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[Q] Wi-Fi problem

Over the past few days my phone hasn't been wanting to connect to my wi-fi. I would have to turn wi-fi on and off several times before it would connect. Today it just stopped connecting all together. It now shows my network but says its "out of range" I'm withing 10 ft so I know it's not. Earlier today it would just say scanning and then disabled under the network name. Anyone know why it would not be working at all? Also I have a ps3 hooked up wireless and it works fine so I know it's not the router.

mike1383 said:
Over the past few days my phone hasn't been wanting to connect to my wi-fi. I would have to turn wi-fi on and off several times before it would connect. Today it just stopped connecting all together. It now shows my network but says its "out of range" I'm withing 10 ft so I know it's not. Earlier today it would just say scanning and then disabled under the network name. Anyone know why it would not be working at all? Also I have a ps3 hooked up wireless and it works fine so I know it's not the router.
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without knowing your specifics how can we help you?
are you rooted? what rom? version? kernal? recovery?

I had the same problem...got a new phone from att and still did the same. Did you try resetting your router...for some reason my captivate is sensitive to my router and even though everything else wireless in the house works fine the phone says wifi disconnected....hopefully resetting your router does it
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Try changing the channel.on your router to channel 11 and then setting a static ip address on your phone.
I am assuming you are using a standard home user router such as a linksys or netgear and that you are using a captivate, so I doubt you are having issues due.to encryption or using the wrong type.wireless.
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[Q] SGT + 802.11n: Not enabled?

I just junked a netgear router with misbehaving wireless and nabbed a new one (Linksys WRT120N if you're curious) with N capability last night. I was hoping to get my SGT to connect at N speeds but unfortunately it keeps wanting to connect at G speed (54mbps). I've tried setting the router to N-only mode and the tablet still sees the AP, but it attempts to connect for a moment then goes back to scanning for APs. Yes, I've got great signal strength since I am sitting ~5 feet from the AP (the SGT icon shows full blue icon, my dbm is -34 for those of you that understand what it means).
Is the tablet's N capability disabled? I double checked the specs of my SCH-I800 on Verizon and Samsung's site and both say that the tablet has b/g/n wifi capability.
If you're nosy and want to know why in the world I'd even need N speeds, I have half a dozen computers in my house and some of them (thank you Microsoft) can't see the others for file transfers, so I copy the files over to my tablet from the source, then to the target. Not the best solution but I'd rather not toss up applications on all the computers and I haven't bothered buying equipment for a NAS device yet.
So... any revelations?
Samsung product info page: http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/galaxy-tab/SCH-I800BKAVZW-features
Verizon product info page: https://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c...tail&selectedPhoneId=5565&deviceCategoryId=12

Dunno, I've got mine running on N just fine... Some of the lower end linksys routers have issues with N. You might look into dd-wrt and see if your router is compatible..
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I've got a Linksys E3000 running Tomato, and my Tab connects. Notably, however, the Tab only supports some of the 5GHz channels and not others.

manekineko said:
I've got a Linksys E3000 running Tomato, and my Tab connects. Notably, however, the Tab only supports some of the 5GHz channels and not others.
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Pretty sure it only supports the 2.4ghz range of N. I could be wrong, but I doubt they would have included the 5ghz range of N wireless capabilities..

pvtjoker42 said:
Pretty sure it only supports the 2.4ghz range of N. I could be wrong, but I doubt they would have included the 5ghz range of N wireless capabilities..
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No, it supports 5Ghz range as well, just not all channels as I stated. My router is dual radio, and I have one SSID running at 2.4 and one SSID running at 5, and the Tab is connected to the 5 one.
It noticeably scans the 2.4 range before the 5 range, so first the 2.4 access points appear, and then the 5.

My personal experience was that I was able to achieve much much better download speeds by setting my router (WRT310N) to G mode only.
Before hand, when it was set to mixed I was getting speeds of like 1mbps download tops. Now I get 15+.

manekineko said:
I've got a Linksys E3000 running Tomato, and my Tab connects. Notably, however, the Tab only supports some of the 5GHz channels and not others.
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Would you mind mentioning 'some' of these channels so I don't have to manually go through all of them one by one to see if it'll work with my SGT?

LycaonX said:
Would you mind mentioning 'some' of these channels so I don't have to manually go through all of them one by one to see if it'll work with my SGT?
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Sure, no prob, I've got mine working on channel 36.
You can also take a look at my other post on this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158878

Bionic Reboots Any Wireless N Router???

I have an EnGenius ESR-9850 wireless N router with B+G+N turned on and auto WPA2 encryption. I can connect all of wireless devices(laptops, bluray, tv, iPhone, Xbox, etc) but not my Bionic. About 10 seconds after I attempt to connect to the EnGenius it will actually REBOOT the router! I've tried turning all the encryption off and only using N instead of B+G+N and still the same thing. Then I found that if I just use B + G it works fine. I've tested this on three different model routers and have the same result.
So in conclusion it seems my Bionic dominates any router that has wireless N turned on and reboots them. I guess it really does control all machines, just not in the way I'd like...
Anyone else having this issue???

I'm not having any trouble whatsoever with my Linksys.
I'm not even sure how a connection being initiated would cause a reboot unless there was something wrong with the router.
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What model Linksys please? I may have to look into getting one. So far I've tried two different model EnGenius, BEC, and a D-Link. If I get some time this afternoon I'll try to go through the logs on these routers and see what they say. May be a clue to whats going on somewhere in there.

mikecheat04 said:
What model Linksys please? I may have to look into getting one. So far I've tried two different model EnGenius, BEC, and a D-Link. If I get some time this afternoon I'll try to go through the logs on these routers and see what they say. May be a clue to whats going on somewhere in there.
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i to have had no problems. i have a linskys es4200 at home and at work we use a linskys not sure what model at work. maybe you phone is messed up

While I wasn't getting reboots on my router (linksys wrt54g2 rev 1 running dd-wrt) I could not run my wap... Simply would not connect. No mater what I tried.... Had to settle for no ssid broadcast and a Mac filter.
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I have a Linksys WRT310N router from 2-3 years ago and no problems here.

Netgear wndr3700
No issues on it at all.

I have a belkin and it works fine on it.

willbur73 said:
Netgear wndr3700
No issues on it at all.
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I have the same and no issues

Well it is true that the bionic rules all machines now isnt it.
I too have a linsys router and i have wpa2 encryption and my bionic connected without even putting in my password, not sure if google remembers my settings from my droid, i hope just anyone cant access my system lol.

crxlvr said:
Well it is true that the bionic rules all machines now isnt it.
I too have a linsys router and i have wpa2 encryption and my bionic connected without even putting in my password, not sure if google remembers my settings from my droid, i hope just anyone cant access my system lol.
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You stole my quote damn you. I was gonna say that :-(

Well damn seems I'm the only one with this problem. I'll have to go test this out with some other wireless N routers and see what results I get. For now I have my router handicapped at G speeds just so I can get my phone to work. May try to return the phone....

No... The issue where these guys are getting their Bionic to reboot routers are all id10t errors. I've never even seen a device restart (except an Android) just because a connection was made to something. Also look at the brand. EnGenius, guys, really? Problem exists because user bought no name hardware. That statement almost includes D-Link as well.
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ninjagonepostal said:
No... The issue where these guys are getting their Bionic to reboot routers are all id10t errors. I've never even seen a device restart (except an Android) just because a connection was made to something. Also look at the brand. EnGenius, guys, really? Problem exists because user bought no name hardware. That statement almost includes D-Link as well.
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I'm sure there are a ton of things that happen every day you've never seen, doesn't mean they don't happen or aren't true. And I didn't buy either of those pieces of equipment, they were provided by my ISP. Don't appreciate you calling me an idiot either.
Anyways...I did some more testing and I couldn't get the Dlink to do it any more, maybe I got confused about that one. I did test two other EnGenius routers and it still happens with them. I've since been given an Asus router that has wireless N and it's working great! So this just seems to be a glitch with EnGenius routers. Besides this one weird glitch it was a great router.

You are not crazy! My Bionic connects to my D-Link access point and it doesn't reboot the router, but it locks up Internet traffic on all other connected devices and will never connect itself, even though it receives a valid IP address. Same thing occurred with my X, but not my Sammy Charge so it is something particular to moto hardware.
Not a huge deal for me cause I have a Verizon tower less than a mile from my house.
When I get time, I will dig through my access points logfiles.
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mikecheat04 said:
I'm sure there are a ton of things that happen every day you've never seen, doesn't mean they don't happen or aren't true. And I didn't buy either of those pieces of equipment, they were provided by my ISP. Don't appreciate you calling me an idiot either.
Anyways...I did some more testing and I couldn't get the Dlink to do it any more, maybe I got confused about that one. I did test two other EnGenius routers and it still happens with them. I've since been given an Asus router that has wireless N and it's working great! So this just seems to be a glitch with EnGenius routers. Besides this one weird glitch it was a great router.
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I did not call you an idiot sir. Just because someone makes an id10t error does not mean they are an idiot. Just means they goofed and I'm sorry you felt that way about my statement.
As far as the EnGenius routers go, are there any awkward default settings on the routers? Maybe a weird default mtu, or something along the lines of an awkward security measure? Just trying to fuel the solution train. Enjoy your day.
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Bionic and Wireless N
Linksys WRT160N
The Bionic would connect to the router then not pass any data. I changed the router mode from mixed bgn to mixed bg and the issue was resolved. I was able to connect and get data on bg.

I have a lot of problems connecting to my n router with a secondary g router in the house.
They both have the ssid hidden and the n router is behind a ISA firewall and has the IP address assigned by windows server 2008 r2's dhcp server with a static address assigned to the Mac address.
I do admit that this is a very intricate setup but fail to see why the phone makes the ssid disappear after one connection.
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mikecheat04 said:
I have an EnGenius ESR-9850 wireless N router with B+G+N turned on and auto WPA2 encryption. I can connect all of wireless devices(laptops, bluray, tv, iPhone, Xbox, etc) but not my Bionic. About 10 seconds after I attempt to connect to the EnGenius it will actually REBOOT the router! I've tried turning all the encryption off and only using N instead of B+G+N and still the same thing. Then I found that if I just use B + G it works fine. I've tested this on three different model routers and have the same result.
So in conclusion it seems my Bionic dominates any router that has wireless N turned on and reboots them. I guess it really does control all machines, just not in the way I'd like...
Anyone else having this issue???
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That's just way to complicated of a setup. Your Bionic said "f all that, i'm just rebootin that BS".
DoMinated.
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iv'e seen this before, in fact i have a router that does this, it does it with my bionic, and my wife's laptop... it can go a few days, or 5 minutes and then poof reboot, had to move the wife's laptop to another router that didn't crash like that, my main router that crashes is a WHR-HP-GN running the latest brainslayer build of dd-wrt while the one that doesn't crash is a netgear WNR3500L samknows edition... i don't have a fix for it sorry. but maybe you can rest easier knowing that you aren't completely insane, oh btw, thanks a lot, my router had been doing its thing and i didn't know why, i guess i hadn't put that together yet... oh its not crashing either, its just the wifi is dropping it should come back after a little while, and wired shouldn't have any issues.. that's how it goes with dd-wrt installed anyhow.
i bet all of like 5 people have ever even seen that happen before... i have *no* idea why it does that or how its even possible.

Has anyone else had a terrible experience thus far?

I bought my chromecast the day it came out. Since I have gotten it I have had nothing but problems with it.
First, getting it to connect to my WiFi was a complete pain in the ass. It took me 2+ hours and my final solution was to disable NAT, connect the chromecast, then re-enable NAT. So, fine. I got it to connect and it kind of worked.
~20% of the time it works flawlessly.
Now, the other 80% of the time it will say ready to connect and say it is connected to my home WiFi but the chromecast app either says there are no devices or there is a device that needs to be setup. Also, if I manage to get it to work and start playing a movie on netflix, I often lose the control over it during the course of the movie and the only way to stop it from playing is to unplug the dongle.
Has anyone else had this awful of an experience? What would be the cause? I am contemplating going and buying a new router (mine is a modem/wireless router for centurylink MN: C1000a).

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~20% of the time it works flawlessly.
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Calls to mind the Anchorman quote: "60% of the time, it works every time."
My first thought is that your AP restricts client-to-client communication, resulting in difficulty communicating between your phone and the Chromecast. However, that doesn't explain the NAT issue you had.

I had some of the same issues with losing controls and not being able to pause or stop a movie/video but the Remote Cast app from the market helped with the loosing controls part. As far as the chromecast losing the network connection unfortunately I ended up hooking up a cheap belkin router in addition to my good router and it works with the belkin just fine without loosing connection.
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athorax said:
I bought my chromecast the day it came out. Since I have gotten it I have had nothing but problems with it.
First, getting it to connect to my WiFi was a complete pain in the ass. It took me 2+ hours and my final solution was to disable NAT, connect the chromecast, then re-enable NAT. So, fine. I got it to connect and it kind of worked.
~20% of the time it works flawlessly.
Now, the other 80% of the time it will say ready to connect and say it is connected to my home WiFi but the chromecast app either says there are no devices or there is a device that needs to be setup. Also, if I manage to get it to work and start playing a movie on netflix, I often lose the control over it during the course of the movie and the only way to stop it from playing is to unplug the dongle.
Has anyone else had this awful of an experience? What would be the cause? I am contemplating going and buying a new router (mine is a modem/wireless router for centurylink MN: C1000a).
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Having similar issues. Using Samsung LED TV. Setup seemed ok, but 'casting' anything from my phone is slow and tediously painful, it even seems to make the apps on the phone slower to respond than if they are *not* casting, i.e. Netflix loads quickly and transitions normally, but when I attempt to "cast" the phone app seems to act slow and the TV seems to take almost a full minute to catch up to what I selected from the phone, if at all.
I have a brand new router; My samsung TV is wifi enabled, I just don't use it much. The thought occurs to me that perhaps there is wifi RF interference so I may attempt to disable the samsung's wifi feature tomorrow and see if the Chromecast behaves more responsively.

I had troubles connecting to my Verizon FIOS Actiontec router. But I learned years ago not to fool with that router as it makes other things worse. So, I've had a separate Wifi hotspot for years (just another router with the router stuff turned off) and my Chromecasts (I have 4 of them) work just fine with that. If I were you I'd go to Fry's, or equivalent, and buy a cheap router and set it next to your existing one. Routers go for as cheap as $14.99. The one I use cost about $25. Your life will be much easier.

My experience has been flawless using the Chromecast in two different locations. Both locations have routers and wireless AP's that run either DD-WRT or Tomato however. There doesn't appear to be anything inherently wrong with the Chromecast hardware overall (but you might have a dud unit), but the reliability of it obviously depends on your wireless AP and router equipment.
What equipment are you using for your wireless AP and router?

Haven't had any issues with mine or my friend's. Two different routers, but both setup and run perfectly. Might be a router specific issue.

BrianAllred said:
Haven't had any issues with mine or my friend's. Two different routers, but both setup and run perfectly. Might be a router specific issue.
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Mine has been flawless. It set up in seconds and works perfectly.
I have been casting a bunch of YouTube and netflix with no issue.

I've got about the same experience. Turns out as soon as I start casting my Wifi network performance is reduced to rubble and the Netflix & Youtube apps on my phone freeze up. Without casting pings to the (Asus RT-N66U) router is around 5ms. After casting the pings are all over the place (200ms - 1sec) with lots of dropped packets.
I have 3 out of 4 signal bars on the Chromecast, but the problem appears to be reduced if I bring it closer to the router. Almost seems like a HW problem.
I'm using Shibby's Tomato rev 124 on the router btw.
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I bought my chromecast the day it came out. Since I have gotten it I have had nothing but problems with it.
First, getting it to connect to my WiFi was a complete pain in the ass. It took me 2+ hours and my final solution was to disable NAT, connect the chromecast, then re-enable NAT. So, fine. I got it to connect and it kind of worked.
~20% of the time it works flawlessly.
Now, the other 80% of the time it will say ready to connect and say it is connected to my home WiFi but the chromecast app either says there are no devices or there is a device that needs to be setup. Also, if I manage to get it to work and start playing a movie on netflix, I often lose the control over it during the course of the movie and the only way to stop it from playing is to unplug the dongle.
Has anyone else had this awful of an experience? What would be the cause? I am contemplating going and buying a new router (mine is a modem/wireless router for centurylink MN: C1000a).
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o2blom said:
I've got about the same experience. Turns out as soon as I start casting my Wifi network performance is reduced to rubble and the Netflix & Youtube apps on my phone freeze up. Without casting pings to the (Asus RT-N66U) router is around 5ms. After casting the pings are all over the place (200ms - 1sec) with lots of dropped packets.
I have 3 out of 4 signal bars on the Chromecast, but the problem appears to be reduced if I bring it closer to the router. Almost seems like a HW problem.
I'm using Shibby's Tomato rev 124 on the router btw.
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Google has it on their router page but sounds like you're not running the stock firmware, so could be any number of things.
First thing I'd check is UPnP and multicast. If either are blocked/disabled it will cause trouble.

bhiga said:
Google has it on their router page but sounds like you're not running the stock firmware, so could be any number of things.
First thing I'd check is UPnP and multicast. If either are blocked/disabled it will cause trouble.
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I run a slightly older netgear router with tomato firmware and everything plays fine... I keep UPnP off because (at least on my router's model) I was told it can cause problems.
o2blom said:
I've got about the same experience. Turns out as soon as I start casting my Wifi network performance is reduced to rubble and the Netflix & Youtube apps on my phone freeze up. Without casting pings to the (Asus RT-N66U) router is around 5ms. After casting the pings are all over the place (200ms - 1sec) with lots of dropped packets.
I have 3 out of 4 signal bars on the Chromecast, but the problem appears to be reduced if I bring it closer to the router. Almost seems like a HW problem.
I'm using Shibby's Tomato rev 124 on the router btw.
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Try turning UPnP off on your router page, as well as turning off Wireless Isolation

Apk07 said:
I run a slightly older netgear router with tomato firmware and everything plays fine... I keep UPnP off because (at least on my router's model) I was told it can cause problems
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Yeah UPnP really depends. If it works, leave it. If it doesn't, it's worth toggling to see if it makes a difference.

Mine works flawlessly as long as the wireless signal is good. Setup was an snap (have an ATT Uverse/2-Wire router). All I had to do was put in the password and it connected on 1st try.
Used it the other night in the kitchen and I kept losing controls and it kept dropping out before I remembered that the kitchen TV is in a bad spot for wireless. Moved it to another TV and it was rock solid again.

Just bought mine today, setup and use work great. The only thing is no fullscreen casting (the experimental one) and some frame dropping not using it as it was intended (casting a remote desktop tab for fullscreen games).
It may solve some router issues to include an extender or additional bridged router that has it's own SSID. Just in case it's a compatibility issue. It might help to have a clean slate to troubleshoot with.

I had a number of issues originally when first using it, the setup was very hit or miss (kept failing) and I had huge reception issues.
Later Google OTA updates appear to have resolved the setup issues I had on earlier builds and I ended up solving my reception issues by purchasing an HDMI extension cable and migrating my chromecast out of my home theatre cabinet where it was getting impaired wifi signal.

oarking said:
Just bought mine today, setup and use work great. The only thing is no fullscreen casting (the experimental one) and some frame dropping not using it as it was intended (casting a remote desktop tab for fullscreen games).
It may solve some router issues to include an extender or additional bridged router that has it's own SSID. Just in case it's a compatibility issue. It might help to have a clean slate to troubleshoot with.
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Yes, contrary to what Google might imply, Chromecast does not have to be on the same wireless network as your other wireless devices. As long as they're bridged, it works fine. That's how Chromecast can be on 2.4 GHz WiFi while my phone is on 5 GHz WiFi, and my computer is wired.
The only hard requirement is that for setup, you need a supported device with 2.4 GHz 802.11b, 802.11g, or 802.11n wireless because it needs to connect to the Chromecast's internal access point that is available during setup.

I have the same router just running merlin instead of tomato. No issues with latency.
I did try it at a friends house and they had some netgear router and latency went through the roof for everyone. Unsure exactly what happened but made the entire wifi network lag horribly.
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I have the same router just running merlin instead of tomato. No issues with latency. I am running 3 rt-n66u's though... 1 as a router and 2 ap's... Maybe the load was spread out enough to not bog down one of the boxes?
I did try it at a friends house and they had some netgear router and latency went through the roof for everyone. Unsure exactly what happened but made the entire wifi network lag horribly.
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Unable to cast netflix

I used to use the netflix on daily basis until about three weeks ago I started to get the following message after a long time displaying the netflix splash screen on my TV: "Humm... It seems we're unable to connect". And then the netflix closes after 10 seconds. Every other chromecast official app works good, but Netflix. I also noted that if I restore the chromecast and launch netflix, everything will work. But if I cast other app, as YouTube for instance, and then return to netflix, I'll get the problem again, requiring another restore.
My chromecast software version is 16664.
Is anyone experiencing the something like that?
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luizm.jr said:
I used to use the netflix on daily basis until about three weeks ago I started to get the following message after a long time displaying the netflix splash screen on my TV: "Humm... It seems we're unable to connect". And then the netflix closes after 10 seconds. Every other chromecast official app works good, but Netflix. I also noted that if I restore the chromecast and launch netflix, everything will work. But if I cast other app, as YouTube for instance, and then return to netflix, I'll get the problem again, requiring another restore.
My chromecast software version is 16664.
Is anyone experiencing the something like that?
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Just to confirm, you're not using any DNS relocation/redirection (Unlocator, Unotelly, etc), right?
I just used Netflix the other day, and I'm still on 16664.
It's weird that everything else works except for Netflix, and also weird that factory reset makes it work. Could be a bug or perhaps something with WiFi connectivity. You don't have a WiFi repeater or multiple APs using the same SSID do you?

bhiga said:
Just to confirm, you're not using any DNS relocation/redirection (Unlocator, Unotelly, etc), right?
I just used Netflix the other day, and I'm still on 16664.
It's weird that everything else works except for Netflix, and also weird that factory reset makes it work. Could be a bug or perhaps something with WiFi connectivity. You don't have a WiFi repeater or multiple APs using the same SSID do you?
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I use regular DNS. I also tried different WiFi routers and I always got this issue. Rarely Netflix works without need factory reset.
I was wondering if it could be a problem with the chromecast cache. Do you know a way to clear the cache without factory reseting?

luizm.jr said:
I use regular DNS. I also tried different WiFi routers and I always got this issue. Rarely Netflix works without need factory reset.
I was wondering if it could be a problem with the chromecast cache. Do you know a way to clear the cache without factory reseting?
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Not that I know of... however, since the Netflix app is stored on Chromecast, there's a small possibility that it's a RAM or NAND issue on your Chromecast itself. If it's not rooted or special in any way, you might want to consider getting it replaced.
Or see if you can borrow another Chromecast to see if the problem is localized to your specific device.

bhiga said:
Not that I know of... however, since the Netflix app is stored on Chromecast, there's a small possibility that it's a RAM or NAND issue on your Chromecast itself. If it's not rooted or special in any way, you might want to consider getting it replaced.
Or see if you can borrow another Chromecast to see if the problem is localized to your specific device.
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This is new for me. I thought Netflix was loaded online. I'll ask a friend that has chromecast to test mine in his home and and borrow his chromecast.
I'll let you know the results tomorrow.
Thanks

I borrowed a chromecast and first time it worked. After casting YouTube videos and then return to netflix, same thing happened. My friend got everything working great using my chromecast.
The only thing that never changed is my cable modem, but I never change anything on it. Moreover, why this is happening only with netflix and why it works if I factory reset are still a mystery.
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luizm.jr said:
I borrowed a chromecast and first time it worked. After casting YouTube videos and then return to netflix, same thing happened. My friend got everything working great using my chromecast.
The only thing that never changed is my cable modem, but I never change anything on it. Moreover, why this is happening only with netflix and why it works if I factory reset are still a mystery.
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Perhaps you are seeing the first case of Net Neutrality biting you in the ISP?
See if you can reach Netflix via the browser...

I don't think so. I can access netflix anywhere else: tablet, phone, ps3 and computer. Besides, my friend use the same isp.
The only other place I having trouble in access netflix is my old Asus cube that I had retired since I got the chromecast last year.
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luizm.jr said:
I don't think so. I can access netflix anywhere else: tablet, phone, ps3 and computer. Besides, my friend use the same isp.
The only other place I having trouble in access netflix is my old Asus cube that I had retired since I got the chromecast last year.
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Quite the puzzle...
Since your Chromecast works on your friend's network, and your friend's Chromecast shows the same behavior as yours on your network, the breakage factor definitely seems to be something about your network.
I really can't think of your cable modem being an issue unless isn't going bad (if it has an interface, look for excessive errors and/or poor signal quality - for example, Motorola SurfBoards usually have an interface at http://192.168.100.1/).
As your friend is using the same ISP, I would compare your router settings with his - ISP login type, routing and DNS in particular.
Of course if you have different routers then the router itself is still a variable.

I'll try to share my mobile Internet connection as soon I get back home to see if it will do the same.
Also I'll try to look the router log to see something.
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I tested chromecast connecting to my phone in tethering mode. Netflix worked everytime. But when I got back to my regular connection, the problem appeared again.
So the problem seems to be located in my cable modem that also is a router.
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Ok first question...do you have another router connected to the Modem Router? Are you using the Modem's built in WiFi or this other router's?
If you have another router then chances are likely you have a double NAT situation which is messing you up.
Check your other router and see what IP address is has listed under Internet connection...If it is a 192.168.xxx.xxx then it's a double Nat and you need to call your Cable company and have them put the Modem into Bridge mode.
If you do not have another router and use only the Modem router then you need to call the cable company and have them change the settings on the router to allow multicast and UPnP...Maybe a few other settings as well. Tell them what you are trying to do they have probably gotten lots of calls from others with the same issue.
Me personally I prefer to use my own router and have them put the Modem into Bridge mode so I have full control over the network and don't need to call them whenever I have a problem or want to change settings.

Asphyx said:
Ok first question...do you have another router connected to the Modem Router? Are you using the Modem's built in WiFi or this other router's?
If you have another router then chances are likely you have a double NAT situation which is messing you up.
Check your other router and see what IP address is has listed under Internet connection...If it is a 192.168.xxx.xxx then it's a double Nat and you need to call your Cable company and have them put the Modem into Bridge mode.
If you do not have another router and use only the Modem router then you need to call the cable company and have them change the settings on the router to allow multicast and UPnP...Maybe a few other settings as well. Tell them what you are trying to do they have probably gotten lots of calls from others with the same issue.
Me personally I prefer to use my own router and have them put the Modem into Bridge mode so I have full control over the network and don't need to call them whenever I have a problem or want to change settings.
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My cable modem a public IP provided by my ISP, and a private IP that is 192.168.0.1. My router has a WAN IP provided by my cable modem (192.168.0.xxx) and a LAN IP 192.168.1.1. My chromecast used to be connected in my router LAN, but I changed it to connect directly to the cable modem router. I'll try to put the cable modem in bridge mode to see what happens as I have full access to its configuration.
Thanks again

luizm.jr said:
My cable modem a public IP provided by my ISP, and a private IP that is 192.168.0.1. My router has a WAN IP provided by my cable modem (192.168.0.xxx) and a LAN IP 192.168.1.1. My chromecast used to be connected in my router LAN, but I changed it to connect directly to the cable modem router. I'll try to put the cable modem in bridge mode to see what happens as I have full access to its configuration.
Thanks again
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Yep that setup causes a double Nat situation Which doesn't work well for most networking applications....
Especially since you are also dealing with Two different Wireless networks.
Best setup is to have the modem just be a modem and send public IPs to whatever connects to it.
Then you won't have any Nat translation issues PLUS you get the ability (if your Modem has multiple ports like most Modem/Router Hybrids do, You can get a public IP for any device directly connected to the Modem which is good for running servers and for testing router issues.

Problem solved!
I turned off the wifi on the cable modem and put it on bridge mode, letting my router deal with my network. Netflix is now working good on both chromecast and Google tv.
However I believe the problem was related to a still unknown setting in the cable modem as I left it operating alone and netflix was still not able to load.
Thank you very much for the help. I really appreciate it.
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luizm.jr said:
Problem solved!
I turned off the wifi on the cable modem and put it on bridge mode, letting my router deal with my network. Netflix is now working good on both chromecast and Google tv.
However I believe the problem was related to a still unknown setting in the cable modem as I left it operating alone and netflix was still not able to load.
Thank you very much for the help. I really appreciate it.
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it may very well have been a Router issue with the Modem...But now that it is only a Bridge the other router's settings will handle all the communication needed for the CCast and it should work...
As long as the settings on the second router were not the issue in the first place.