Apple TV Second gen connectivity problems (regularly crashes) watching Netflix on wifi, and am ready to give up on it. Any ideas?

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Then unfortunately I think you will struggle to find the solution to your problem, as you are most likely looking in the wrong area.

I spend many hours reading about and testing things on the Apple TV, there are a couple of bugs I'm aware of, but when it comes down to networking the only bugs I see discussed are from a small minority who seem to have difficulty excepting the situation. Ask yourself this, if there is a bug, why does it not affect everyone using the same hardware with the same software.

If you have doubts, take your Apple TV and your mobile device to an Apple Store (or even a friends house), but the Apple Store would be a more controlled environment) and check it out.

This answer sounds kind of smug to me. It's the kind of answer that caused apple to fall out of favor with many consumers, myself included. I came back in the fold when I detected apple was reaching out to consumers and finally over that smug period. Edk5's post was put up on this board 6 or 7 hours ago and there's already 47 views. This does not seem like atv2 problems are that isolated. Believe me there are problems and they might not all be the same but the are similar in that the smooth experience we are looking for or once had, is no longer there. I hardly think dismissing them is helpful. Maybe there is no solution to this connectivity problem and maybe it's just a quirky, uncontrollable, inferior product. I've posted a problem elsewhere after going to the "genius" bar with no success. In a few days that board had over 100 views but no solution. Anyone have a meaningful answer to edk5's problem or mine? After the last update, I can no longer stream photos from my iMac or macmini if the the file is over 1000 photos. This is something I did every day since I bought the atv2 a few years ago.

There are millions of users, a bug would be impacting the majority of them. It is very rare that it is hardware related, and most cases have isolated the issue to be within the network.

Networking is a tricky thing and issues can come about at any time, and so proper troubleshooting needs to occur.

It's best to create a separate thread for the other issue.

Since the issue of this thread is deemed to be a network issue, why not also address my issue which was in another thread but did not get this amount of response. I have 2 atv2's, a macmini, and an older iMac. All operating systems and all software is up to date. Up until the last update to atv, I could stream photos to either atv from either computer. I like to randomly stream from the whole library while playing some classical music while having my am coffee. There are about 3000 photos on the mini and about 16000 on the iMac. Before the update, there wasn't a problem. After the update, either computer will stream a file with up to 900 or 1000 photos but it's a strain. Try to stream from a file larger and when the grayed out spaces fill in the atv crashes and restarts. Everything else streams fine: Netflix, rented movies, home movies of 45 minutes or so, music, other apps. I've been to the Genius Bar and had both refreshed. No changes. Any help?

That doesn't look to be a connection issue and tested fine on my system. In order to properly address it though I think a separate thread should be made, it helps keep the forums organized and will also allow others to help you with this specific issue.

I responded in another thread, https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6099935, and have not had a third party respond. I did not start the thread but responded to someone who had the same problem. Maybe you or Winston could read this thread and explain if streaming photos and video ( from a hard drive or third party such as Netflix) are somehow use a different aspect of the atv2 chip. Thanks.

Thanks, edk5. You may have your thread back and good luck getting these questions answered. I'll follow your thread also to see if any suggestions you get can be applied to mine.

Connectivity issues will come down to the local network. Ethernet will help to rule out wifi issues. You can also go to istumbler (Mac) or netstumbler (PC) to get a report of the network and verify how your signal is as well as any noise.

Is there a reason why I am considered "unauthorized" to even view this discussion?

I forgot here's the link: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/6138540?answerId=25605876022#25605876022

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