Says can't connect to internet but actually is connected

Question

I kept getting an error message "Cannot connect to internet" So after going round and round for almost an hour - reseting, reconfiguring network, trying ethernet cable instead of wifi etc. I chose "continue without internet" and bingo it's working now. so I must have a magic ATV that works without internet
And by the way during all these shenanigans two other computers on the same network were connecting to the router and internet fine.

Answer 1

Hi vazandrew, thanks for trying to help but actually  the ATV is connected to the internet as I am able to continue watching the show I was watching when it fell. And just to confirm that it is not streaming from any local device, I went and selected a brand new show that I have never watched and it streamed fine.
So there is something strange going on with my ATV.
I am listing below the exact sequence of events for you to analyse:
Watching a show and in the middle of it, it dropped out and some kind of error message came up saying something like "Sorry your show can not continue due to no internet connection" (don't remember what exactly).
Went over to my macbook and it was still connected fine - opened several new browser pages, refreshed them, etc.- all fine
Went back to ATV and went to settings > menu > general > network etc. and re-configured but kept getting message something like "you are connected to wi-fi/router GVT-blah blah" (ours) but you have no internet connection.
Went back and reconfigured network several times,  logged in/out of user account several times but still no joy.
Went to settings > menu > general > reset all, reconfigured everything to factory default, logged back in, then got the dreaded endless spinning wheel with an eventual message saying something like "could not set date and time"
Went and changed to configure date /time manually but couldn't find the field to do so so went back and changed back to auto.
Also changed region from US to Brazil
Spent about an hour doing all of the above several times and also checked my macbook several times to confirm internet connection was all good, including a speed test.
Tried ethernet cable connected directly from router to ATV, it showed as connected to router on ATV but still kept giving me message of no internet.
Disconnected ethernet cable and switched back to w-fi and reset and reconfigured all again but same message saying something like "connected to router, but no internet - continue without internet?
Finally in desperation, I chose "Continue without internet"
The screen then went to the Netflix one month free sub option that we subscribed to when we first got the ATV, which I chose and went through the iTunestore account log-in.
Bingo..all working again supposedly with no internet.
Finally just to confirm 100% that the ATV is not streaming via another local device, I shut them all down and the ATV is still streamed fine.
And as I said above, I am able to continue streaming the interrupted show and also chose other Netflix shows that I have never watched before (for now).
If you ask me, very buggy!