Problems connecting Chromecast to WRT1900AC

[pete y testing]

hi agin

while we are on the wrt1900AC lol

anyone tried running a chromecast and then running something usb 3 connected to the 1900AC

here as soon as i connect to usb3 with my tdk usb 3 mem stick the chromecast is booted of the 2.4 gig

 

[chadster766]

hi agin

while we are on the wrt1900AC lol

anyone tried running a chromecast and then running something usb 3 connected to the 1900AC

here as soon as i connect to usb3 with my tdk usb 3 mem stick the chromecast is booted of the 2.4 gig

I will look into that. It could be that wlan\lan get reset upon drive detection.

 

[pete y testing]

I will look into that. It could be that wlan\lan get reset upon drive detection.

if that was the case the cromecast should reconnect , but it doesnt , it just stays in its setup state transmitting the chromecast ssid for setup

pete

 

[sfx2000]

if that was the case the cromecast should reconnect , but it doesnt , it just stays in its setup state transmitting the chromecast ssid for setup

pete

Wonder if this is more of a generic Chromecast issue - can you share more details - e.g. what app, device, etc? Looking over on xdadevelopers, there's some threads about similar behavior...

Since the Chromecast supports WiFi Direct, interacting with another device that also supports WiFi Direct (some Samsung Galaxy S devices, along with at least one of the newer Roku boxes, and...) - maybe the Chromecast is the problem?

It's worth scoping the router side, but even money on the Chromecast...

sfx

 

[pete y testing]

Wonder if this is more of a generic Chromecast issue - can you share more details - e.g. what app, device, etc? Looking over on xdadevelopers, there's some threads about similar behavior...

Since the Chromecast supports WiFi Direct, interacting with another device that also supports WiFi Direct (some Samsung Galaxy S devices, along with at least one of the newer Roku boxes, and...) - maybe the Chromecast is the problem?

It's worth scoping the router side, but even money on the Chromecast...

sfx

it seems to only effect the wrt1900ac , doing the same on ether the netgear r7000 and or the asus rt-ac68u does not make the chromecast fall off

im guess because the usb 3 ports on the other 2 routers are far away from their antenna arrays , whereas the 1900 ac is between the antennas

as i said when i plug the tdk mem stick in to the 1900AC the chromecast disconnects and if i disconnect the tdk it reconnects , i have tried 2 other usb 3 mem sticks with the same result

pete

 

[pete y testing]

Last mention for your Asus AC68U issue - rmerlin has a great troubleshooting FAQ specific to the Asus line - might help...

http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/showthread.php?t=12825

basically involves ssh/telnet into the router and set two NV items, committing them, and then rebooting the router.

sfx

thanks will look into it

 

[htismaqe]

im guess because the usb 3 ports on the other 2 routers are far away from their antenna arrays , whereas the 1900 ac is between the antennas

Actually, according to Tim's review, this doesn't appear to be the case, at least not for the AC68U. He encountered interference between the radios and the USB3 port.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/wire...st-look-netgear-r7000-a-asus-rt-ac68u?start=1

You'll note that the ASUS doesn't do so well in this test. That's because I had to enable the Reducing USB 3.0 interference setting, which appears to slow the USB 3.0 port to USB 2.0 speeds. I tried multiple times to get the tests to run, but each time the router share would disconnect while copying the first 1 GB VOB file in the test folder. Maybe ASUS should put some shielding on the USB 3.0 connector...

Since the Chromecast is completely disconnecting, it's more likely an incompatibility issue rather than electrical interference of some sort.

 

[sm00thpapa]

I have 2 chromecasts and had no problems with them connecting to my WRT.


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[sfx2000]

it seems to only effect the wrt1900ac , doing the same on ether the netgear r7000 and or the asus rt-ac68u does not make the chromecast fall off

im guess because the usb 3 ports on the other 2 routers are far away from their antenna arrays , whereas the 1900 ac is between the antennas

as i said when i plug the tdk mem stick in to the 1900AC the chromecast disconnects and if i disconnect the tdk it reconnects , i have tried 2 other usb 3 mem sticks with the same result

pete

Only on the USB3 port, right? How about the other USB port on the WRT?

Does this happen immediately, or a few seconds after the SMB/FTP/DLNA Media servers mount the drive?

Might be worthwhile to fire up Wireshark and grab some packet dumps...

 

[sfx2000]

Only on the USB3 port, right? How about the other USB port on the WRT?

Does this happen immediately, or a few seconds after the SMB/FTP/DLNA Media servers mount the drive?

Might be worthwhile to fire up Wireshark and grab some packet dumps...

Bumping this thread up...

@Pete - any updates here?