Block Apple TV from accessing internet?

Alex Maldonado wrote:
is there any way to disable internet access to my apple tv that is connected via ethernet yet still have it be able to access my network?

i have a 1 gen 500gb time capsule.

hi

FWIW, you are more likely to get an answer if you post this question in the Apple TV forum

Alex Maldonado wrote:
apple tv does not offer any internet restriction settings. i have heard of others being able to block it from their router and so i figured this would be the place to post.

but, not everybody owning a TC may have an ATV.

suit yourself, it was just a suggestion

good luck !

" i have heard of others being able to block it from their router...."

Using Timed Access on the Time Capsule, you can setup a time "between x and x" each day that a device is allowed access to the network. But, there is not a setting to allow access to the local network while blocking access to the internet.

You might want to check out software that can do what you want. Try a google search for "Limit internet access on a Mac". Here's one example of many that appear.

http://www.intego.com/contentbarrier/

I understood your question to be +"is there any way to disable internet access to my apple tv that is connected via ethernet yet still have it be able to access my network?"+

My answer was "there is not a (TC) setting to allow access to the local network while blocking access to the internet."

Since that setting does not exist, I offered the software as a possible option which could be installed on a computer to serve as monitor for the system. I know of no other options to accomplish what you want to do, but if they exist, I certainly hope that other users will come forth with additional information.

Contentbarrier would only monitor what happened on that Mac. It wouldn't provide any insight as to what the AppleTV is doing.