Netflix Won't Stream Via AirPlay on Apple TV

I have same issue. Grandfathered in with att.got atv because they 'say' you can stream Netflix from phone to atv without Internet connection. We have a travel trailer and do a lot of camping with No wi-fi. Seems fine when atv has wifi.. I've tried all the crap with resetting, turn this on first, this next and etc... If you have to jump through these hoops I'll just stick a movie in.. Would be cool to use fois moble, or Netflix.. And the reason I've spent 100 on ATV, Hdmi cord and about 8 hours troubleshooting this thing. Anyone find a work around? Someone mntioned a wireless router.. That sounds intriguing.. I'm still confused how the stream is getting from the phone to the atv. Is it Bluetooth? If wif or Bluetooth seems that you would have to connect... I've done the AirPlay passcode and that didn't help.. can anyone help?

IM trying to do the same thing I run movie box and play box they both work if you mirror in AirPlay but they went down so trying Netflix again a couple months ago I had it working but now it's back to the error message I have also used a router not hooked to Internet and that works but up at cottage right now and don't have one here

I believe the problem here is that when you AirPlay something from your iOS device, you're actually handing off the Internet duties to the AppleTV. In the case of Netflix, when you AirPlay, the iPhone hands over a URL (among other details) for the AppleTV to use to access the video directly (most likely using HTTP Live Streaming?). Since your AppleTV itself does not have an internet connection, it won't be able to load the movie from Netflix. "Mirroring" the iOS device would probably work, but that isn't ideal for movie watching.

Bottom line: the AppleTV itself needs Internet access in order to be able to load HTTP Live Streaming feeds.

I have this exact same issue. Actually, sometimes it works great and I can stream an entire episode from Netflix to ATV using peer to peer and my phone's LTE connection. Then, the very next episode fails over and over again. Then, I switch back to the previous episode I just watched successfully and it works fine again. To me, this is definitely a Netflix issue.

I'm glad to hear that it seems like an internet connection issue instead of some sort of licensing issue. Last night I was trying to watch an episode of Cosmos, but it wouldn't play on my appleTV- either through the Netflix app or streaming from an iPad. However, I could watch it fine on the iPad. I switched to an episode of Archer and had no problems at all.

My AppleTV has a wired connection, so it's unusual for it not to connect well, but I have noticed more connection issues lately. Perhaps it's time to check my cables.

TO all on this thread concerning not being able to mirror Netflix on an Apple TV from another iOS device:

it seems that if your ATV has Netflix installed on it, you cannot mirror it from your iOS device. Same goes for HBO Now (or Go) or Hulu, YouTube etc. Interestingly, I discovered this by mirroring SyFy, ABC,CBS etc easily. Bloomberg, nope, can't mirror....

my guess, tho I can't do it presently, is to either delete the app on the ATV or cable your device directly. I have a 3rd Gen ATV, so I'm sure I cannot delete these apps, but when I am able, I'll see if I can 'hide' them back into iTunes.

ITs it's a shame Apple doesn't own up to this, maybe they're testing us....