Q: Lost Apple TV remote. Now how do I control it? This is a complex situation.

I'm at college and I lost the Apple TV remote to my Apple TV 2.

Here's my situation.

I can turn on the Apple TV, but I never connected my Apple TV to the school's network so I'm not able to use the remote app on my iPhone to control it. I plugged in the ethernet port on the Apple TV to the Thunderbolt Ethernet port on my Macbook. This gave the Apple TV internet(thank you Mac hotspot feature) allowing me to get past the "Setting Time and Zone" page that appears first. Now, the Apple TV is at the home screen. I can use the airplay feature on my mac to send stuff to my Apple TV and that work fines. However, when I connect my iPhone to the same network as my computer(my MacBook is sharing that connection with Apple TV), my Apple TV does not show up in the Remote app. So I can't find a way to control it with the Remote app.

So, how can I control my Apple TV, which is stuck on the home screen?

Can I buy another Apple TV remote or universal remote and get it to pair with this Apple TV without having to go to the pair remote page?

I need to find some way to control this thing without having any control of it right now.

Doesn't Apple have some kind of feature for this type of situation, or is my Apple TV now useless?

Any ideas?

Thanks for any help! I would greatly appreciate it!