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CountChocula
Stadia Player
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Unable to pair controller to Chrome Desktop over WiFi

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The following works

  • Controller over USB to Desktop
  • Controller over WiFi to Chromebook
  • Controller over WiFi to Raspberry Pi
  • Controller over WiFi to Phone
  • Chrome tab streaming to Chromecast Ultra
  • Chrome tab streaming to Chromecast Audio
  • Ping from Desktop to Stadia
  • Ping from Raspberry Pi on WiFi to Desktop
  •  

The following does not work:

  • Controller over WiFi to Desktop Chrome 87

Debugging:

  • New profile, Incognito, Chrome Beta, turned on Avahi Reflection, tried manually entering Stadia-00e4 to my hosts file.

Dumps: (flagship is the desktop)

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11:31:52.062122 ARP, Request who-has Stadia-00e4 tell flagship, length 46
11:31:52.745802 ARP, Request who-has Google-Home tell 192.168.0.135, length 28
11:31:52.822899 IP 192.168.0.135.mdns > 224.0.0.251.mdns: 0*- [0q] 4/0/0 PTR googlerpc-3._googlerpc._tcp.local., (Cache flush) TXT "cd=09D07F047CA21672D6C79C5800ABBC9B", (Cache flush) SRV 850a4ae0-5586-e520-84dc-ad1739358e63-1.local.:8012 0 0, (Cache flush) A 192.168.0.135 (182)
11:31:52.823751 IP 192.168.0.135.mdns > 224.0.0.251.mdns: 0*- [0q] 4/0/0 PTR Google-Nest-Mini-850a4ae05586e52084dcad1739358e63-1._googlecast._tcp.local., (Cache flush) TXT "id=850a4ae05586e52084dcad1739358e63" "cd=09D07F047CA21672D6C79C5800ABBC9B" "rm=55B6718CCB5EE90E" "ve=05" "md=Google Nest Mini" "ic=/setup/icon.png" "fn=Tequila Shot" "ca=198660" "st=0" "bs=FA8FCA811E61" "nf=1" "rs=", (Cache flush) SRV 850a4ae0-5586-e520-84dc-ad1739358e63-1.local.:8009 0 0, (Cache flush) A 192.168.0.135 (380)
11:31:52.823926 IP 192.168.0.135.mdns > 224.0.0.251.mdns: 0*- [0q] 4/0/0 PTR 850a4ae0-5586-e520-84dc-ad1739358e63-1._googlezone._tcp.local., (Cache flush) TXT "id=09D07F047CA21672D6C79C5800ABBC9B" "bf9db8e9-58db-4a7c-9c7e-627fb4aaaa3f=0|Purple Power" "__common_time__=0|0", (Cache flush) SRV 850a4ae0-5586-e520-84dc-ad1739358e63-1.local.:10001 610 3, (Cache flush) A 192.168.0.135 (282)
11:31:53.058559 ARP, Request who-has Stadia-00e4 tell flagship, length 46
1:32:15.087370 IP Chromecast-Audio.mdns > 224.0.0.251.mdns: 0*- [0q] 1/0/3 PTR 2a3be080-ff41-2833-5bbf-270cd08cbf7f-1._googlezone._tcp.local. (331)
11:32:15.093370 ARP, Request who-has Stadia-00e4 tell Stadia-00e4, length 28


 

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CountChocula
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... Figured out the issue... As as lazy security measure, the external IP address of the controller must match the device...

That gets fun when the computer has IPv6 support and the WiFi doesn't... or when the Carrier assigns hotspots a different IP... etc

I simply checked the box under IPv6 "only use this connection for resources on it's network" to disable it's default route. I could also figure out how to route the WiFi's IPv6 to the external IPv6, but that seems more trouble than it's worth.

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CountChocula
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... Figured out the issue... As as lazy security measure, the external IP address of the controller must match the device...

That gets fun when the computer has IPv6 support and the WiFi doesn't... or when the Carrier assigns hotspots a different IP... etc

I simply checked the box under IPv6 "only use this connection for resources on it's network" to disable it's default route. I could also figure out how to route the WiFi's IPv6 to the external IPv6, but that seems more trouble than it's worth.

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