Apple tv and connecting to wifi
We are currently staying in a hotel.
We have free wifi access that requires a password.
We have connected both 1 pc (windows 10) and one Iphone 7. internet is working really well.
But we are trying to connect an appletv to the wifi also.
We can select the wifi connection on the apple tv, it connects ok, but then hen we try to run an app like netflix,or youtube, it wont work.
Internet will not work on any app on the apple tv. Im assuming its because we have not added a password for the network on the apple tv.
So then I connected my pc to the hotel wifi network, shared the connection. The tried to connect via the appletv. no luck either.
So i connected the the hotel wifi via pc, and then created a personal hotspot. Chose the Hotspot network on the apple tv, and the ip appeared as 169.254.222.8
So at a a loss here.
I have read that I can go to hotel staff and get them to add the apple tv mac address to their system. But they didn't like that.
I have also disabled and anti virus and firewall on my pc.
Any ideas would be great.
We have free wifi access that requires a password.
We have connected both 1 pc (windows 10) and one Iphone 7. internet is working really well.
But we are trying to connect an appletv to the wifi also.
We can select the wifi connection on the apple tv, it connects ok, but then hen we try to run an app like netflix,or youtube, it wont work.
Internet will not work on any app on the apple tv. Im assuming its because we have not added a password for the network on the apple tv.
So then I connected my pc to the hotel wifi network, shared the connection. The tried to connect via the appletv. no luck either.
So i connected the the hotel wifi via pc, and then created a personal hotspot. Chose the Hotspot network on the apple tv, and the ip appeared as 169.254.222.8
So at a a loss here.
I have read that I can go to hotel staff and get them to add the apple tv mac address to their system. But they didn't like that.
I have also disabled and anti virus and firewall on my pc.
Any ideas would be great.
ASKER
Hi,
Can you give me a name / sample of a travel router? And how would this be setup?
Can you give me a name / sample of a travel router? And how would this be setup?
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So i have just gone and bought a AC750 Dual band wifi router.
No I have read an a bit and a bit unsure of what to do now.
No I have read an a bit and a bit unsure of what to do now.
Did you make sure it was a travel router? Which model did you pick?
ASKER
oh no.
netgear AC750 Dual band wifi router.
The guy in wallmart pointed me towards this.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/R6020.aspx
netgear AC750 Dual band wifi router.
The guy in wallmart pointed me towards this.
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/R6020.aspx
A regular router can work if you have access to a wired connection in the hotel. However, if you don't then you definitely need the travel router.
Without the travel router, then your other choice would be to take a laptop, spoof the MAC address of the Apple TV and log it into the hotel wireless. Then you could disconnect the laptop and connect the Apple TV.