Quest 2 with WiFi 6 router can't screen cast?

katie279 · 6 Feb 2022 at 21:23

Hi all,

Bit of a challenge - have setup a dedicated WiFi 6 router following great advice from you guys for my two quest 2 headsets.

All works great, however have hit a conundrum where if I'm trying to cast to my TV so folks can see what I see, it doesn't work as all the usual apps (eg airstream for firestick) are looking for devices in their network. As my quests are connected to their dedicated network, then this fails.

Any bright ideas on how to fix this?

andy_mk3 · 6 Feb 2022 at 21:25

mDNS is what you need for it to work. What's your setup?

katie279 · 6 Feb 2022 at 21:57

Ah right.

So I've got my main mesh network on 10.0.0.1 and range.

Then I've got the Quests on a dedicated Asus WiFi 6 network 192.168.0.1 and range.

The PCs therefore are on the 10.0.0.1 network - virtual desktop etc seems to connect fine to them.

So I guess I need a way to bridge across so cast devices are found??

Craig R · 7 Feb 2022 at 15:19

Should work on your firestick over the airscreen app. Just connect your firestick to the same network.

melmac · 7 Feb 2022 at 17:31

katie279 said:
Ah right.

So I've got my main mesh network on 10.0.0.1 and range.

Then I've got the Quests on a dedicated Asus WiFi 6 network 192.168.0.1 and range.

The PCs therefore are on the 10.0.0.1 network - virtual desktop etc seems to connect fine to them.

So I guess I need a way to bridge across so cast devices are found??

Why don't you just set the Asus router up as an Access point and keep it on the same range as the other network. There is no need to segregate it like that from the rest of the network.

katie279 · 7 Feb 2022 at 22:15

Craig R said:
Should work on your firestick over the airscreen app. Just connect your firestick to the same network.

Yes that's the problem, if it was on the same network it'd no longer be dedicated - thus defeating the point!

katie279 · 7 Feb 2022 at 22:16

melmac said:
Why don't you just set the Asus router up as an Access point and keep it on the same range as the other network. There is no need to segregate it like that from the rest of the network.

Hmm, I think this would work - this wouldn't cause other devices to attach to this, would it? (Unless I explicitly chose them to?)

melmac · 8 Feb 2022 at 11:21

katie279 said:
Hmm, I think this would work - this wouldn't cause other devices to attach to this, would it? (Unless I explicitly chose them to?)

Just setup a password on the 5Ghz Wifi on the Asus Router and only use that password on the Quest 2.

You can setup another password for the 2.4Ghz network if you want other devices to use the Asus Router.

katie279 · 8 Feb 2022 at 15:05

Sorry, being blonde here (and I'm a brunette, so that's something)

I've got an Orbi Mesh with five satellites on one network and then I've set up the Asus as a completely separate one.

Are you saying I should add the Asus as an access point to the first network, but with a different password for the 5ghz? Would it not need to have the same password as the rest of the network or would it appear as a separate ssid??

varkanoid · 8 Feb 2022 at 16:03

katie279 said:
Sorry, being blonde here (and I'm a brunette, so that's something)

I've got an Orbi Mesh with five satellites on one network and then I've set up the Asus as a completely separate one.

Are you saying I should add the Asus as an access point to the first network, but with a different password for the 5ghz?

Yes with its own 5ghz SSID called something like Quest2WIFI

melmac · 8 Feb 2022 at 16:04

katie279 said:
Sorry, being blonde here (and I'm a brunette, so that's something)

I've got an Orbi Mesh with five satellites on one network and then I've set up the Asus as a completely separate one.

Are you saying I should add the Asus as an access point to the first network, but with a different password for the 5ghz? Would it not need to have the same password as the rest of the network or would it appear as a separate ssid??

All you need to do is plug the network cable from the Wan port on the Asus Router and plug into a Lan port, then in the settings of the router set it up as an access point. That means it and anything that connects to it, like the Quest 2, will be on the same network as everything else in the house.

Then, do exactly as you said, setup an SSID for the Quest 2 with it's own password.