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Can you share the ATV internet connection?

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jtrain73

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Jan 15, 2009
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Loving my ATV, and really glad they included wireless N for easy connectivity without running wires.

I have some other components that I would like to connect and was thinking it would be great if you could share the wireless connection from the ATV with the other components (that are not wireless).

Is there a way to do this like you can with a mac? The ethernet port is just sitting there, is there a way to make it active?
 
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rayward

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Mar 13, 2007
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Houston, TX
jtrain73 said:
Loving my ATV, and really glad they included wireless N for easy connectivity without running wires.

I have some other components that I would like to connect and was thinking it would be great if you could share the wireless connection from the ATV with the other components (that are not wireless).

Is there a way to do this like you can with a mac? The ethernet port is just sitting there, is there a way to make it active?
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I don't know whether you can hack the ATV to do what you want with the ethernet port , but you can achieve the same result with an Airport Express unit ($99), which now supports wireless n.
 
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jtrain73

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Jan 15, 2009
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Yes, but that is an additional $100 to spend :(

A hack would be free. Really they should enable this as a feature.
 
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rayward

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Mar 13, 2007
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jtrain73 said:
Yes, but that is an additional $100 to spend :(

A hack would be free. Really they should enable this as a feature.
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I agree. Especially as the n band has such limited range compared to g. You'd think that any device capable of extending a wireless network should just go ahead and do it by default. But then you might not have need for a $100 Airport Express...
 
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