ORBI system in router mode. Has anyone gotten a chromecast to work on the guest network without selecting "Allow guests to see each other and access my local network"? The system is set up in a mixed use facility and we want guests to be able to use the WIFI and a Chomecast but not to have access to the PCs that are on the network. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the response. Is there any news on progress toward splitting up the settings for: Allow guests to see each other and access my local network. I really don't understand how selecting that setting is any different than not having a guest network at all.

Virtually all isolation solutions I've seen of this nature combine them, rightly or wrongly. The assumption is that Orbi is a consumer-targeted device, and something like a Chromecast would never be used by a "guest", as it requires obvious interaction with other devices as well...the same reason a Chromecast would never work on a hotel TV, for instance. If you're using it at a business, there may be solutions other than Orbi that would be more optimal for your use case...don't have enough information to speak to that, but I'd consider it very unlikely the two will ever be split. Rodney

Rodney, I am starting to see the wisdom behind your response. Orbi system is really nice experience from the clientele side of things (appears as one network, good handoffs, etc) but the backend is not super configurable. Planning on going to AP mode and putting a wired router in to manage traffic and security. Hopefully this will give the best of both worlds.

Good plan in general, but be aware that as of the time of this writing, guest mode isolation isn't working properly in AP mode (it results in guests having no connectivity at all). That's been the case for a couple of past releases, hopefully it will get fixed in the near-ish future. Rodney

Hello Alg42 ! Same problem here. It's weird that Chromecast won't run in Orbi's guest mode : Airplay over Apple TV and Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter (miracast) do work with the Orbi in guest mode. Very disappointing from Orbi (and Chromecast). Did you manage to find a solution ? I assume we wanted to do the same kind of thing as you : have a simple way for the visitors of our conference room to cast to our big TV screen. I tried to connect the Chromecast with the "private" wifi and then to use Chromecast's guest access with no luck...

Anyone have sucess setting up Chromecast on ORBI in guest mode

13 Replies

rhester72
Virtuoso
Apr 04, 2017
You can't have your cake and eat it, too.

Chromecast is by definition peer-to-peer...if the peers can't talk, nothing useful is going to happen.

Rodney
- alg42
  Guide
  Apr 04, 2017
  Thanks for the response.
  
  Is there any news on progress toward splitting up the settings for:
  
  Allow guests to see each other
  
  and
  
  access my local network.
  
  I really don't understand how selecting that setting is any different than not having a guest network at all.
  - Mikey94025
    Hero
    Apr 05, 2017
    alg42 wrote:
    Thanks for the response.
    
    Is there any news on progress toward splitting up the settings for:
    
    Allow guests to see each other
    
    and
    
    access my local network.
    
    I really don't understand how selecting that setting is any different than not having a guest network at all.
    You're right, it is confusing that the 2 options are combined as one. The difference between checking this option and not having a guest network at all is that you don't give out your primary wifi password to your guests so you are free to change the guest wifi password between guest visits without having to also reconfigure all your home devices.
- alg42
  Guide
  Apr 10, 2017
  Rodney,
  
  I am starting to see the wisdom behind your response.
  
  Orbi system is really nice experience from the clientele side of things (appears as one network, good handoffs, etc) but the backend is not super configurable.
  
  Planning on going to AP mode and putting a wired router in to manage traffic and security. Hopefully this will give the best of both worlds.
  - rhester72
    Virtuoso
    Apr 10, 2017
    Good plan in general, but be aware that as of the time of this writing, guest mode isolation isn't working properly in AP mode (it results in guests having no connectivity at all). That's been the case for a couple of past releases, hopefully it will get fixed in the near-ish future.
    
    Rodney
OrbiMan
Luminary
May 25, 2017
Guys chromecast has a guest mode just enabled it. Guest do not have to even connect to your network to do it. It uses sound
- alg42
  Guide
  May 25, 2017
  OrbiMan wrote:
  Guys chromecast has a guest mode just enabled it. Guest do not have to even connect to your network to do it. It uses sound
  
  May work for some. That was one of the first things that I tried. Personally I could never get that mode it working properly. I don't have any notes on what the issues were but it didn't solve my problem.
  - Carnea
    Tutor
    May 25, 2017
    Thank you both for your answers ! I'll look into the idea of your router.
    I'll give another try at the guest mode, but until now I couldn't bring it to work at all...

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Anyone have sucess setting up Chromecast on ORBI in guest mode