IOS7 iPad Home Sharing --- Work for Anyone?

I've tried every conceivable sequence of shut down, home sharing sign in sign out, reset, stand on my head facing north, etc., and my Gen 2 iPad only sees 49 of the 350 albums in my music library. What ever happened to Apple's fool proof works right out of the box?
Anyone cracked the code on this yet?

On further review, I see "Home Sharing" is not working AT ALL in the way it has been defined in the past. The 49 albums I can access on my iPad are only those that I've purchased, and the iPad seems to be accessing them through the iCloud, not my media server. The media server contains another 300 albums which were ripped.
Does Apple have any moderated forums?

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