Chromecast has a “Guest Mode” that’s turned on by default. This allows someone to connect to its ad-hoc network and control it without being on the wireless network.
Chris Wright Network Technician Velociter Wireless<http://www.velociter.net/> 209-838-1221 From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of Bill Prince Sent: Monday, February 16, 2015 12:03 PM To: af@afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT: Interesting Chromecast behavior That makes sense when it's waiting to be setup, but once it knows how to connect to the local WiFi, you'd think it would shut the heck up. bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com> On 2/16/2015 12:00 PM, Chuck Hogg wrote: Chromecast broadcasts out for the Chromecast App to configure it I thought. Regards, Chuck On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 2:59 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com<mailto:part15...@gmail.com>> wrote: We got a Chromecast to test it out, and it has some interesting behavior. When it's connected to our home network, it registers with a MAC of d0:e7:82:da:fa:2c. According to the MAC lookup, that is Azurewave Technologies (Taiwan). However, when it is connected and idle, it broadcasts as an unidentified AP with a MAC of fa:8f:ca:54:24:3b. The MAC lookup on that comes up "unknown" and a hidden (or no) SSID. The interesting thing is that the AP/beacon is about a minute on, and a minute off; over and over again. I happened to be in our TV room, and this rogue AP showed up while I was looking at something different on my WiFi Analyzer. Blew me away because our "authorized" WiFi AP was in the next room and reading -65, and this one shows up on the same channel at -55. Wha? Who dat?!?! BTW - I'd like Chromecast better if I could control it with my Harmony remote. Doing 50% between the Chromecast on my phone, and 50% on the Harmony is not what I would call a pleasant experience. -- bp <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
