![]() ![]() With the chromecast configured I then turned both phones off, switched the SIM back into A and turned it back on. I could then set up the chromecast to connect via B's hotspot. Now I turned on A (without a SIM card in it) and connected it to B's hotspot. So I put the SIM card in phone B, switched it on and turned on the portable hotspot. I had an old phone I dug out a drawer (lets call it phone B) as well as my current one that I wanted to connect with ( lets called it phone A). This will open a pop-up box titled 'Cast' in the upper-right corner, and scan your Wi-Fi network for available Chromecast devices. However THERE IS A WAY to make it work without having a WiFi router I use my phone as my only internet connection so I was pissed off when I bought a Chromecast and found I couldn't use it! I tried using the phone's portable WiFi hotspot to connect the chromecast to, but if the phone was being used as a hotspot then it couldn't be used to set up the chromecast (the chromecast app kept switching the hotspot off )However I worked out how to do it like so: This button is next to the address bar in the upper-right corner of Google Chrome. Here's how to cast your desktop, browser tabs, and streaming video. They also let you easily cast content from your PC, including mirroring your computer's screen. Chromecasts aren't just useful for watching TV. It does need an on-going internet connection, it stops working when it looses the internet, so the cheap router not connected to the internet idea won't work. Click on your browser's menu icon in the upper right corner, select casting, and select your casting destination to get started. I gave up trying to figure kids out just about the time I had one.) ![]() (Why he wants one is beyond me, though - he casts his Chromebook to a TV set with a screen the same size as the Chromebook. Once set up, though, it works fine in his room. Then just install the Google Chrome browser on your PC, unless you have already installed and browsing on it. Mine is only a few feet away, so I have no problem, but both of my grandsons have theirs about 20 feet from the router and one of them wouldn't set up until we brought to a set closer to the router. Go to the website and download the Chrome browser. (The Chromecast has a pretty poor wifi radio, though, so it has to be fairly close to the router (within 20 feet or so is my totally untried guess). Even a cheap router (not junk, but the $35 Netgear N300 is pretty good - it works better with my phone than my $150 Linksys, which is not just sitting on a shelf) will do the job. (Or one of the first - I forget, but it's early in the setup process.) But from then on, just a wifi router, with the phone and Chromecast connected to it, and no internet, would work. Chromecast would have to be set up initially in an environment in which there's not only wifi, but an internet connection, since the first thing it does is download an upgrade. ![]()
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