Why doesn’t the Chromecast device appear in the Wi-Fi settings on the iPad

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My Chromecast device does not show up in my iPad’s Wi-Fi settings any longer. I had taken the device to a different location and network and since returning to original location and network, the device doesn’t show up.

Best Answer

Chromecast only appears in the Wifi/WLAN settings as long as it is not configured to listen to the local WLAN access point. It can only remember one WLAN to connect to. Whenever you change your WLAN, you have to reconfigure your Chromecast to adjust it to the new WLAN settings.

Chromecast at first acts as WLAN access point to allow for an initial wireless connection for the configuration. Once this is completed, it should not send WLAN signals any longer. But I have read reports that this is not always the case. Anyhow, the Chromecast WLAN signal is no longer used, once the device is configured.

It might be necessary to reset the Chromecast to its factory seetings as explained here.

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