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probably because i've not understood a word of the last 3 posts you've put up

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Shouldn't you be reinstalling windows right now?

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er no. IIRC its sounds to me like you've gone a ridiculous way around trying to make up for the fact you've got a shit router when the solution was a simple and obvious one, IE switch your virgin router onto modem mode and buy a decent router

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Decent routers looked to be similar money to the power line kit, would still have two supporting walls to get through, so front room would still have been a weak spot.

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Sounds like everything that you did was perfectly sane.

No idea why the chromecast wouldn't work but I don't know much about them.

Certainly multiple access points with the same SSID, same encryption settings and same password should work fine.
Sometimes it might take a bit longer than you'd expect for a device to switch from 1 access point to another if you wander around the house, but otherwise should be pretty seamless.

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Cheers, I might try disabling the wifi on the router to make sure the Chromecast is connecting via the powerline.

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 Dave not sure if it helps but Chromecast has to be set up from a wireless device. My wired PC can cast to my TV but the initial set up had to be done via my laptop connecting wirelessly.

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Yeah I already set it up the first time round fine via iPad. Trying the same again just on a new instance of the old ssid.

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You could try the Factory Data Reset.

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If a Factory Data Reset doesn't work you could try soliciting assistance in the Official Google Chromecast Product Forum or perhaps on /r/Chromecast.

Not had this problem myself so can't offer any insight and as mr__j5 says you've done the sane/logical things already.

 

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