Why won't the home sharing automatically wake up my mac to share the library using apple tv 3rd gen

My Mac stays on however after a short while it goes to sleep mode. when i attempt to access the home sharing feture in apple tv i have to walk all the way over to the mac to wake it up in order for the home sharing to be recognized. Is there a way that Apple TV can tap into a sleeping Mac that it is synced to so this process can be streamlined?

Not sure if your problem is exactly the same as in the following thread, but JAHelms posted a fix that seemed to help quite a few people:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4342982?tstart=0
If that doesn't help, here are some other troubleshooting suggestions:
http://osxdaily.com/2012/11/30/resolving-stubborn-wi-fi-connection-problems-in-m ac-os-x/

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