How to connect Smart TV to internet?

Question

A few days ago I bought a Samsung Series 6 6300 40" LED 1080p 120Hz Smart TV. I read the manual several times and have had no luck connecting my Smart TV to the internet. I am currently living at an on campus university apartment, so I have no physical access to the wireless router. I tried to connect the TV wirelessly through the university's public ResNet Wireless Network. All I kept on getting on the TV was the following message: "The network settings have been completed, but the TV cannot connect to the Internet. Contact your Internet service provider for more information on using Internet services." Next, I tried connecting to the Internet via wired connection with a Belkin CAT5e Networking Cable. I plugged the cable into my room's LAN connection wall mount directly into the rear of TV and the internet would not connect again. So my last resort was connecting the Networking Cable to my laptop in hopes of sharing the laptop's internet connection with the Smart TV. I changed the settings to share the internet connection and even manually entered my IP address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS Servers. Still didn't work. So my last resort is coming on here and asking if there is any other possible way I can connect my Smart TV to the internet. I am not technically savvy, so if nothing else works I will probably return the TV to Best Buy. Question: How did you / How can I connect my Smart TV to the internet when it is connected to a PUBLIC wireless network wirelessly or wired? The TV is connected to the wireless network, but not the Internet.

Answer 1

The set needs to connect in the same manor that the laptop does. If you have an Internet connection for the laptop - you have an Internet connection for the television set. You may need to use a router to split the Ethernet connection you have for the laptop. The other option is Internet Connection Sharing via your laptop. You will need a second Ethernet adaptor for this (using a USB to Ethernet adapter).



Seriously consider the possibility that you won't be able to use a Smart TV in a dorm environment (which is basically what you are dealing with). You can expect bandwidth limitations as well.

Answer 2

Do you have to provide a username and password to access the Internet? If so, I would use the laptop PC as an intermediate device.



I assume that both the PC and the TV have both WiFi and Ethernet capability so you can connect either by WiFi or Ethernet. Although Windows machines support operation on Ad-hoc WiFi, many other devices do not support Ad-hoc connections so Ethernet between the PC and the TV may be the way to go.



Connect the laptop to the Internet by WiFi, and check that you can log in to the Internet and use it to access the Internet.



Connect the PC to the TV using a cross-over Ethernet cable.



Go into the settings for the WiFi adapter on the PC and configure that to allow the Ethernet port to share the Internet connection.



If you need to log in with a username and password to use the Internet, log in from the PC and keep it logged in while you use the TV.



I used this setup some years ago when I could get legal free Internet from a hotspot operated by my ISP, but could only get 10 GB/month on my normal ISP connection. I used an old desktop PC that had Ethernet and WiFi, that I booted up, connected to the hotspot over WiFi and logged in. Then I brought up the TV and could watch catchup services and Netflix. The hotspot had a two hour time out on its connection, but I could immediately reconnect and continue. Many catchup TV services and Netflix keep a track of where you had reached and could resume from that point.



I hope this helps.

Answer 3

Odds are the college is blocking certain protocols, including things like video streaming (blocking streaming web sites).

Also, many campuses have intelligent firewalls that can detect "non-PC" devices and block them.

There could be a lot of other reasons. Ask the school's IT department if you can connect the TV in the first place. If they say no, they are blocking stuff like that, then there is no solution. If they say yes, you can, ask for all the info you need to set up the TV properly.

Answer 4

that usually means a GATEWAY is not there. the gateway values are usually the ROUTER's private IP eg 192.168.1.0 if you have a pc that works, starting a dos box and typing in IPCONFIG/ALL tells you this stuff.