Authorize remote DVR on closed hotel wifi

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#1

I’m being asked to go to a url on my Apple TV channels app to Authorize remote DVR access but the URL is not accessible from another device. This is probably because I’m on a closed hotel Wi-Fi network
How can I authorize my remote DVR access on my Apple TV?

#2

If your hotel Wi-Fi doesn’t allow peer-to-peer traffic then there’s no way to do it. You can try plugging into Ethernet instead.

Many hotel Wi-Fi require you to login before the internet works too, so the Apple TV might not be able to reach your DVR even if you could start the authorization process.

#3

You could maybe tether your atv to your iOS hotspot and complete the authorization that way.

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#4

Yep! That worked. Thanks

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#5

I was able to get mine working by calling the hotel internet support (third party) and giving them the ATV MAC address to get on the WiFi.

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#6

There is another way to do it still.

  1. check the MAC of the ATV in network settings, then disconnect from network.
  2. check the wifi MAC of your macbook: ifconfig en0, then disconnect from network/turn off wifi.
  3. change the MAC on your macbook to match your ATV MAC: sudo ifconfig en0 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
  4. connect macbook to hotel wifi and authorize, then disconnect and change MAC back to the original wifi MAC: sudo ifconfig en0 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
  5. connect ATV to hotel wifi. you now have full wifi access.
#7

@syplex and @djcastaldo, those are ways to get the Apple TV on a hotel WiFi. I knew how to do that… but once you are on the WiFi network, you cannot connect to your Apple TV (via the ‘authorize DVR url’) from another device.

Typically Hotel WiFi networks are secured this way by design so that you cannot snoop/hack other devices on a hotel network.

@tmm1 solution was the correct one.

#8

I have used the spoofing method to authorize and connect to home DVR on numerous hotel wifi networks in the USA. Maybe it would be helpful for other users looking at the topic.