system/network changing.
All other functions of the Apple TV are working, and all devices are signed in with the same iTunes ID.

Hi vazandrew - sorry some of the tech speak is above my head, and I don't know what 'interference' is or how to check for it . Likewise unsure about 'istumbler' or 'netstumbler'.
I have read most of:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5391766?start=0&tstart=0
and this:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4071583?start=15&tstart=0
and ensured I went through these steps:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2972
I'm not sure about all of the network setting information, router, etc. however it seems that if nothing changed regarding that then why would the device cease to operate properly in terms of the two problems I'm having?
Thanks for any suggestions, and in advance for explanations/'how tos'; if I need to check something or do something I'm totally capable but would need the process explained - sometimes the tech jargon is baffling

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