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OrbiMan
Luminary
Apr 16, 2017
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Chromecast and plex server with Orbi. Multicast IGMP proxy?

Hello guys I am happy with my Orbi, however since install I noticed a little quirk with my chromecast and plex.  Sometime my android phone would not be able to connect to chromecast and sometime not ...
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  • OrbiMan's avatar
    OrbiMan
    Oct 16, 2017
    As for me it seems to be a problem of too much signal. I cluster the Orbi router and satellite too close to each other, since I spread them out more to the edges of my house the problem went away.
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DarrenM
Sr. NETGEAR Moderator
Apr 19, 2017

Hello Orbiman

 

You want to have that disabled have you tried to reserve the Ip address of the chromcast or the phone?


DarrenM

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    MortalWombat
    Aspirant
    Oct 12, 2017

    I have the same issue. How do you do this?

    • OrbiMan's avatar
      OrbiMan
      Luminary
      Oct 16, 2017
      As for me it seems to be a problem of too much signal. I cluster the Orbi router and satellite too close to each other, since I spread them out more to the edges of my house the problem went away.