Hi Allan, Your AppleTV is connected to the 5GHz mode of your Time Capsule Dual-Band Wi-Fi Network?
Did you try the last part of my previous message - rename the Apple TV? I've just noticed you are using a Apple TV2 1. Go to Settings > under General > Apple TV Name - add a space at the end of the name - then Save the new name. 2. Restart AppleTV Has the bracketed number gone? Cheers, Ronni Sent from Ronni's iPad4 > On 16 Nov 2015, at 4:34 PM, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Ronni > > No change, unfortunately. Powered off modem/router, Time Capsule, iMac and > Apple TV. Also removed power and ethernet cables from the ATV. Restarted > and reconnected each device in turn. Apple TV still shows as “Apple TV (2)” > when AirPlay is selected from iPad or iMac. > > I use the Time Capsule as my ethernet and WiFi Router, connected in bridge > mode to the iiNet Bob Lite modem (which has wireless turned off). > > Cheers, > Alan > >> On 16 Nov 2015, at 3:24 PM, Ronni Brown <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Alan, >> >> What's happening is the router is dropping the connection to the Apple TV. >> The Apple TV sees that the connection has dropped and tries to reconnect but >> your router is still keeping the reservation from the first connection. >> >> So the Apple TV tries to connect as whatever IP it has and tries to assign >> its Bonjour name. >> Since the router is still showing that IP as active, Bonjour sees a device >> called "Apple TV”. >> Since Bonjour devices have to be unique, it bumps up the name by adding an >> increment, in this case "Apple TV (2)" >> >> I would try shutting down and unplugging your AppleTV, while leaving it >> unplugged, reboot your Airport Router. >> Wait for full connectivity to come back to your network and then plug your >> AppleTV back in and boot it up. >> >> Rebooting of your Airport Router and Apple TV should clear this. - the >> airport routers cache information about bonjour names, which is also how, >> for example, they are able to act as a sleep proxy to do wireless wake on >> access for other apple products. >> >> Apple TV can be renamed in Settings under AirPlay > Apple TV Name. >> >> Cheers, >> Ronni >> >>> On 16 Nov 2015, at 12:20 PM, Alan Smith <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> The network ID for my Apple TV (as used for AirPlay etc) is displayed as >>> Apple TV (2) on my devices. How can I restore it to plain "Apple TV”? >>> >>> Regards, >>> Alan >>> >>> Alan Smith >>> Late 2012 iMac 27" Intel Quad Core i5 Fusion 3.2GHz 8G RAM - OSX 10.11.1 >>> El Capitan >>> Late 2009 iMac 21.5" Intel Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz 12G RAM - OSX 10.9.6 Mavericks >>> iPhone5; iPad2; ATV2 -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
