Struggled all day with atv and home sharing

yesterday, home sharing and Apple TV worked fine. As did using my iPad and iPhone as an atv remote. Today despite about 5 hours of messing about with it all I cannot even see anything that should be visible via home share. All products are relatively new, all have latest updates, all have home sharing switched on (been switched on and off a number of times today) mac has been restarted too. Only thing I have done recently is buy iTunes match (should have any impact though). I am completely at my wits end with it all. If anyone can suggest a solution I would be really grateful
thks

Hello!
You've been doing good troubleshooting steps thus far. I have this to add:
Restart your computer
Unplug from power for about one minute: your Apple TV and your networking devices (modem/router/wifi extenders, etc)
If you have any firewalls activated on your computer, disable them for testing purposes. If you have a Mac, the built-in one is at: "Apple menu > System preferences > Security & Privacy"

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