My Home sharing has not worked for over a year.

My iTunes is up to date and the Home is switched on within iTunes and on my iphone (4S ios7).
However, in general the iphone will not give me the option to access a shared library, only when I go on to iTunes, turn of Home Sharing and turn it on again do I see a Shared Library. Then when I select this library, it will get half way through accessing it and I get the message "Unable to turn on Home Sharing" and the library disappears again.
The same happens with my old iphone 4 and my son's ipod touch.
Please help!

The following article(s) may help you.
Understanding Home Sharing
Setting Up Home Sharing On A Computer
Troubleshooting Home Sharing
Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
Recommended Wi-Fi settings
Wifi Diagnostic Software (for Mac users)
You may also find some help on this page, where I’ve collected some of the more unusual solutions to network issues.

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