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By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising.The Auvipal Ethernet adapter has one Ethernet port on one end, a number of USB ports and USB-A cable on the end. The firestick doesn't recognize a connection, and in the network settings, it shows up the same as just having a disconnected wifi network (because I forgot the wifi network to try to force it to look for the ethernet connection). Reddit and its partners use cookies and similar technologies to provide you with a better experience. However, if you’re in a busy neighborhood or have alots of devices connected to your WiFi network, this can quickly affect the performance of your streaming stick.

I wouldn’t recommend you do this, but if you have a more complex setup such as connecting to the Fire TV Stick via ADB or a File manager or FTP, then a dedicated IP address makes sense.So you will have to purchase an Ethernet adapter separately to connect your Fire TV Stick to the internet via a Wired network. The OTG cable connects to the Fire TV Stick via micro USB cable on one end and a power source via micro USB on another. The best way to guarantee network quality for your 4K Ultra HD streaming is by connecting to a wired Ethernet network. I tried restarting the firestick through the menu, unplugging it, and also tried out different cables to rule out it being the cables fault.

You can then connect your Ethernet adapter to one of the LAN ports of your WiFi router as shown below. The lights on the network box are lighting up indicating a connection but nothing's showing up in the network settings.