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Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by aaronblohowiak »

clhodapp wrote: post #80
aaronblohowiak wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you want to help make it better https://jobs.netflix.com/jobs/367

The implication of this comment is that the poor quality of Netflix's Android app is due to Netflix having been unable to access sufficient engineering talent to produce a better quality app. As an outsider that has experience developing software, I'm extremely doubtful that this is the case and am apt to blame it on executive-level prioritization almost out of hand.

Oh I didn't mean to imply that at all, I am sorry if that is how it came across. All software is imperfect. If there is software that you care about and want to make better and get paid to do so, that sounds like a potentially good fit.

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by mgcross »

SyneRyder wrote: post #84
Pxtl wrote: post #45

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I have the same router I bet (Archer c7) and I'm convinced it just hates Android devices in general. Every time my phone has a connection hiccup it takes several minutes to renegotiate DHCP... But if I turn off WiFi and count to 15 and turn it on, it reconnects in 3 seconds flat. I'm tempted to throw out my wifi gear but I'm having trouble who in the industry isn't total garbage, because I have an Asus AP that sure i…

Hmm. I got my parents an Archer C7 based on it being the Wirecutter's pick for Best Wireless Router. It has been having a lot of problems with WiFi dropping out, like you describe. But I now see the Wirecutter have updated their comments [1] on the Archer C7: "This is the single biggest reason we’re no longer recommending our former pick, the Archer C7. Though the C7 has great range and good single-device performance…

Well, I'm somewhat relieved to read that, in that I purchased one for the same reason but have been rebooting it at least once a day for a while now. I was initially relieved to see it may have been the Chromecast. Now I suppose it's both!

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by KozmoNau7 »

eitland wrote: post #110
KozmoNau7 wrote: post #101

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Yeah, that keeps happening to me as well. Playback continues, but my phone seems to just lose the connection. When I force it to reconnect, either playback jumps to whatever my phone decides to play, or the Chromecast and my phone will need to restart a new piece of media to sync up again. When it does work, it's pretty cool with multi-room playback, but I've decided I don't really need that anyway. I'm working on ph…

> On the flipside, I plugged my old CCv1 to the TV in my girlfriend's apartment, and that thing has been working absolutely flawlessly, so maybe I'm just unlucky. Sounds like it might be a network problem? Like for instance if you (like a number of other HN-ers I guess) like to restrict firewalls as much as possible?

My router's on default firewall settings. Deny inbound, allow outbound.

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by zeep »

27182818284 wrote: post #57

Lots of anecdotal experience in this thread about how bad Chromecast is so I'd like to offer my opposite: Chromecast has been one of the nicest additions per dollar for my home. It has been working well for me for a year or so. I even used it today (for the first time in a week or more) while cooking and it worked like a charm first try. The only real problems I've had with it, I switched hardware, but used the same…

Most homes would probably benefit more by having better insulation... If you are only talking about dollars...

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by bsimpson »

regnerba wrote: post #76
Consultant32452 wrote: post #69

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This is unrelated but could you explain what the Chromecast Audio offers over just playing audio on a regular Chromecast?

The Chromecast Audio allows me to plug it into any standard stereo. Bang for the buck I can get much better speakers for the dollar when buying just normal speakers instead of "smart" speakers. I then plug the Chromecast Audio into it and get the same ability to Cast to it, and include it into groups. The ability to add it to Cast groups is one of the key reasons I like it over just a Bluetooth connection. So to sum…

I just got the Google Home Max. It sounds better than the Google Home, but not as good as I'd expected. I'm tempted to send it back and replace it with a Home Mini and a regular set of home stereo speakers.

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by aeturnum »

MrCzar wrote: post #96
aeturnum wrote: post #44

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I quit using chromecast and a wireless HDMI solution. Does exactly what I want most of the time.

What wireless HDMI solution are you using? Could you leave a link? I was thinking of doing the same.

I'm using one of the Nyrius products. The delay seems imperceptible, but I did have one of their products mysteriously fail right after its warranty period so YMMV.

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

chubot wrote: post #28

ChromeCast is such a frustrating product. It does exactly what I want in theory. In practice I have to wait 10 to 60 seconds to get it to connect, or reboot my phone. I've started giving up and just using the computer attached to my TV. I don't think I've been having the particular Wi-Fi issue described in the article, but ChromeCast has been just slow and flaky in my experience. I've had both v1 and v2. It seems to…

Apple isn't immune to WiFi issues. They have had plenty of issues with WiFi reconnecting after a resume on MacBooks.

Re: Google Chromecast and Google Home Causes Wi-Fi Drops

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Post by ggm »

dragonwriter wrote: post #29
ggm wrote: post #25

Google employ a small number of people to write TCP/IP core stack functionality. This is not a 'twenty hundred fiddy' people problem, its a six rising ten people problem. The core issue is: how do we get the team in question to acknowledge and respond, with a timely code change?

It doesn't sound like it's a core TCP/IP stack problem, it sounds like it's a Google Cast support in Play Services problem.

Other write ups say that on wake(), the device detects a true time difference between when it said "queue up sends" and now, and rather than just sending 5, it sends the sum of all missed sends in the interval.

Sleep for 5min, get 5,000. sleep for 10min, get 10,000

And, it is apparently a known side effect of a given java library, which has hit other people.

(and its not a TCP/IP stack problem, its an upper layer problem so you are right)

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