Roku not connecting to T-Mobile hotspot
None of your directions help - no idea what you're talking about. Bought a new t-mobile hot spot (nor inseego) woks with roku tv, not conventional roku unit
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I had the same problem and creating a new apn with ipv4. this IS THE SOLUTION!
One thing that bothers me about this solution. Isn't IPv4v6 supposed to support both IPv4 and IPv6? I thought it was a dual stack implementation. Seems that T-Mobile didn't implement it properly if you have to revert to a IPv4 single stack.
Getting ready to purchase a T-Mobile 5G Hot Spot device and now I'm curious if they've fixed this or is it Roku's implementation that's broken.
When set to IPv4v6, you are correct that both IP protocols should "technically" be supported.
Some of the TMobile hotspot devices are handling this correctly and others were reportedly not. Since some were also set to IPv6 by default, would lead me to believe TMobile and some other ISP companies are jumping the gun here a bit with their desire for IPv6 implementation. (I am sure others will feel they have been too slow).
Would try the IPv4v6 setting first and see if it works on your hotspot device with Roku (and any other streaming/network devices you currently own). If you find some work, some don't, can always create two APNs to cover your bases.
Eventually, everyone will get on the same page and better compatibility will result.
In order to keep device costs down and offer a little better stability and compatibility, the Roku devices do tend to use a little older, proven hardware, rather than the "latest and greatest", but need to keep in mind that the primary purpose of the device is to simply stream content from/over the internet.
The hardware implemented really only needs to support the device requirements, not the latest or newest technological standard released. Takes a little while for Roku (and other similar devices) to catch up, and only when they need to.
The T-Mobile 5G Hotspot device should arrive in a couple of days. I know then if it will require a change to IP4v or not then. It's their self-branded unit that's new so it will be interesting to see how they programmed it by default.
