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I needed to connect an Apple TV to a blocked wifi at a hotel, Just sharing, here are the instructions using a macbook to get past hotspot auth, since there isn
by sbr464 8y ago
I needed to connect an Apple TV to a blocked wifi at a hotel, Just sharing, here are the instructions using a macbook to get past hotspot auth, since there isn't a browser on an Apple TV
1. Disconnect from ap by option+click status bar wifi icon
2. Write down your current wifi mac address
ifconfig en0 | grep ether
3. Switch macbook to Apple TV mac address
sudo ifconfig en0 ether [apple tv mac address]
4. Connect to wifi, authenticate, then disconnect from ap with option+click again
5. Switch back to original mac address
sudo ifconfig en0 ether [original macbook mac address]
6. Connect apple tv to wifi ap normally
- rogerbinns 8y ago> ... blocked wifi ... I use Hootoos when travelling. They combine a powerbank with a tiny MIPS device creating a wifi hotspot. Then upstream it can either connect to a wifi network or ethernet. It does NAT etc between the two. The massive advantage is that my devices all know about the hootoo wifi network. I then just have to connect the hootoo to the upstream network which is easy, and you can do browser logins etc from behind it. This is the model I like: https://www.hootoo.com/hootoo-tripmate-ht-tm05-wireless-router.html https://www.hootoo.com/hootoo-tripmate-ht-tm05-wireless-rout...
- rossboss 8y agoThank You! I have been trying to figure this out to connect to xfinity hotspots
- sbr464 8y agoCheers. It was a ceremony before of hacks/ethernet before. This just works and no extra gear.