Why won't Home Sharing work with iPhone?

So I, as many of you are as well, have been having issues with home shareing. My issue seems to be associated with our iPhones. I can get it all working great, but the second I start to try and access home shareing with my iphone, or use the remote app from my iphone to control my itunes or ATV2, it all falls to peaces. We have an iMac, iPad, iPad 2, and two iPhone 4's, all connected via a belkin dualband router. I just don't get it.

Maybe iTunes simply does not like you.
What happens when you try to use homesharing?
Is the library shared on the computer that has the media?
Are all computers on the same Wi-Fi network and subnet?

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    I tried to turn on my Apple TV and it wanted me to turn on Home Sharing which I had already done.  So, I went back into settings and applied my Apple User ID and my password.  It said my password was invalid!  Don't know how that could be.  I haven't changed anything.  I check my Apple account on iTunes on my Macbook and my Apple ID and password worked just fine.
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    I think I jumpednthe gun too soon. I was trying to show a slideshow using Apple TV and couldn't get Home Share to work right then and there. After several attempt to log into Hom Share, it finally came back up and I was able to get to all my devices. 
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