Q: Why does my apple tv 2 lose network connectivity?
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Jul 31, 2012 3:27 PMby psudc13,Thanks for the reply. Yes to answer your question. We've rearranged furniture a few times so its been moved around. My place isn't big so distance shouldn't be a problem. Right now though it shows no bars. This is what happens when it wont connect. If I restore it though it will be full strength and connect. This is what always seems to happens. Also I can see my network and others around me right now. Any other ideas?
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Jul 31, 2012 3:32 PMby Winston Churchill,Actually, I meant in another location altogether, such as your office or at a friends house. My suspicion is that it is a network problem, however you seem convinced it's a hardware problem. Locating the Apple TV to another location may well determine this.
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Jul 31, 2012 4:16 PMby psudc13,Can you explain your thinking or if you have ideas on what it might be? I should not say its a hardware problem but I do believe it's the apple tv. I have friends with the same setup as me without problems. They have the same service provider, router (make, model) without any issues. And like I said it worked for almost a year. And the only fix is a restore of the apple tv. Rebooting the router, changing ip address assignment, fixing channel, downgrading to b or g from compatability mode has no affect.
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Jul 31, 2012 4:26 PMby Winston Churchill,There are many things that could do this, including other devices that have been introduced into the location, neighbouring networks, software updates et cetera et cetera. However if you have a number of friends with an Apple TV that is working in their location, that would be an ideal opportunity to test yours.
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Oct 13, 2015 6:43 PMby Craig Ot,I have just recently started having this problem as well. I have had my appleTV for about 3 years or so. I have never had this problem. It just loses its network connection and the only way I can get it to reconnect is to restart the appleTV device. I have two other computers and a sony dvd player and an iPhone that all connect to my home wifi and none of them seem to have any problems at all. In fact I go so fed up with the network drop that I went up and finished watching my movie on the dvd player via Netflix.I have tried rebooting my router and that has no effect on my appleTV. I have tried going to Network and trying to reconnect to my network, but it doesn't work until I restart the appleTV device. I have tried to resent the appleTV device and that didn't work either. I have tried to do a software update and that either comes back unsuccessful or its all up to date. I have tried unplugging the appleTV device for 24 hours and there was no luck there. I have tried connecting to a different network and that didn't work. I know the signal is good to the appleTV as I am sitting right next to it on this computer and I have full strength WIFI at this computer. I have tried checking all the connections and they are all tight and clean. I have tried moving the appleTV device to a different tv and I still have the same problem. I am guessing that this device is just at the end of it's life at this point, but 3 years seems like a really short lifespan, even for apple.
