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Tmobile home internet wont work with chromecast device
I have rebooted and factory reset and bent over backwards and held my tongue just right and my TMobile Home Internet will no longer allow me to connect to my google Chromecast. We have iphones with m...
I tried to set up a new Chromecast with Google TV last night.
It failed to download a required software update during set up when connected to the T-Mobile Gateway Wi-FI. Also failed when I connected it to my Orbi mesh router Wi-Fi. And failed when I connected to either my iPhone or Windows laptop Wi-Fi Hot Spot.
About ready to give up when I noticed that I could configure my laptop Hot Spot to use the 2.4 GHz band to connect to the T-Mobile Gateway. Reconnected the Chromecast to the Hot Spot and the software download completed.
Once set up, I was able to connect to my router’s Wi-Fi. Netflix and other streaming services worked fine.
So it appears to me that during initial set up, the Chromecast with Google TV needs to connect to a dedicated 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi SSID.
