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!!!
Thank You!! This totally worked! WooHoo!! Thanks again!
Thank you so much! So easy, I'm taking my apple TV with me everywhere now!
Worked great except I had to restart Apple TV for it to work.
Thanks so much worked like a charm!!
Can i screw up my mac's original MAC by doing this? Or when I reboot, will everything go back to the defaults even if I don't reset it?
Thanks
ohiofats, I have the same question as travelsunlimited (as someone who doesn't tinker in Terminal very often). Will anything need to be reset after the fact?
Great tip, thanks!
YES! Best answer ever!
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!
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 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!!!!
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.
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.
Works perfect!
How to connect an apple tv to hotel wifi
