Hi, I have a Mi Box S with a built-in chromecast that I use for casting videos that I shot from my phone. I was having network problems and decided to switch to Mi Box router 4c. Phone can't detect chromecast ever since. Now, I have read some people having Chromecast issues with their Mi Box S and tried most of the solutions suggested but I just can't get it to work. Is it just a coincidence or do I have to check firewall settings or something on my router? Thanks in advance!
Hello, I have a mi box s, and I have used its Chromecast on three different routers. I think you have some sort of host isolation settings turned on, in you router. And make sure your phone and mi box is connected to the exact same router.
Don't know what a "Mi Box router 4c" is but I will share some of the stuff I've run into before.
First make sure that the MiBox and the Phone are on the same router and on the same WiFi band on that router (2.4 or 5 GHz).
If things work then you are done, if you are wanting to use both bands (one for the phone and one for the MiBox) then continue on.
OK, time to see if the router is blocking connections between devices on the WiFi network, this is a pretty common setting, Dlink calls it "WLAN Partition" it also could be called any of the following or more Wireless isolation, AP Isolation, Station Isolation, or Client Isolation.
These types of settings can limit communication between WiFi clients or even WiFi clients and other network locations, which would mean they might only be able to see the "internet".
The key words are isolation and/or partition. See if that option is enabled, it's usually found in the wireless or advanced wireless settings page(s) on the WiFi router.
Some types of "casting" seems to require that the source and client be on the same exact WiFi network/band for it to be able to work.
Sometimes it ends up being a bit of black magic to get "casting" to work.
I hope this info was useful/helpful.
Best of luck!
Does the new router has UPnP enabled? IIRC, chromecast might need that enabled.
Thanks everyone! It probably is a router issue, but the settings page on the mi router app is sort of limited. Turned off the firewall but my phone still can't detect Chromecast. Can't find settings for host isolation, UPnP, IIRC, etc. Will try to connect my laptop through LAN and see if the above settings will show up
Just to be clear this is a router issue, not a Mi Box S issue. Short of somehow uninstalling the chromecast app which is a system app so you can't do it, there is nothing else on the Mi Box S that will block chromecast.
r/HomeNetworking/
that sub should help you better than we can here