iphone as remote / airplay issues

[rizzjm3]

Hi,

I'm new to apple tv and I'm a big fan so far. Everything is working great so far with one exception. I'm having trouble with using iPhone as a remote and AirPlay. I am able to get these functions to work when I reset the atv2 but sometimes they do not work. I'm fully upgraded to IOS 4.3 in both atv2 and iphone4. Anyone else having this problem or should I exchange the atv2. It's not a problem with iPhone since I have two phones with same issue.

 

[EvilC5]

Hi,

I'm new to apple tv and I'm a big fan so far. Everything is working great so far with one exception. I'm having trouble with using iPhone as a remote and AirPlay. I am able to get these functions to work when I reset the atv2 but sometimes they do not work. I'm fully upgraded to IOS 4.3 in both atv2 and iphone4. Anyone else having this problem or should I exchange the atv2. It's not a problem with iPhone since I have two phones with same issue.

What router? And is home sharing turned on?

 

[87am]

Same issues here!!! On linksys E3000. Home sharing is switched on for all devices.

 

[ISO:HELP]

After some tinkering the xbmotec is working good..

iphone remote workds good too...but I never update *****.....

 

[rizzjm3]

Yes all settings are correct- I have that option turned on with both devices ---my router is a medialink n router

You think the router matters?

 

[EvilC5]

Yes all settings are correct- I have that option turned on with both devices ---my router is a medialink n router

You think the router matters?

Probably not. Is the medialink dual band? 2.4 and 5? Just throwing ideas out.

Are you sure you are on the same network? Ie, a wireless Verizon router hooked medialink so 2 networks?

 

[rizzjm3]

Probably not. Is the medialink dual band? 2.4 and 5? Just throwing ideas out.

Are you sure you are on the same network? Ie, a wireless Verizon router hooked medialink so 2 networks?

Dont think its dual band---just 2.4

Sure its the same network---

You think plugging the apple tv into the router instead of wifi would help?

 

[adbe]

You think plugging the apple tv into the router instead of wifi would help?

Quite probably.

 

[profets]

I've been experiencing the same problems with AirPlay not showing up.

-I have an Apple TV connected with ethernet.
-Any computers on the network with ethernet will show Airplay (Apple TV) in iTunes.
-As soon as I connect the computer to the network using wifi the Airplay ability disappears.
-Any iPhones connected using wifi will not show Airplay.
-Using the laptop or iPhone on a completely different network that has an Apple TV they both have Airplay work fine over wifi.

Wireless access point on the network where Airplay doesn't work over wifi is a Cisco E3000. Its currently running simultaneous dualband with same SSID/security. Not sure how the iPhone 4 is connecting (which band/speed) so going to play around with it.

Very annoying that Airplay doesn't work. All devices are visible to each other, no network/connection issues at all. I'd love to hear any feedback from others that experienced this at all.

 

[rizzjm3]

resolved

My probelm has been resolved for now. I now have my ATV2 connected directly to my router instead of wifi. Also I downloaded the latest "Remote" app update. I haven't had this problem since I made these two changes.

However I have had a couple of problems where ATV wouldn't show up on the screen and I had to reset. Seems like this little box isn't short of issues----but I'm not complaining...yet.

 

[profets]

Resolved mine last night as well.

It was definitely an issue with wireless settings on the router. Played around a bit and then iPhones connected with wifi were able to see the Apple TV under Airplay.