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We bought a Google chromecast today. Don’t have WiFi access, how can we set it up? Thank you.

abellaj — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:40:16 GMT

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Original Poster:Caroline Scott 7795

Trying to set up Google chrome with no WiFi.

Re: We bought a Google chromecast today. Don’t have WiFi access, how can we set it up? Thank you.

abellaj — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 00:40:48 GMT

I'm sorry, but all Chromecast devices REQUIRE a WiFi network to work.

You can't run them without it. I believe it says that on the box.

From: Byteguy

(Gold Product Expert)

Re: We bought a Google chromecast today. Don’t have WiFi access, how can we set it up? Thank you.

Byteguy — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 15:28:16 GMT

Per your follow-up question in the old forum asking if you can use a phone as your internet source...

That's not a supported configuration.

But, some people have reported that it works fine.

There is a trick... most phones can't BE the WiFi network and act like they are ON the network at the same time.

So, you will probably need another device

Turn on the WiFi hotspot on your phone to make a new network (note: this HAS to have full internet access)
Connect your other device to your phone hotspot
Use the other device to setup your Chromecast to use the phone hotspot
Use the other device to cast to your Chromecast

A couple more warnings... as I said, your hotspot has to have internet access. Chromecasts require this even when you are casting local content. Be warned that Chromecasts can use a LOT of data quickly. Because of this, speed of connection is important. Even if you have "unlimited data", some providers throttle phone data speeds when you do a lot of data. This will impact the quality of your casting or cause a lot of stutters.

Re: We bought a Google chromecast today. Don’t have WiFi access, how can we set it up? Thank you.

Jeran — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 17:35:24 GMT

Hey there Caroline,

Did you have any more questions or need any additional help? If not, I'll go ahead and lock up this thread in 24 hours.

Just checking up,

Jeran

Re: We bought a Google chromecast today. Don’t have WiFi access, how can we set it up? Thank you.

Jeran — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 17:51:14 GMT

Hey there!

We haven't heard back from Caroline, and it's been a few days, so I'm locking the thread. As always, feel free to make a new thread if you have any more questions or concerns.

Thank you for your help, Byteguy!

Best regards,

Jeran