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I have a spare AppleTV for travelling and have never had a problem connecting it, even before tvOS 15.4. The router suggestions are also overcomplicating it. Ju
by drcongo 4y ago
I have a spare AppleTV for travelling and have never had a problem connecting it, even before tvOS 15.4. The router suggestions are also overcomplicating it. Just connect your phone to the WiFi, then choose the same network on the AppleTV and stand near it - a sheet pops up on your phone asking if you want to share the password with the AppleTV.
- scarface74 4y agoI’m in a Hilton hotel right now. You don’t get a standard Wifi password. You go to a web page where you enter your room number and last name and then your MAC address is allowed for a certain amount of time.
- drcongo 4y agoAhh damn. Does signing in on the phone first not work? I'm struggling to remember what the captive screen wanted last time I did it, it's been a while.
- drcongo 4y agoAlso, I've never tried it, but can't one just tether the Apple TV to the phone?
- scarface74 4y agoThen you have to use your data plan. At least with the previous AppleTV, you could AirPlay directly from your iPhone to your AppleTV without the AppleTV being connected to an external Wifi network. It didn’t work with all iPhone apps though. For instance it didn’t work with Netflix.
- scarface74 4y agoNo. It doesn’t. That’s where the travel router came in. It presents itself as one MAC address using one of its radios and exposes another interface for your devices. I was staying in an extended stay and we had computers and a WiFi printer set up. We were waiting for our house to be built. I was just informed that Apple added support for captive networks in March.
- drcongo 4y agoAhh, got you. Yeah, that does sound like a pain.