Our Apple TV gen 3 has begun dropping wifi intermittently over the past few months. Some times we can unplug it and it will reconnect, but not always. It is very annoying when it drops wifi 4-5 times during a 2 hour movie... Ideas on what might be wrong?
Apple TV (3rd generation)
Howdy laurafromhuntsville,
The following article can help stabilize your Apple TV's connection.
Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation): Troubleshooting Wi-Fi networks and connections
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4546
Cheers,
Allen
I spoke with Apple Support and I have to take this to the Genius Bar. It's not a setup issue, maybe a hardware failure. Bought another one for the holidays, and it's working fine. We'll use the old one elsewhere if it can be repaired or replaced.
laurafromhuntsville,
Glad to hear that you're back up and running!
All my best,
Allen
I started to have the same problem when I changed my modem. The IP address on the ATV disappeared frequently and in random intervals, and then reappeared after one or two seconds. I tried whatever I could find in the internet. In one post the band width was suggested to be set on 40 MHz instead of 20. My new modem did not have "40 MHz", but "20/40 MHz auto". Setting the band width to it was not any good. I changed my modem to the previous one. The apple TV wifi problem was solved. When I checked the settings, I found that the old modem had been set to 40 MHz.
So I suggest you guys to check this quick tip, maybe it helps.
if ones router is crap then one can always buy ones own wifi router and connect that to the ips router
Why is my aTV 3 dropping wifi?
