Why does my apple tv 2 lose network connectivity?

Question

I've searched on this topic for a while and have not found an answer as to why I keep losing network connectivity.  After owning my apple tv for almost a year it started losing network connectivity.  At first like many others it just required me to re-enter my network information.  Now however the only solution is to restore the apple tv downloading the latest OS.  I first believed this was due to its IP address expiring and the apple tv not acquiring a new address.  So I set a static IP address for the apple tv.  It worked for a few more days and then stopped working again.  Next I thought it was perhaps the actiontec router I have with my internet service so I added another router to fix this problem.  I first set the router up with my macbook and checked its connectivity (everything worked fine).  When I went back to the apple tv I had the same issue.  I selected the new network and entered the WEP password and received the 3902 error message.  I know now the only way it will work is if I restore the apple tv.  And I know at some point no matter what router I use it will stop working.  Because I've loaded various iterations of the OS I have to believe its a hardware issue.  And unfortunately when I finally discovered this problem my 1 year warrant expired so I'm SOL.  Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is occurring?  I've read and tried the various "solutions" others have used for networking issues (static ip's, fixing the channel etc.) and nothing seems to work.  I have no means of hardwiring this thing so if no solution is found I will need to dump it for something else.  Worst apple experience I have had to date and it really leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

Answer 1

Can you explain your thinking or if you have ideas on what it might be? I should not say its a hardware problem but I do believe it's the apple tv. I have friends with the same setup as me without problems. They have the same service provider, router (make, model) without any issues. And like I said it worked for almost a year. And the only fix is a restore of the apple tv. Rebooting the router, changing ip address assignment, fixing channel, downgrading to b or g from compatability mode has no affect.