ChromeCast 2015 & UnBlock-US Problems

[diggmc]

Hi Folks,



I'm running into an annoying problem with my new ChromeCast 2015. I've got an Asus AC68U router which I created static routes for Google's DNS (8.8.8.8 / 8.8.4.4) that direct to unused IP addresses on my local network and set the routers DNS to point to UnBlock-US DNS (208.122.23.23 / 208.122.23.22). However, I seem to be getting a lot of "video is not available in your region" and "video is unable to play" errors from Netflix's.



Now I also have an old ChromeCast (dongle style) which I rooted (Team-Eureka's rom) in order to be able to set the DNS servers on it directly to UnBlock-US and it works flawlessly (abeit slower than the ChromeCast 2015 version). A video that generates an error (above) on the ChromeCast 2015, will play properly on the older ChromeCast.



I've changed the DNS entries to Google's DNS on my older ChromeCast to test the static routing is working (which it seems to). So the question is why is the New ChromeCast being such a pain in the butt, where as the older one works flawlessly? Am I missing something in my static routing?



Thanks for any thoughts or suggestions


(Xposted to Reddit /r/Chromecast)

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[michael08071984]

Hey Dude, add these two. It helped me out, it's worth a try. It's in german, but you should unterstand it.

IPv4-Netzwerk: 208.67.222.222
Subnetzmaske: 255.255.255.255
Gateway: yours

IPv4-Netzwerk: 209.244.0.0
Subnetzmaske: 255.255.255.248 (!)
Gateway: yours

 

[diggmc]

Hey Dude, add these two. It helped me out, it's worth a try. It's in german, but you should unterstand it.

IPv4-Netzwerk: 208.67.222.222
Subnetzmaske: 255.255.255.255
Gateway: yours

IPv4-Netzwerk: 209.244.0.0
Subnetzmaske: 255.255.255.248 (!)
Gateway: yours

Thanks, I'll give it a shot. 208.67.222.222 is one of OpenDNS' addresses, but I don't recognize the 209.244.0.0 address. Either way I'll try 'em when I get home.

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[michael08071984]

Yeah i'dont understand theses IPs and the different Subnet too, but it worked. Since then it works great here at Germany. It works with Unlocator and unblock-us.

 

[diggmc]

Well I created static routes as described above but the problem persists. ?

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[michael08071984]

Thats akward. What Router do you have? unblock-us dns is active at the router?

---------- Post added at 22:59 ---------- Previous post was at 22:58 ----------

That Tutorial is from me. It works also with unblock-us: https://support.unlocator.com/customer/portal/articles/1825859-how-to-block-google-dns-on-fritz-box

 

[diggmc]

The router is an Asus AC68U and yes, that how-to on UnBlock-US is the one I followed. Like I say, if I set the original Chromecast to Google's DNS addresses and static route Google's DNS in the router it works as expected, its just the new Chromecast that seems to have a problem...

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