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Google Chromcast won't connect to WNDR4300 router
I'm having trouble connecting my Chromecast in a long-term vacation rental that has the WNDR4300 router. My iphone and computer connect just fine to the house's WiFi network. The Chromcast recognizes...
This might help eg. for the WNDR4300: Chromecast will not connect to wifi
From the above link:
===Here are the detailed steps to find that box:I have a Netgear WNDR4300 router that was blocking my new chromecast from connecting via the wifi password. I was typing it in correctly but it kept giving me the error "Connection problem during setup! - Chromecast could not connect to Netgear - Please check your password". I spent hours trying to resolve it only to realized it came down to one option in my router settings.
- Go to your router settings by typing your ip in to a browser
- Click on advanced in the upper left corner
- Click on 'Setup' -> QoS Setup
- Check the box next to "Enable WMM (Wi-Fi multimedia) settings for which ever frequency your wifi is connecting to (2.4 or 5ghz)
- Click 'Apply'
- Reset your chromecast and start the app up again and that's it!
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This might help eg. for the WNDR4300: Chromecast will not connect to wifi
From the above link:
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Here are the detailed steps to find that box:
I have a Netgear WNDR4300 router that was blocking my new chromecast from connecting via the wifi password. I was typing it in correctly but it kept giving me the error "Connection problem during setup! - Chromecast could not connect to Netgear - Please check your password". I spent hours trying to resolve it only to realized it came down to one option in my router settings.
- Go to your router settings by typing your ip in to a browser
- Click on advanced in the upper left corner
- Click on 'Setup' -> QoS Setup
- Check the box next to "Enable WMM (Wi-Fi multimedia) settings for which ever frequency your wifi is connecting to (2.4 or 5ghz)
- Click 'Apply'
- Reset your chromecast and start the app up again and that's it!
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