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Apple TV cannot connect to C7000 Modem/Router
Hello,
I'm completely stumped on this, it just makes no sense.
I upgraded from a Netgear WNDR4300 Wi-Fi router to the combined modem/router C7000. The old router never caused any issues with connecting devices wirelessly but this new C7000 is quite frankly a pain!
I join the network from the Apple TV and the password is accepted but no matter what I do the Router never sees the Apple TV as a connected wireless device!!
Again this worked flawlessly on the old Netgear router.
The other two wireless devices I've connected both had WPS (a printer and a misc. device) but the Apple TV does not support this so I enter the password manually but it just refuses to work!
I've been wasting hours on this today.
I am a software engineer so I understand this stuff and frankly there is no earthly reason I can see why this just refuses to work.
Is there some bug with this C7000 modem/router that won't work properly if you can't connect using WPS?
And what is the deal with not having a FW upgrade option in this device?
The FW version shows: V1.01.20. Is this the latest?
Please help.
Thanks
Allen
Well, now I feel like an idiot. I had disconnected the old router and thought I had turned it off and then I set it down on the floor and began setting up the new router. I wanted to keep the same network name so I changed that and set the password accordingly.
That is when I could not connect the Apple TV. And after going through all that, I look down at the OLD router and realize I somehow did NOT turn it off like I thought I did.
So since the network name was the same, my Apple TV was connecting to the OLD router instead of the new one.
Argh, what a rookie mistake! :smileyembarrassed:
Everything is OK now.
Sorry everyone,
Allen
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Well, now I feel like an idiot. I had disconnected the old router and thought I had turned it off and then I set it down on the floor and began setting up the new router. I wanted to keep the same network name so I changed that and set the password accordingly.
That is when I could not connect the Apple TV. And after going through all that, I look down at the OLD router and realize I somehow did NOT turn it off like I thought I did.
So since the network name was the same, my Apple TV was connecting to the OLD router instead of the new one.
Argh, what a rookie mistake! :smileyembarrassed:
Everything is OK now.
Sorry everyone,
Allen