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A headsup for Chromecast users
Get an ethernet adapter for it!
Enhanced my streaming by a lot. My wifi acctually still has good signal where the chromecast is located and reaches up to 25 mbit/s but lags during streaming sometimes when action scenes happen. Now if I would stream on my laptop with the same wifi it wouldn't lag but I guess Chromecast is just a bit less performing in that way. Thus I googled a bit and found out that there actually exists an ethernet adapter for chromecast. Ordered it and never looked back! No lags anymore, ofc you still remotr control Chromecast via phone on your WiFi but the Chromecast itself uses LAN which makes for lagfree streaming
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It's... ok, but it should not be needed. We have Asus routers (2 per location as mesh) and i have no 4k 120Mbit issues through a wall at 5Ghz - distance to chromecast 10m with brick wall. The bathroom has like 40m and 3 walls and does 1080p 40 or so still.
Another flat has a bathroom and total of 3 walls (1 brick, 2 yugoslav steel concrete), even that runs on 5Ghz and does 1080p 25Mbit.
Generally if your wifi cannot deliver 25Mbit in a range it still has any signal something is wrong with your router, you have not enough MIMO capability or overcrowded channels/similar.
Obviously Chromecasts and other devices should be ran on 2.4 if you have a massive house; this will not do 120Mbit on the 4k in most cases but is fine for easily 50Mbit. 5Ghz is line of sight, ideally.
Ive got an RT AC51U from Asus and my chromecast is on second floor, router is in the basement. Phone still measures 20+ mbits in my room where chromecast is located but streams sometimes lag.
That completely defeat the purpose of having a chromecast...
I find that its usually a heat issue on mine during extended use.
It really doesn’t.
Why would it? Chromecast is (imho) first and foremost meant to easily remote control Chromecast using your phone not having to type in your searches (when browsing movies) with some actual TV remote (typing on phone is way faster) while still being able to use your phone for WhatsApp.
Ive got ethernet adapters from TP link which are plugged in the wall which function as additional LAN ports in the house so I just connect Chromecast to them via the adapter.
Roku Ultra with gigabit ethernet. I love it.
May as well just connect it to a HTPC and a wireless keyboard and browser on your TV...
It's 2018, wireless is key.
Dongle on a dongle is not a solution...
I for one wouldn't prefer a wireless keyboard to my phone.
@MikeA wasn't available in Germany for a while I think or still isn't?! :P
Right, because it's 2018.
Your headsup is completely a 2003 solution.
Anything that streams high def on a tv is times better wired than wireless. Those who don’t believe should try it out.
Anything that streams high def on a tv is times better wired than wireless. Those who don’t believe should try it out.
100%, especially if there are a couple of people in the home.
Upgraded from a 1st gen Chromecast to a Chromecast Ultra recently. Fixed the issues I was having with lag during action scenes and just in general it loads quicker.
5Ghz AP in same room & it performs fine.
We tried.
We tried custom, we tried purchased, we tried things for airports and train stations. Digital signage (which this is, even if used for monitoring instead of ads or infos) is complex.
These SCALE and are stable, but they do not offer simple functionality i can use from inside an App without further modifications of said app - Sure, you can clone the Chromecast protocol for your "HTPC", but then you just got a damn more expensive CC 4k (with probably less features, as no netflix 4k).
I'm liking Rokus at the moment, one of mine seemed to struggle once it gets above 12Mbit 1080p but then again that's an express (so the cheapest one) and the AP is several rooms away on 2.4ghz.
If you use the adapter how can you make sure the Chormecast device is actually using it and not still using the wifi?
I always had the same problem with Sonos Connects - there is an ethernet in and out but no "off" button for the wifi so how do we know WTF is going on exactly when we use a wired connection?
Acctually there is two ways to indicate the ethernet connection for Chromecast:
1) The ethernet adapter has a light that starts blinking once successfully connected to a device.
2) Asus Router
Of course. Especially that Chromecast itself was not around until 2013
Thanks for the info - which adapter did you end up using? The only other drawback i can see is you need yet another power source
No.
It uses the same power source as your chromecast. You plug it in your chromecast power adapter (usb).
Used the one from UGREEN 17$
https://www.amazon.com/UGREEN-Ethernet-Adapter-All-new-Chromecast/dp/B01N1X28F1?keywords=chromecast+ethernet&qid=1529438728&sr=8-1-spons&ref=mp_s_a_1_1_sspa&psc=1
I'm a Roku guy as well.
Particularly since they came out with one that supports the old RCA 3-plug, which instantly made multiple old TVs in my house streamably useful.
Chromecast? Fuck Chromecast, you overprivileged HDMI elitist bastards.
It does amuse me that all the "I use a hand-compiled version of the Konquerer browser and not chrome because Google is watching!" types are thrilled with their chromecasts...