Gommeh
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Post by Gommeh on Feb 4, 2019 17:21:44 GMT
I recently won a Google Home Mini at a casino night at my college. We have an enterprise Wifi system that does not allow Google Homes to connect to Wifi, but apparently according to our IT department we will be able to connect to the internet via our school's separate ethernet connection (usually meant for Xboxes, Playstations and the like). My question is whether I will be able to connect my Google Home to my smart TV which is connected to the ethernet network, assuming the smart TV is normally able to connect to Google Homes.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 4, 2019 17:27:19 GMT
Assuming the ethernet is still running on the same internet as your smart tv is, then in theory yes. As long as the two devices are both running on the same network
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Post by ?Robin on Feb 5, 2019 17:02:13 GMT
it'll only work if it's assumed you have some type of router connected to that Ethernet connection, or if your smart TV does that (if it makes its own WiFi network)
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Post by thecjgcjg on Feb 5, 2019 22:41:27 GMT
Depends what you're trying to do The Google Home mini does support ethernet, www.xda-developers.com/the-chromecast-ethernet-adapter-works-with-google-home/Ethernet Port <=> Smart TV <=> Google Home Mini No, this won't work.
Ethernet Port <=> Google Home Mini <=> Smart TV No, this also won't work.
Ethernet Port <=> Ethernet Switch <=> Smart TV & Google Home Mini Depending on how their network is setup (1 device/IP per port/interface is sometimes enforced) this MAY work.
Ethernet Port <=> Wireless Access Point <=> Smart TV & Google Home Mini (some combination of ethernet or wireless here). May work, dependent on conditions above.
Ethernet Port <=> Wireless Router (With NAT) <=> Smart TV & Google Home Mini (some combination of ethernet or wireless here) This will technically work, but you're probabaly not allowed to do this, due to the risk of introducing additional DHCP servers, you'll also end up with Double NAT (which isnt a huge issue but may be an issue for certain use cases)
The way those ethernet ports in university accomodation generally works is using MAC address authentication, so you login to a portal somewhere, and whitelist a MAC address which can then recieve an IP when connected to a network port in the room. This is purely so they can identify who owns which devices etc. |
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