ITunes shared libraries not showing in Mac OS Lion (but OK in Win7!)

I have recently bought my first Mac and so far everything is great. Except iTunes.
I'm still using iTunes on a Windows PC and I now have my iTunes Media all on a D-Link DNS-323 NAS.
I want to be able to listen to the same music (stored on the NAS) either on my PC, or my MacBook, or anywhere else in the home. So I'm using the NAS iTunes Server.
iTunes on Windows can see and access the NAS iTunes server no problem, but the MacBook (Lion) cannot even see it.
I also tried sharing my both my libraries on Windows (where my main iTunes Music Library was made over the years - now referencing media stored on the NAS) and on my Mac (the library is empty even though I've told it all my media is on the mounted NAS!). However, whilst Windows iTunes can see the (empty!!) Macbook iTunes library, the Mac again cannot see the Windows Shared Library.
So it seems my Macbook has a problem seeing shared libraries, regardless of whether they are on my Windows PC or the NAS drive.
Both the PC and the Macbook are running latest iTunes (10.6 on the Mac) and for the sake of testing, I have disabled ALL firewalls on the router (Huawei), Mac and Windows. So there should be nothing blocking the IP traffic across my home network (which is very simple!).
Any ideas on:
1) How I can get iTunes 10.6 on Lion to see my DNS-323 iTunes server
2) Or how I can get all my media in my Macbook's library without it fighting for control over my library with my PC
many thanks

I have the same problem. REading some other threads, there is no obvious solution, other than perhaps that apple silently is suppressing Windows to enable more mac sales? I know, a bit rude to say, but that is the impression one gets if there is no simple/obvious solution despite the "Mac just works" reputation. If am wrong, I apologize, please direct me to the thread or faq that gives the solution, thanks.

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