thomas fong1

Q: How to set up Apple TV 4  to router with ethernet AND wi-fi to iTunes?

I have my Apple TV 4 connected by ethernet to my router. I would also like to stream via wi-fi, movies I have on iTunes on my computer. Is there any way to do this? It seems when I connect Apple TV to the router, the ethernet disables the wi-fi. Thanks for responses.

Posted on Dec 3, 2015 9:43 PM

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Q: How to set up Apple TV 4  to router with ethernet AND wi-fi to iTunes?

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  • by bigschwabbel,

    bigschwabbel bigschwabbel Dec 4, 2015 1:37 AM in response to thomas fong1
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    Dec 4, 2015 1:37 AM in response to thomas fong1

    You can have either ethernet or wifi, but you can't have both at the same time. ATV4 enables wifi only if there's not ethernet connection. It has been like that since ATV2. I don't expect Apple to change that ever.

  • by Roger Wilmut1,

    Roger Wilmut1 Roger Wilmut1 Dec 4, 2015 1:44 AM in response to thomas fong1
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    Dec 4, 2015 1:44 AM in response to thomas fong1

    As long as everything is on the same local network you should have no difficulty streaming via wifi to the router and then on from there to the ATV via ethernet as long as the router is also the wifi base, or if you have a separate wifi base only the router is handing out IP numbers through DHCP (i.e. the wifi base must be in 'bridge mode', passing on IP numbers handed out by the router). If you have both and they are both handing out IP numbers then anything connected to the router probably won't see anything connected to the wifi base unit. As long as you avoids that situation it should work perfectly well.

  • by Protodd,

    Protodd Protodd Dec 4, 2015 3:07 AM in response to thomas fong1
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    Dec 4, 2015 3:07 AM in response to thomas fong1

    As the other poster notes, you choose WIFI or ethernet but not both (ethernet is always recommended when possible).

     

    Here is how to setup homesharing which will allow you to view content across devices locally...

     

    Use Home Sharing to share iTunes content with other devices - Apple Support

  • by thomas fong1,

    thomas fong1 thomas fong1 Dec 4, 2015 12:20 PM in response to thomas fong1
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    Dec 4, 2015 12:20 PM in response to thomas fong1

    Based on Roger's comment above I found a solution.

     

    I have my modem from ATT and have my Airport Extreme wired to this modem. Previously I had my Apple TV 4 connected by ethernet to the modem. I could stream from the internet, but was unable to stream through wifi from iTunes to my Apple TV4, as the ethernet connection disables the wi-fi.

     

    By simply connecting the Apple TV 4 by ethernet to the Airport Extreme, I can now stream content from iTunes on my computer.

     

    Thank you everyone for the quick responses. - Thomas