AppleTV Networking Setup

The OpenELEC AppleTV image contains drivers for the onboard Realtek Ethernet and Broadcom WLAN devices. It also supports the ASIX 88178 Gigabit USB NIC and a broad range of USB Wireless NIC's that is added to with each release.

Standard Ethernet
To use the standard Ethernet connection, simply connect an Ethernet cable and the system will get an IP from your router. If you need to set a static IP address, open the OpenELEC configuration addon. This can be found on the XBMC home screen under SETTINGS. The standard configuration is already set for "LAN" and "eth0" so all you need to do is enter details for the IP address, subnet mask, gateway and at least one DNS server, as shown in the screenshot below:



Any changes you make will be applied on rebooting.

Onboard WLAN
To use the standard Wireless connection, open the OpenELEC configuration addon. This can be found on the XBMC home screen under SETTINGS. Change the Network Technology setting to WLAN and the Network Interface to wlan0. If you need to enter a static address enter details for the IP address, subnet mask, gateway and at least one DNS server.



Next you need to scroll down and enter the Network SSID (Network Name), choose the Network Security type (WEP, WPA/PSK or None) and set the Network Password.



Networks with hidden SSID's are not supported. If you have ! $ or spaces in the SSID or password they need to be \escaped to prevent some of OpenELEC's boot-time scripts treating them as part of the script instead of input, i.e. the password Password$ should be entered as Password\$.

Any changes you made will be applied on rebooting.

ASIX Gigabit Ethernet
Follow the general configuration for Ethernet as above, but set the Network Interface to eth1 and reboot.

USB WLAN
If you have a Crystal HD card fitted, configure the network in exactly the same way as the standard WLAN above. If not, select wlan1 as the Network Interface.