Minecraft PE: "scanning for WiFi Games..." never finds any on same network

My daughter wants to play Minecraft PE with her friends when they are here at the house, but I cannot get things to work.  I suspect this is an Airport issue because we have done everything that the Minecrafte forums suggest to do to get this to work.
We use a TimeCapsule for our wireless network in the house.  It is configured in Bridge mode because the FIOS modem between it and the Internet doesn't accommodate any other configuration.
All the iOS devices (iPads, iPod touches, etc.) are all on the same wireless network in our house.   They all have their servers set to visible.
Yet when the kids want to join a game on a friend's device (in the house, on the same wireless network, and servers set to visible), they just get "Scanning for WiFi games...."
I have googled this problem, and the only discussion which seems pertinent is this (http://goo.gl/jMlYZ) in which the solution is to "make sure you have 'Enable Wireless Isolation' unchecked."  The poster was talking about the set up for a NetGear router. 
Airport Utility does not give access to such a setting as far as I can tell.
Any ideas?

Okay, nevermind the sync for now. I did know it has to be connected to power, but that is irrelevant since my devices won't appear in iTunes at all.
I am pretty sure the issue is with iTunes, as the it persists no matter what network I am on. I just moved recently, and now have internet with an entirely different provider and still no luck. Today I changed my network name and password, reconnected my computer, phone, and iPad all to the same network, no change. I also tried ending the "AppleMobileDeviceHelper" process in Windows Task Manager repeatedly, a solution I saw in a thread for the same issue - still nope. I have Norton Internet Security and manage all firewall setting through there. iTunes and all related incoming and outgoing connections are allowed, so it's not my firewall either. I am at a sincere loss with this.

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