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Will an 802.11n router accept a signal from an 802.11ac TV?
New Samsung tv connects to the network, but not the internet. Is has an 802.11ac wifi card. Will my 802.11b/g/n wireless router accept that version or do I need to upgrade?...because I can't connect....
An 802.11ac device will be able to drop back to b/g/n so the TV should be able to connect to your router.
There are however sometimes incompatibilities between different vendors but this is becoming less common now.
Is it getting an IP address from the router (If you have DHCP set) and the correct gateway / router address?
Can you connect via ethernet cable and perform a TV firmware update to see if that corrects the issue?
Everything in that regard is good. Tech guy at BrightHouse even set the Mac address as a DMZ so it doesn't even have to go thru security to get noticed. Still no good. I did a firmware update via USB. There a thousands of posts on the internet with people having the same issues. I thought that maybe being that 802.11ac is the latest wireless standard, that the older versions would not support a newer version. I would expect that 802.11ac would support 802.11b/g/n, but not the other way around. The crazy thing is is that this is a brand new tv. What are the odds something is wrong with it?
You say it connects to the network in your original message, do you mean it sees your WiFi, connects and gets an IP address?
You also say your TV is set as the DMZ. How have you done this? Have you set a fixed IP address for the TV or have you added the MAC address to the DHCP server on the router with a fixed IP?
Is UPnP activated on the router? (I would switch off the DMZ if I were you as it can cause issues with other devices on the network occasionally).
Does the router show the TV as connected (i.e. is it shown in the list of connected devices).
Does your router have a list of open ports on the UPnP page and if so, are any open for the TV?
1. Yes
2.the tech guy at BrightHouse cable added the MAC address to the DHCP server on the router with a fixed IP?
3.Yes, it is enabled.
4.Yes, it shows up as 'local host' with the correct IP address and mac address
5.The UpnP does not show anything but enabled