WiFi sync

Neither my iPad nor my iPhone 3GS are able to connect by WiFi to my iMac running OS 10.6.8 and iTunes 10.5.1. The Sync Now option under General Settings remains greyed out and nothing seems to be able to change it. Has anyone any ideas please as all three devices are on the same network and all operating correctly.

Thanks for this reply and all others who did also.
Have to admit that I don't know why but after completely switching off all three and then doing a reboot it all worked! So what I had or hadn't done is beyond me. As noted I don't have Lion so iCloud is presumably not available to me but I am not sure that I would want to use it anyway. Mind you if I eventually upgrade to Lion I may feel differently about it!
Thanks again for all the responses.

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