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Connecting Chromecast to Network

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Connecting Chromecast to College of Wooster Wi-Fi network

Getting Chromecast application

If you do not already have the Google Home application on your mobile device, please download it from your App/Play Store. 

Register the MAC address of your Chromecast

  1. Visit Clearpass Device Creation.
  2. Locate and enter the MAC address of the Chromecast. To connect your device to the campus network you must locate its MAC Address (example: 00-1A-B2-34-56-CD). If you don’t know how to find the MAC address of your device, go to Google and type in “find the MAC address of my (insert device type here)”.
  3. Enabling AirPlay may help your device connect.
  4. Leave the Account Role as “Guest”.
  5. Check the box for “Terms of Use” and select “Create”.
Device registration on clearpass
Device registration on clearpass

Connect Chromecast to HDMI

  1. Connect your mobile device to The College of Wooster Wi-Fi
  2. Plug in your Chromecast and set it up correctly (Set up Chromecast with Google TV and Voice Remote or Set up your Chromecast device 3rd gen or older)
  3. Open up the Chromecast app on your machine

Connect to the Chromecast wireless network

  1. When the Chromecast application starts, it will search for the Wi-Fi network, “Chromecast_XXXX”.
  2. These X’s will correspond to a number displayed on your television screen. Select your Chromecast’s set of numbers and continue.
  3. Select Setup on your Chromecast app. 
  4. Verify your 4-digit code.
  5. The Chromecast will prompt you to connect to a network.
  6. From the dropdown menu, choose “Select other Network”.
  7. Enter in the following credentials into your new entry boxes:
    1. Network: Chromecast (uppercase “C”)
    2. Security: WPA2
    3. Password: chromecast (lowercase “c”) 

Migrate back to the College of Wooster wireless network

  1. Once your Chromecast says that it has connected, manually re-connect your computer to the College of Wooster Network via two preferred methods.
    1. System Preferences -> Network -> Choose Network -> “College of Wooster”
    2. Click the Wi-Fi option on the top bar of the screen and select “College of Wooster”
  2. The Google Home app should register this change and then display “Ready to Cast!”
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