Network - Wireless & Wired Connections

[Charlene27]

Hi I have a problem I recently moved into college and we have a shared college sign in network page , I have connected my roku to my college WiFi via using my tablet to sign in , the internet works perfectly on my roku and powers all the apps but only problem is on the colleges open network somehow my roku cannot detect any devices so I can’t use my phone remote or screencast apps on the tv this is really fustrating as it’s enabling me from using the headphone listen feature which is very essential to me , anyone have any advice on how to solve this ?? I’ve tried everything it seems

[makaiguy]

Have you seen this Roku page re the Hotel & Dorm connection capabilities?  https://support.roku.com/article/215058118

[atc98092 · Accepted solution]

Shared WiFi such as hotels or public networks (like a college) have security enabled that blocks connected devices from seeing each other. This is a valuable security setting, and you won't get the college IT department to change it. The only way you could make it work would be to set up a bridge router to connect to their WiFi and give yourself your own private network. But that's not a simple thing to set up. 

[atc98092 · Accepted solution]

Here's what I did when I was staying long term in a hotel. I brought a Windows 10 computer with me that had both a wired and wireless connection. I connected the wireless to the hotel network, then enabled Internet Connection Sharing on the Windows PC and connected a small network switch to the computer's wired connection. One more step, I added a router configured as a wireless access point, and voila, I had a private network all my own within the hotel suite. 

There are routers that can perform the same trick, and I have one I travel with. But it's always been hit or miss getting it connected to the hotel network. Using Internet Connection Sharing from Windows is foolproof. 

[Charlene27]

Oh my thank you sooooo sooo much I really appreciate it you are the absolute best 😁😁😁😁