How to mirror ipad to tv wirelessly without wifi network

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How to mirror ipad to tv wirelessly without wifi network

I purchased an apple tv with the hopes that I could use it to mirror what is on my ipad screen to my television. Within about 20 minutes, I had this working but later realized that it required the television and the ipad to be on the same wifi network. unfortunately where I plan to use this setup, there will be no wifi network available. Is there any way to use airplay mirroring without a wifi network? Can you connect your iPad to your tv wirelessly just for the mirroring feature?

iPad (3rd gen) Wi-Fi

Posted on Jun 28, 2013 5:20 AM

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Answer 1

Diavonex

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Jun 28, 2013 5:23 AM in response to Jcarranza4964

You need a Digital AV Adapter + HDMI cable to connect to your TV.

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Answer 2

Jun 28, 2013 5:27 AM in response to Jcarranza4964

If you do not have a WiFi network, then you will need to connect directly using and HDMI cable. Really are not any other options.

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Answer 3

Jun 28, 2013 5:29 AM in response to Diavonex

I have tried successfully to do this using an adapter and hdmi cable. I was trying to change this setup to wireless to clean up the clutter on my office desk since I use this with clients and because the wires are stiff and come ajar sometimes because of movement while writing on my tablet. So I really need this to be wireless. I asked the Best Buy salesperson and they showed me how it worked but failed to mention that it needed the wifi connection. I thought the ipad synced directly to the Apple TV. Any suggestions?

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Diavonex

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Jun 28, 2013 5:31 AM in response to Jcarranza4964

I suppose you can add a router to your setup. They are relatively inexpensive.

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Answer 5

Jun 28, 2013 5:32 AM in response to Jcarranza4964

Jcarranza4964 wrote:

I thought the ipad synced directly to the Apple TV. Any suggestions?

No. You either need to have both devices on the same wireless network, or connected to the TV via the HDMI. There are no other options. If it is important to get rid of the wires, you need to install a wireless network.

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Answer 6

Jun 28, 2013 5:34 AM in response to Diavonex

Does the router need internet or can it just be used as the connection network?

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Diavonex

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Jun 28, 2013 5:35 AM in response to Jcarranza4964

No.

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Answer 8

Jun 28, 2013 5:38 AM in response to Diavonex

i'm sorry. Is the "no" to needing internet or "no" to being used solely as a network to connect through?

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Answer 9

Jun 28, 2013 5:39 AM in response to Jcarranza4964

For your purposes, and internet connection would not be needed. Just the internal network.

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Diavonex

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Jun 28, 2013 5:40 AM in response to Jcarranza4964

You don't need internet to link up the Apple TV and iPad.

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Answer 11

Jun 28, 2013 5:42 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout

Thank you!

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Answer 12

Jun 28, 2013 5:55 AM in response to Jcarranza4964

You're welcome

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talc25

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Jan 6, 2014 1:01 PM in response to Kilgore-Trout

Won't you need internet if you are, for example, airplaying pandora or airplaying from the ABC app?

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Answer 14

Jan 6, 2014 1:06 PM in response to talc25

If the source of the programming is streaming from the internet, of course the device playing would need an Internet connection to get it. But that not what the OP was looking for.

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Anguslow

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Mar 8, 2015 10:56 AM in response to Kilgore-Trout

I have a Wireless router, and have some Ethernet wires connected to various components (cable box, Wii etc.) I connected my Apple TV to the router through the Ethernet rather than wifi, but this has resulted in not being able to mirror my ipad/iphones to it. Since the ipad is on the same network, why can I not mirror to the Apple TV unless it is also on wifi? Do I really have to disconnect the Apple TV from the Ethernet cable, revert to wifi, to be able to mirror from my other devices?

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