Hi i am at a hotel and in order to connect to the wifi and use the internet you have to click agree on a webpage but that webpage does not popup on the apple tv so how can i connect to it?
The answer is YES!
There are two main things you have to know:
1. What is the MAC address of the Apple TV that you own. Though pronounced the same as Mac, it refers to an industry standard of identinfying a specific device. It stands for Media Access Control.
2. Who is the provider that the hotel is using.
TO FIND THE MAC ADDRESS:
This can be done before you pack your Apple TV and leave your house.
1. Connect your Apple TV to the TV... turn both on... blah blah blah... Apple TV is displayed on the TV
2. Go to Settings > General > About
3. The MAC address is labeled as "Wi-Fi Address" in this situation (SEE PHOTO BELOW). It will be a set of 6 pairs of alphanumeric characters, each pair separated by a colon. For example... 00:11:22:cc:bb:aa (they'll look more random than this, but I didn't want to take a chance on posting someone's real MAC address)
4. Write down that address. This is NOT CASE SENSITIVE.
THE HOTEL'S SERVICE PROVIDER
The service provider's information will typicaly be right in the hotel room because there is no reason for hotel staff to have to troubleshoot this stuff for us.
1. Call the support number and follow their prompts to get to a support agent.
2. Say, "Hello! I have an Apple TV, and I understand I can connect to your service by registering the MAC address with your service."
3. They will ask you several questions to verify that you are staying at one of the hotels they service.
4. Follow their instructions for registering the MAC address
5. On your Apple TV, go to Settings > General > Network > Wi-Fi, and select the hotel's Wi-Fi.
6. Voila! CONNECTED and Ready to Go!!!
YES! I called the wifi support number in he room while my AppleTV was on. They could see it and hooked me right up. Amazing! Thanks TheMickster!
Unfortunately this wont work for me. the hotel I am staying at doesn't have a help desk nor do I have a laptop. I am using personal hotspot on my iPhone and it works great, however it is about 2gb per movie
Does anyone know if apple plans to support hotel style wifi in the apple tv?
Thanks
Awesome!! After far too many people saying it can't be done, you've proved them all wrong with a simple guideline. Thank you!
Never thought of doing this. Brilliant, quite brilliant – not just that Apple provided it but that you MICKSTER showed me how to do it. I've been trying to work this out for years.
Thank you.
Pete
This is the method that worked best for me. Easy enough to get my laptop onto the hotel wi-fi network, and then without having to call anyone I used an ethernet cable I carry to hook up my Apple TV carefully following the instructions provided by GREAT LIFE. This worked straight away and without entering any long numbers. I used the last option he offered – my laptop was set share wi-fi via ethernet. Fantastic.
I found other solution:
Switching MacAddress using your computer you will get you AppleTv get in into the Hotel White List.
In my case I used the Terminal command using en0 like the first link describes.
References:
http://osxdaily.com/2008/01/17/how-to-spoof-your-mac-address-in-mac-os-x/
http://frankiejarrett.com/how-to-connect-apple-tv-to-a-hotel-wi-fi-network/
Have you heard of anybody calling in to Comcast and actually making this happen? They told me that I needed to get the account information for Ramada Inn so they can look it up. I knew it would be a chore with Comcast.
This was an excellent post. Thank you. How/Why did you even think to call the ISP? Great work on your part and yet again the Apple support community comes through!!!!
There is also the possibility to use a (relatively cheap) travel router as a "repeater" for the hotel wi-fi. I've succesfully done this just the other day. Same problem: the hotel's wi-fi is using a separate login screen to log on to the internet. As the Apple TV does not currently offer a web browser of any kind, this usually precludes a direct connection of the Apple TV to the hotel's internet service.
By using a cheap travel router (in my case a HooToo) I was able to first connect my iPhone to that router (over wi-fi) and then select the hotel's wi-fi within the router settings, basically making the router a repeater for it. By now opening the browser on your iPhone or iPad - or whatever other device with a browser that is connected to your travel router's wi-fi - you can now authenticate to the hotel's internet service.
This method affords several distinct advantages: Firstly, you can now connect your Apple TV (and all other devices without a browser, like a wi-fi radio etc.) to your own little wi-fi network using a simple password/pass phrase of your choice instead of the hotel's login screen. Also, you now only have to authenticate once instead of every single time you connect a new device (and re-authenticate over and over again each time the login period expires). Thirdly, you are no longer bound to any restrictions like a maximum number of connected devices or similar.
Worked/works perfectly for me, and is in my opinion the simplest solution with the most advantages.
Glad that worked for you, attoexa; unfortunately, I’ve tried the same (in a few hotels), without success. In those locations, each IP needed its own login.
Oftentimes the mac address will be inside the portal URL. Which you will see when you hit the terms page once you attempt to connect with your PC. Replace that mac address wth the one which belongs to your apple TV. Then accept the terms.
For example the mac address of ur apple tv should be replaced.
For advanced users:
Open developer tools on your browser then go to the terms page and hit accept. See when it sent in that http post body or in the response headers. Then recreate that response and post it using a plugin like the advanced rest client
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/advanced-rest-client/hgmloofddffdnphfg cellkdfbfbjeloo
More often than not, your internet connection at your hotel will be to slow play content on your apple TV. This is most likely because people who run hotels are completely incompetent.
At Marriott's you dont even need to provide your device's MAC number.
They have a hidden Wi-Fi network that bypass all the regular authentication and lets you connect right through to whatever streaming services you might have...
Just call front desk they will provide directions. Very easy.
Just call the Hotel's wifi ISP tech support, get the number from the front desk, and they should be more than happy to add your MAC address manually; instead of you doing it via the browser prompts. This is actually a pretty common request.
Works perfect!
How to connect an apple tv to hotel wifi
