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Samsung TVs suddenly have lost WiFi connections & won't reconnect!
I can write the same detailed content that I have posted to a Samsung forum, if needed, but basically my 2 not so smart Samsung TVs have lost their WiFi connections & cannot reconnect! I have several...
Aside from the fact that everything worked fine for the past year or so, I find a couple of things rather puzzling.
That the BR TV will actually see my wireless network during the process of trying to connect to it & my satellite is in the living room, directly under that TV, but that one doesn't detect any wireless networks!
I've wanted to have both TVs, along with Apple TV boxes all hard wired, just haven't wanted to spend the money to do it.
mikey59 wrote:
That the BR TV will actually see my wireless network during the process of trying to connect to it & my satellite is in the living room, directly under that TV, but that one doesn't detect any wireless networks!
I'm lost? BR TV? What is "that TV"? What does not detect any wireless networks?
I've wanted to have both TVs, along with Apple TV boxes all hard wired, just haven't wanted to spend the money to do it.
Dumb switches cost next to nothing. <£$€20 for five ports.
Not sure how to answer inline as you did on your last post, so here goes.
BR TV is the TV in the bedroom. When trying to reconnect the BR TV will at least see my WiFi network, but doesn't connect.
"that TV" that's not detecting any WiFi networks is the TV in the Living Room. I found this puzzling, as my satellite is sitting directly under that TV, making me think that would be getting the strongest WiFi signal of either of the TVs.
Yes, I know small 5 port switches are dirt cheap, but my internet connection comes into the house in another room & the wife would hit the ceiling if I just started running cables across the floor, throughout the house. I'd need a couple of network drops behind each of the TVs, that would cost about $150 each, going up through the walls, across the attic, etc.
UPDATE: With all that being said, I was able to download the latest firmware update for the living room TV (the one that wasn't even seeing the WiFi) & after the update, it saw my network, connected to it with no problem & is working fine.
mikey59 wrote:
Yes, I know small 5 port switches are dirt cheap, but my internet connection comes into the house in another room & the wife would hit the ceiling if I just started running cables across the floor, throughout the house.
You talked about "TVs, along with Apple TV boxes". If you can plug one device into the router or satellite, then you can have a switch there to go to other nearby devices. No need for long wires. So if the TVs and Apple TV boxes are next to each other, the switch can connect to the satellite and feed both of these. I mentioned it because these MS satellites don't have as many LAN ports as some routers.
Powerline Ethernet is another option for devices like TVs that don't need ultrafast Internet.
UPDATE: With all that being said, I was able to download the latest firmware update for the living room TV (the one that wasn't even seeing the WiFi) & after the update, it saw my network, connected to it with no problem & is working fine.So the challenge now is to get the BR TV to work?
Again, start with the TV and its setup routine.
While looking for an additional satellite, to put in the bedroom & used the LAN port on it, Amazon was nice enough to recommend a 'renewed' Nighthawk Tri-band WiFi 6 Mesh System, 3.6Gbps, Router + 2 Satellites system for $129, so I bought that & since router has 4 ports & each of the satellites have 2, I can connect both Apple TV & Samsung TV to them & hope for the best!