Q: AppleTV 3 floods DHCP when ethernet connected
I am hoping others can open a case with Apple for this, you may not be aware this is happening.
The AppleTV 3 with 7.0.2 or 7.0.3, and connected via ethernet will (may?) flood your network with DHCP request. That is, it makes a DHCP request every 2-6 seconds instead of once or so a day. This does not happen if connected via wifi. I have a log sent by my router (Zyxel) once a day and prior to the ATV 3 it was 1 page long, now it is 50 pages long! 99 percent of it is the ATV 3 sending DHCP requests. If you don't have a way of monitoring your network you may notice this is happening so you'll need to log/monitor this to see it. If you have the problem please open a case with Apple as I have done since Apple Feedback does not help fix thing in a timely fashion. My understanding is that this was known and fixed in 7.0.3 but only for wifi connections. I have the house wired for cat 6 and want ethernet for our primary ATV 3.
This does not happen to our ATV 3s connected via wifi and our older Apple TV 2s.
Posted on Feb 13, 2015 12:18 PM