Chromecast and my Router Seem to Hate Each Other

[James Woods]

So I bought a chromecast. From everything I heard, it would be a simple setup.

 

Unfortunately, I failed to realize beforehand that chromecast only plays nicely with certain routers. Namely, it takes exception to my Motorola SBG6580. My google-fu tells me there are some people who have made it work between these two though. Do any of you good people happen to be among them? 

 

Chromecast does ask for a couple things to be done with your router first, like:

 

- Make sure your router is using 2.4GHz range, not 5. (verified)

- Add the chromecast's MAC address to your router if MAC filtering is enabled on your router (done)

- Disable AP/client isolation (couldn't determine how to do this on my router)

- Disable all VPNs on your network (OK, that kinda sucks, but done, guess my kid will never be able to use it will I'm working)

- Enable UPnP on your router (done)

- Enable IGMP on your router (couldn't determine how to do this on my router)

 

I'm currently receiving an error saying "Something went wrong. Check your network settings and try again" when I attempt to connect the chromecast to my network.

 

Can any of you helpful folks point me in the right direction?

[MrBucket101]

@James Woods

 

I have my VPN, 2.4GHz + 5GHz, UPnP disabled, and my chromecast works just fine...if that list was the solution to everything I should have a non-functional chromecast...but I don't

 

Anyways, The problem is most likely related to your encryption method, and passkey mode. WPA2 w/ TKIP+AES is what I use. I would also choose channel 6 or channel 11.