Hello.
I'm facing a problem with my chromecast. When letting it connected on the TV for a long time (like at night), when I wake up at morning, my WiFi connection do not connect, It says that is 'obteining IP adress' and do not connect at all.
At home I have two WiFi routers with two different networks connection. The connection that's not in sync with chromecast keep working and the one with chromecast syns keep saying that adress problem.
Thank you.
Is Chromecast still working and connected to WiFi when the router goes braindead? Might be an issue with the router not handling Chromecast's multicast or something.
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Hello.
Since XDA is the only forum I'm loyal to I decided to ask you guys.
I've get my broadband directly from ethernet ports integrated in my walls, and all those ports are connected to a switch. The problem is that I've got a wifi router that I'd like to use so I can connect my laptop and my phone to the network, which works fine if I connect it to one of the ports in my walls, but I also have a XBox 360 connected to one of these ports. And since I always stream music and video from my laptop to my XBox this gives me a problem.
I've temporarily solved this by setting up the router right beside my XBox and hooking the XBox to the router, and it works fine, but I can't connect to the wifi if I leave my livingroom.
Also tried to connect the router inbetween the switch and the cables that goes to the wall ports, but this was totally useless because then I only had acceptable wifi connection in my hallway and my kitchen.
So my question is this, is there anyway to have the router connected to one of these ethernet ports, my computer connected to the router and the XBox connected to another ethernet port and get them to be able to communicate?
EDIT: Disabled DHCP on the router as I've found in a guide, but that was only possible to do on the LAN part of the router, no such setting on the wireless page, so still the same problem.
Sounds a bit compilcated I guess, but I think it should be possible to use this router as some kind of extender for the already existing network.
Regards
Izaac
Tell me, how large is your living room again? -____-
Jk, alright, from my point of view, just place the router at the farthest point between those three gadgets, and buy a wifi extender for the other two. That thing just a couple of bucks anyway. Problem solved. No need for another router.
What is your switch currently connected to for internet access?
If you have it hooked to a modem, then it is probably a 1 port router/modem since you don't have problems drawing an ip on your other items.
You are on the right track. Turning off DHCP is correct. There is no dhcp on the wireless portion so don't look for it. Then you want to set your wireless router with a static ip on your lan side so you can get into it if you need(use something out of the normal range like xxx.xxx.xxx.200). Make sure the static IP is part of your LAN subnet. Those two things turn your wireless router into a switch/wireless access point. From here on out forget about the WAN or Internet port on the router. Use only the LAN ports.
You can now use this wifi router anywhere you want. Place it where you get the best wireless signal.
Wire things up this way wherever you place it:
Connect wall ethernet port to one of the LAN ports. Then connect any other devices needing internet access to the other LAN ports.(Computer, XBOX, whatever...)
Then connect wirelessly with your wireless device.
If you need to modify the router settings, you can browse to xxx.xxx.xxx.200 ( or whatever you set the router static lan ip to) from your computer .
Any devices that need DHCP will draw the address from further upstream from the modem/router.
I live in a two floor appartment with the router on the second floor, most of the building is made of concrete, my router is on the second floor, and i have excellent reception all over the place.
- How long is your cable (from the router to the wall 1 meter? 5? Make it as short as possible)
- Are you using 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz? The most common frequency is 2.4, so if your neighbours are using 2.4, it might disrupt your connection from time to time, so try to change the channel.
- Move the router if your wireless phone or any wireless things are operating on 2.4 GHz nearby. They will disrupt the signal.
Oy..... I forgot to tell him to get Wi-Fi Analytics from the play store to check his signal and find the best channel to use.
The Chromecast connects very easily to the wifi network from the Actiontec router. No problem here.
For the part of the house where I need the Chromecasr, however, I have an Amped Wireless extender (AP300) into which ethernet from the router is connected and all devices in this part of the house have a very strong wireless signal.
The problem is that I can't get the Chromecast to connect to the extender's network, It sees the Chromecast I get the attached message when it tries to add to the network.
I am not very versed in networking so help is appreciated. I did check in the AP300's settings for isolation but couldn't find anything.
Thanks!
Exact same issue here...unable to connect (usually) to the Amped wireless repeater, but connect just fine with the main AP.
I wonder if this is an issue with other repeaters also?
jr461 said:
The Chromecast connects very easily to the wifi network from the Actiontec router. No problem here.
For the part of the house where I need the Chromecasr, however, I have an Amped Wireless extender (AP300) into which ethernet from the router is connected and all devices in this part of the house have a very strong wireless signal.
The problem is that I can't get the Chromecast to connect to the extender's network, It sees the Chromecast I get the attached message when it tries to add to the network.
I am not very versed in networking so help is appreciated. I did check in the AP300's settings for isolation but couldn't find anything.
Thanks!
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According to their document you need to turn off AP Isolation
support.google.com/chromecast/answer/3210071?hl=en#___plusone_0
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Yes. You will need to disable AP/Client isolation, also known as client isolation, on your router. Please refer to your router documentation to learn how to disable AP isolation.
If you do not have access to your router settings, or if you are attempting to connect through a guest, hotel or public network with AP/client isolation, you will be unable to set up your Chromecast.
If you are attempting to connect through a Wi-Fi extender, please check your extender settings. You will need to disable AP isolation on your Wi-Fi extender before setting up Chromecast to work with your Wi-Fi network.
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Sounds like they expect it to work on an extender....
mdelac01 said:
Exact same issue here...unable to connect (usually) to the Amped wireless repeater, but connect just fine with the main AP.
I wonder if this is an issue with other repeaters also?
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Just for anyone who comes across this thread looking for a solution...
I managed to get it working by going into my Amped Settings at setup.ampedwireless.com , then I disabled LAPP setting. Works like a charm! Could be screwing something up I really have no clue.
I just got a chromecast and I've been messing with it for several hours now to get it to work. I plug it in, and I get to the screen where I type in the name and password for the network, and it tries to connect but then always ends with an error message that says the Chromecast can't connect to the network. I have a Netgear 6300 v2 router, which is not compatible with Chromecast but I did the work around (turned on IPv6 on the router settings, UPnP is enabled, and another forum suggested enabling IGMP proxying so I did that too). I tried adding the MAC address of the Chromecast manually, and that didn't work either. I've tried to connect using both my phone and laptop. Are there any other tricks that people know of to get Chromecast to work? Thanks!
So, I'm setting up my new chromecast, but have have run into a problem. I'm able to find and connect my phone/PC to the chromecast itself, but it won't connect to my home (setup hangs at "connecting"). After a while I get an error message a la "can not establish contact with chromecast" (roughly translated from Norwegian). I've made sure uPnP and MAC address filtering both are disabled on my router.*I've already tried factory resetting the chromecast and moving closer to the router, to no help.
Worth mentioning is that my router is not exactly new (tilgin vood something), and is not to be found in the list of routers in the chromecast support section.*
Any tips?
olfyboy said:
So, I'm setting up my new chromecast, but have have run into a problem. I'm able to find and connect my phone/PC to the chromecast itself, but it won't connect to my home (setup hangs at "connecting"). After a while I get an error message a la "can not establish contact with chromecast" (roughly translated from Norwegian). I've made sure uPnP and MAC address filtering both are disabled on my router.*I've already tried factory resetting the chromecast and moving closer to the router, to no help.
Worth mentioning is that my router is not exactly new (tilgin vood something), and is not to be found in the list of routers in the chromecast support section.*
Any tips?
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Try reducing the number of units that are connected to the wireless router and try connecting with the CCast again...Sometime on some cheaper routers too many devices connected will prevent new devices from connecting.
You can also try rebooting the router or try moving the CCast closer.
I do assume you have a Dual Band Wireless N router with the 2.4Ghz band enabled. CCast only connects to 2.4Ghz band.
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Try reducing the number of units that are connected to the wireless router and try connecting with the CCast again...Sometime on some cheaper routers too many devices connected will prevent new devices from connecting.
You can also try rebooting the router or try moving the CCast closer.
I do assume you have a Dual Band Wireless N router with the 2.4Ghz band enabled. CCast only connects to 2.4Ghz band.
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Normally there's no more than 2-3 devices connected to the router at the same time, so a lack of available connections to the router shouldn't be a problem. Both 2.4 and 5 Ghz bands are enabled on the router, so that shouldn't be a problem either. Moving the chromecast closer to the router didn't make a difference either. I'm really not sure what's the problem here...Thanks for the reply, though!
Is it simultaneous dual band? I mean does it run both bands on the same network or does it effectively run 2 networks? Simultaneous will work best, but if it isn't you need to make sure that the router allows both networks to speak to each other.
Hi All,
I recently acquired a chromecast and would very much like access to the BBC Iplayer (I live in the netherlands). I can already watch Iplayer on my phone using the VPN option in android but once I try to watch it on chromecast it doesn't start the stream which is probably because the chromecast is connected to my home network which is not behind the VPN. I also can't mirror screen since I loose connection from my phone to the chromecast as soon as I connect my phone to the VPN.
Now I read that it is possible to do with a DDWRT router but I do not have one of those and I wouldn't want my whole network to be on a different IP, just the chromecast & if needed my phone. I do however have something that I would like to consider a lot more powerful than a router, namely a "Server PC" running windows XP professional. Would I be able to use this server and enable the VPN on it and then make the chromecast connect to the server? Would I need 2 USB wireless adapters or 1 (so my phone connects to 1 and the chromecast to the second. My server connects via ethernet to my modem)? Could I somehow configure this USB adapter to be connected to the VPN by default? Could I use virtualization software? I would like the most clean option preferably without affecting the rest of my server (but it would be OK if the server is temporarily in the UK until I have watched the show). Perhaps this topic can be extended to other devices with wireless capabilities like NAS and raspberries etc.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Ok so after some digging I found at least 1 way of doing it: http://alphaloop.blogspot.nl/2014/01/raspberry-pi-as-vpn-wireless-access.html
However I still think this should be possible on a windows XP machine with a wireless adapter.
On many Windows 7 PCs with wi-fi, you can use the following to create a hosted wifi network that your chromecast can connect to:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=XXXX key=YYYY
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
if you then share your VPN adapter's internet connection with the hosted wifi that you've created, you can connect your phone and chromecast to the same wifi XXXX and that will be connected to the internet via the VPN on the laptop.