Why is home sharing not available on my iTunes?

I have logged into my apple id for both computers that i want to have home sharing on. However only one of the two computers has access to the other itunes library. What do i do so both of my computers can have acces to both itunes libraries?

When you say 'logged into my Apple ID', do you mean you turned on Home Sharing by going to File > Home Sharing > Turn on Home Sharing?
If you turn on HS for both machines on the same network, you should see your library on both machines.

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