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Life's getting too complicated for me!
Yesterday I bit the bullet and upgraded my Freeola Broadband package to give me more bandwidth allowance. I blame my kids!
Watching video/TV/films online can really get through some data.
Anyway, I broke the good news to the kids but told them they still can't go mad (before 7pm when things aren't metered) or I'll get a bill for overuse.
How's this for timing...
Daughter turns on our Samsung Smart TV (UE46ES6710) and tries to watch YouTube (addicted to YouTubers!) - but it fails saying it's not connected to the internet. She obviously wonders if I've blocked it as I've been moaning about internet usage the last few days!
I take a look and the wireless internet setup fails to complete successfully - it logs into the router all normally but doesn't get an internet connection.
We have 2 other Samsung SMART TVs that are all still fine. No changes had been manually made to the TV or home network.
The TV gets a local IP address etc. all normally, but fails to connect. i.e. The graphic shows it's connected to the router but not the internet with the following status messages:
I tried, manual and auto setups, alternate DNS settings, WPS setup, changed the router and performed a TV RESET but with no success.
I downloaded the latest firmware onto a USB stick but this fails to update as the TV was already up to date (firmware version 2004.1).
More poking about on the internet...
The problem with this is there are so many TV internet wifi type issues documented it's not easy to find real ones. Then I noticed a few posts on forums that had been made today talking about wifi issues. I turned to Twitter and sure enough a quick search on Samsung TV internet showed there was a widespread problem!
I've spent far too long on this - it was confusing to troubleshoot as we still have some TVs working online. The outage appears to be for ‘D’ and ‘E’ Samsung Smart TVs models.
This website has captured things well - Smart Hub Down
The Samsung error ends by advising you to contact your ISP!
Looking around Twitter I can see others have also wasted a lot of time on this. I wonder if Freeola took any calls?
There is also a report of similar outage for Sony connected TVs.
I can't see this Internet of things working out...
Yesterday I bit the bullet and upgraded my Freeola Broadband package to give me more bandwidth allowance. I blame my kids!
Watching video/TV/films online can really get through some data.
Anyway, I broke the good news to the kids but told them they still can't go mad (before 7pm when things aren't metered) or I'll get a bill for overuse.
How's this for timing...
Daughter turns on our Samsung Smart TV (UE46ES6710) and tries to watch YouTube (addicted to YouTubers!) - but it fails saying it's not connected to the internet. She obviously wonders if I've blocked it as I've been moaning about internet usage the last few days!
I take a look and the wireless internet setup fails to complete successfully - it logs into the router all normally but doesn't get an internet connection.
We have 2 other Samsung SMART TVs that are all still fine. No changes had been manually made to the TV or home network.
The TV gets a local IP address etc. all normally, but fails to connect. i.e. The graphic shows it's connected to the router but not the internet with the following status messages:
Network setup complete but cannot connect to the internet andconnected to the wireless network, but not the internetI tried, manual and auto setups, alternate DNS settings, WPS setup, changed the router and performed a TV RESET but with no success.
I downloaded the latest firmware onto a USB stick but this fails to update as the TV was already up to date (firmware version 2004.1).
More poking about on the internet...
The problem with this is there are so many TV internet wifi type issues documented it's not easy to find real ones. Then I noticed a few posts on forums that had been made today talking about wifi issues. I turned to Twitter and sure enough a quick search on Samsung TV internet showed there was a widespread problem!
I've spent far too long on this - it was confusing to troubleshoot as we still have some TVs working online. The outage appears to be for ‘D’ and ‘E’ Samsung Smart TVs models.
This website has captured things well - Smart Hub Down
The Samsung error ends by advising you to contact your ISP!
Looking around Twitter I can see others have also wasted a lot of time on this. I wonder if Freeola took any calls?
There is also a report of similar outage for Sony connected TVs.
I can't see this Internet of things working out...
[s]Hmmm...[/s] 
Far too much technology chaps ... we still fry our chips the 'old-fashioned' way ;¬)
I haven't tried our Sony, but if it's off then I guess we'll use the Sky box or Apple TV or Chromecast or PS3 or Wii U for streaming to the TV!
The 3 year old Sony we have slowed down when they updated to the new iPlayer so we don't tend to use iPlayer on it that much but Amazon TV and YouTube work fine on it. However, it did take them an age to update iPlayer in the first place, seems 'older' hardware is not so important.
The 3 year old Sony we have slowed down when they updated to the new iPlayer so we don't tend to use iPlayer on it that much but Amazon TV and YouTube work fine on it. However, it did take them an age to update iPlayer in the first place, seems 'older' hardware is not so important.
Just to update this...
Launching Smarthub on the Samsung this morning allowed an automatic update to start - this update seems to have fixed things!
Launching Smarthub on the Samsung this morning allowed an automatic update to start - this update seems to have fixed things!
[s]Hmmm...[/s]
chasfh wrote:
3D print a cow, job's a good'un!
Good idea :¬)
If Netflix is down we might have to go to the moo-vies...
It looks like Samsung's problems are affecting people world-wide. They might not have thought their setup through very well!
Daughter has just come in and had to fallback to using a Chromecast to get the TV online!
3D print a cow, job's a good'un!
Good idea :¬)
If Netflix is down we might have to go to the moo-vies...
It looks like Samsung's problems are affecting people world-wide. They might not have thought their setup through very well!
Daughter has just come in and had to fallback to using a Chromecast to get the TV online!
[s]Hmmm...[/s] 
Hmmm... wrote:
We love our internet connected TVs :¬)
There are loads of people on Twitter (along with me!) that have spent(wasted) a lot of time on this before realising it's not a fixable problem. It started yesterday evening - when network connections don't behave it can be very frustrating!
I feel better knowing it's not [i]my end - and I'll remember to check Twitter next time anything similar happens.
No wonder we're out of milk the fridge has been offline for days :¬P
3D print a cow, job's a good'un!
We love our internet connected TVs :¬)
There are loads of people on Twitter (along with me!) that have spent(wasted) a lot of time on this before realising it's not a fixable problem. It started yesterday evening - when network connections don't behave it can be very frustrating!
I feel better knowing it's not [i]my end - and I'll remember to check Twitter next time anything similar happens.
No wonder we're out of milk the fridge has been offline for days :¬P
[s]Hmmm...[/s][/i]3D print a cow, job's a good'un!
We love our internet connected TVs :¬)
There are loads of people on Twitter (along with me!) that have spent(wasted) a lot of time on this before realising it's not a fixable problem. It started yesterday evening - when network connections don't behave it can be very frustrating!
I feel better knowing it's not my end - and I'll remember to check Twitter next time anything similar happens.
No wonder we're out of milk the fridge has been offline for days :¬P
There are loads of people on Twitter (along with me!) that have spent(wasted) a lot of time on this before realising it's not a fixable problem. It started yesterday evening - when network connections don't behave it can be very frustrating!
I feel better knowing it's not my end - and I'll remember to check Twitter next time anything similar happens.
No wonder we're out of milk the fridge has been offline for days :¬P
[s]Hmmm...[/s]
Can't say I'm bothered about Smart TV's. I thought about it, and then decided that we wouldn't have one until it was absolutely necessary.
I've already got enough "smart" stuff in the house, without having a TV with a higher IQ than it's audience!
I don't think we've fielded any calls in relation to this problem (at least I'm not aware of any).
I've already got enough "smart" stuff in the house, without having a TV with a higher IQ than it's audience!
I don't think we've fielded any calls in relation to this problem (at least I'm not aware of any).
Life's getting too complicated for me!
Yesterday I bit the bullet and upgraded my Freeola Broadband package to give me more bandwidth allowance. I blame my kids!
Watching video/TV/films online can really get through some data.
Anyway, I broke the good news to the kids but told them they still can't go mad (before 7pm when things aren't metered) or I'll get a bill for overuse.
How's this for timing...
Daughter turns on our Samsung Smart TV (UE46ES6710) and tries to watch YouTube (addicted to YouTubers!) - but it fails saying it's not connected to the internet. She obviously wonders if I've blocked it as I've been moaning about internet usage the last few days!
I take a look and the wireless internet setup fails to complete successfully - it logs into the router all normally but doesn't get an internet connection.
We have 2 other Samsung SMART TVs that are all still fine. No changes had been manually made to the TV or home network.
The TV gets a local IP address etc. all normally, but fails to connect. i.e. The graphic shows it's connected to the router but not the internet with the following status messages:
I tried, manual and auto setups, alternate DNS settings, WPS setup, changed the router and performed a TV RESET but with no success.
I downloaded the latest firmware onto a USB stick but this fails to update as the TV was already up to date (firmware version 2004.1).
More poking about on the internet...
The problem with this is there are so many TV internet wifi type issues documented it's not easy to find real ones. Then I noticed a few posts on forums that had been made today talking about wifi issues. I turned to Twitter and sure enough a quick search on Samsung TV internet showed there was a widespread problem!
I've spent far too long on this - it was confusing to troubleshoot as we still have some TVs working online. The outage appears to be for ‘D’ and ‘E’ Samsung Smart TVs models.
This website has captured things well - Smart Hub Down
The Samsung error ends by advising you to contact your ISP!
Looking around Twitter I can see others have also wasted a lot of time on this. I wonder if Freeola took any calls?
There is also a report of similar outage for Sony connected TVs.
I can't see this Internet of things working out...
Yesterday I bit the bullet and upgraded my Freeola Broadband package to give me more bandwidth allowance. I blame my kids!
Watching video/TV/films online can really get through some data.
Anyway, I broke the good news to the kids but told them they still can't go mad (before 7pm when things aren't metered) or I'll get a bill for overuse.
How's this for timing...
Daughter turns on our Samsung Smart TV (UE46ES6710) and tries to watch YouTube (addicted to YouTubers!) - but it fails saying it's not connected to the internet. She obviously wonders if I've blocked it as I've been moaning about internet usage the last few days!
I take a look and the wireless internet setup fails to complete successfully - it logs into the router all normally but doesn't get an internet connection.
We have 2 other Samsung SMART TVs that are all still fine. No changes had been manually made to the TV or home network.
The TV gets a local IP address etc. all normally, but fails to connect. i.e. The graphic shows it's connected to the router but not the internet with the following status messages:
Network setup complete but cannot connect to the internet andconnected to the wireless network, but not the internetI tried, manual and auto setups, alternate DNS settings, WPS setup, changed the router and performed a TV RESET but with no success.
I downloaded the latest firmware onto a USB stick but this fails to update as the TV was already up to date (firmware version 2004.1).
More poking about on the internet...
The problem with this is there are so many TV internet wifi type issues documented it's not easy to find real ones. Then I noticed a few posts on forums that had been made today talking about wifi issues. I turned to Twitter and sure enough a quick search on Samsung TV internet showed there was a widespread problem!
I've spent far too long on this - it was confusing to troubleshoot as we still have some TVs working online. The outage appears to be for ‘D’ and ‘E’ Samsung Smart TVs models.
This website has captured things well - Smart Hub Down
The Samsung error ends by advising you to contact your ISP!
Looking around Twitter I can see others have also wasted a lot of time on this. I wonder if Freeola took any calls?
There is also a report of similar outage for Sony connected TVs.
I can't see this Internet of things working out...
[s]Hmmm...[/s]