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Q: error 3906

My apple TV worked flawlessly for about 2 weeks after I bought it and now it does not connect to the wifi.  It has me really frustrated as I have read and tried many things to get it to work.    The problem is that it shows the my wifi network when I try to configure, but it will not connect giving me error 3906.

 

 

This is what I have tried:

 

1.  Resetting router/airport extreme.  I unplugged the router, reset etc.  Same with the airport extreme. 

 

2.   Reset, restarted, unplugged the ATV and went through all that.  

 

3.  It cannot be interference.  I ran istumbler and showed no interference on the wifi channel I was using.  I changed channels just out of curisoty also.  No dice.

I moved the whole router/ extreme within 5 feet of the Apple TV unobstructed and it still shows no signal. 

 

4.  I used my macbook pro to broadcast a wifi network.  My iphone/ ipad etc find and connect to the macbook pro network with no problem.  The ATV will not show the network.  Even with the computer within 2 feet of it,  It only shows the house network which gives me error 3906 when I try to connect. 

 

5.  I made sure the date on the ATV is correct (since I read somewhere that it could cause an issue)

 

6.  I made sure it was not upside down...

 

7.  I checked the cables to the TV because I read somewhere that may be the issue. 

 

Any ideas?

AppleTV 2

Posted on Jul 24, 2012 12:18 PM