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Google Chromecast into Airgroup

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  • 1.  Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    Posted Sep 19, 2013 09:06 AM

    We are attempting to add a google chrome cast into our system via Airgroup and we cannot see to find the correct protocols. We have packet caputred many different devices in an attempt to find the correct protocols. Does anyone have any input.
    Thanks in Advance



  • 2.  RE: Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Sep 19, 2013 09:21 AM

    Chromecast does not support mDNS, it supports DLNA, so it cannot be used with airgroup at this time.



  • 3.  RE: Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    Posted Sep 19, 2013 09:23 AM

    thanks for the help!



  • 4.  RE: Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    Posted Sep 19, 2013 09:30 AM

    Chromecast uses the DIAL protocol:  http://www.dial-multiscreen.org/ for discovery and launch.  I doesen't use mDNS at all, so not sure AirGroup is going to work in this scenario.    


    A snipit from the protocol specification:

     

    A DIAL client that wishes to discover DIAL servers shall send an M-SEARCH request as defined in Section 1.3.2 of [1] over UDP to the IPv4 multicast address 239.255.255.250 and UDP port 1900.



  • 5.  RE: Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Sep 19, 2013 09:50 AM

    Stay tuned for this...we expect continue to improve AirGroup!



  • 6.  RE: Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    Posted Dec 11, 2013 02:05 PM

    Any changes yet?



  • 7.  RE: Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Dec 11, 2013 02:06 PM

    Early 2014



  • 8.  RE: Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    Posted Jan 08, 2014 02:04 PM

    I'm getting more and more requests for Chromecast to be useable on the network. 

     

    802.1x on these devices would be nice, but if Aruba can get them working through AirGroup that would be a great fix.  Anyone know the ETA on this besides early 2014? 



  • 9.  RE: Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Jan 08, 2014 02:48 PM

    Early 2014 is still the only availability information. 

     

    Something else to be aware of:

     

    Whenever the Chromecast is not connected to a client, it broadcasts its chromecast SSID (SoftAP) which has two implications:

     

    1) anyone can connect to the SSID and reconfigure the Chromecast

    2) The chromecast is 2.4 GHz only and these devices will overcrowd the spectrum (especially somewhere like a dorm where there may be a lot of devices).

     

    For these reasons, we will most likely not support them until the setup SSID can be disabled.



  • 10.  RE: Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    Posted Apr 28, 2015 09:28 AM

    Has there been any update on this since Early 2014?

    @cappalli wrote:

    Early 2014 is still the only availability information. 

     

    Something else to be aware of:

     

    Whenever the Chromecast is not connected to a client, it broadcasts its chromecast SSID (SoftAP) which has two implications:

     

    1) anyone can connect to the SSID and reconfigure the Chromecast

    2) The chromecast is 2.4 GHz only and these devices will overcrowd the spectrum (especially somewhere like a dorm where there may be a lot of devices).

     

    For these reasons, we will most likely not support them until the setup SSID can be disabled.

     



  • 11.  RE: Google Chromecast into Airgroup

    EMPLOYEE
    Posted Apr 28, 2015 09:29 AM

    Yes. Chromecast is supported in 6.4.x