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dardack
Reel Rookie
2 months ago

New Roku stick won't connect to wifi without Internet

I have a local machine that houses video.  My other older Roku devices connect fine to my network when Internet goes downnamd therefore I can stream my local files.  This new Roku will not stay conne...
tv & player wifi
dardack's avatar
dardack
Reel Rookie
2 months ago

This is no logner true, at least with 2 of my roku's now.  I connected to wifi before i lost internet for 24 hours, working fine.  Would not connect to wifi without internet.  Kind of dumb.

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atc98092
Community Streaming Expert
2 months ago

I haven't seen any changes in that. As long as the SSID and password are the same as the most recent connection it should reconnect. But even though the Roku has previously used credentials stored, it will only reconnect automatically to the most recently used connection.