Comments on: Using Google Chromecast from Fedora 19

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 17:45:28 +0000

In reply to Hsiao-Ting Wang. I don't use Ubuntu very often, but is the firewall enabled by default, and does it block the high numbered ports by default? If it is not enabled, then this does not need to be done.

By: Hsiao-Ting Wang

Hsiao-Ting Wang — Wed, 13 Apr 2016 15:53:45 +0000

This tip save a lot of my time. Thanks a lot!

However, curious about why this obstacle only happen on CentOS not yet Ubuntu.

By: John Fulton (@fultonj)

John Fulton (@fultonj) — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 19:57:27 +0000

Funny when Google brings you to a useful page and then you look up and say “I know that guy”. Thanks Matt. This got my Chormecast working on my RHEL7.2 laptop.

By: Matt

Matt — Wed, 05 Aug 2015 02:02:08 +0000

In reply to mauriciograciag. You know, I've always just used the Android app (I don't think there was any other way back when I ordered mine, part of the first batch) ! If you have any directions, I'd be happy to reference them.

By: mauriciograciag

mauriciograciag — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 17:13:17 +0000

In reply to Matt. Thanks Matt. How about the chromcast setup tool (that is used for the first time setup o reconfiguration) can that also be installed in Fedora 22 ?

By: Matt

Matt — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 16:07:14 +0000

In reply to mauriciograciag. Hi mauriciograciag, thank you for the great feedback. I have added a short update to address your points.

By: mauriciograciag

mauriciograciag — Mon, 03 Aug 2015 15:47:27 +0000

IMHO

you need to to include a SUDO to the IPTABLES command

sudo iptables -A INPUT -s 192.168.0.0/24 -p udp -m udp –dport 32768:61000 -j ACCEPT

And other improvements for this post are

Mention the most secure option first
firewall-cmd –permanent –zone=home –add-port=32768-61000/udp

and then mention that if after trying this it still does not work then you should try the other commands

firewall-cmd –permanent –add-port=32768-61000/udp

If someone added all this new rules and did not work or just wants to reverse them to avoid security issues execute this commands

firewall-cmd –permanent –remove-port=32768-61000/udp
firewall-cmd –permanent –zone=home –remove-port=32768-61000/udp
firewall-cmd –reload

By: El-Deir

El-Deir — Thu, 08 May 2014 23:07:59 +0000

Very goog! greatful!

By: Parker Lumpee

Parker Lumpee — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 23:40:46 +0000

In reply to Mark. This did it for me, working perfect now. Thanks to you and the OP.

By: Ryan Veca

Ryan Veca — Sun, 30 Mar 2014 19:29:17 +0000

In reply to Matt. That did it. Thanks very much for all the help. :)