With the chromecast setup (which may or may not be the same as the Google Home), it would give you an error message if it wasn't on the same SSID, but then work anyways. It's been a while since I worked with it though, so their setup software may have changed. -- Jonathan Waldrep Network Engineer Network Infrastructure and Services Virginia Tech
On Thu, Dec 12, 2019 at 4:09 PM Norton, Thomas (Network Operations) < [email protected]> wrote: > Hey there, > > We do the same thing at LU, but on two separate vlans utilizing Aruba > airgroup. Unfortunately, Google in their wonderless glory made it a > dependency for initial setup, and baked it into the app. > > To my knowledge there is no away around it, as it requires seeing the > devices on the same SSID before finalizing configuration. I would love to > hear if anyone has figured a way around it as well. I attempted to reach > out to our google rep with no avail. > > Once configured, you can move the handset to a separate ssid/network. > > *T.J. Norton* > > *Wireless Network Architect* > *Network Operations* > > *Office: (434) 592-6552 <(434)%20592-6552> * > > > > [image: http://www.liberty.edu/media/1616/40themail/wordmark-for-email.jpg] > > *Liberty University | Training Champions for Christ since 1971* > > On Dec 12, 2019, at 2:37 PM, Robert Schneider <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > ------------------------------ > > [ EXTERNAL EMAIL: Do not click any links or open attachments unless you > know the sender and trust the content. ] > ------------------------------ > Hi All, > > We keep our smart devices and student networks on two separate SSIDs. The > backend is the same network and hands out the same IPs. Recently, the > Google Home app doesn't seem to want to complete the setup until it sees > that the phone and Google Home Mini are on the same SSID. I can't see that > we're blocking anything, so I'm at a lost of what to do next. > > Is anyone else experiencing a similar issue? If not, any tips to get this > to work? We have an Aruba wireless environment. > > * Robert Schneider* > Network Engineer > Information Technology | Rollins College > 407.628.6380 | [email protected] > > ********** > Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire > community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the > message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. > Additional participation and subscription information can be found at > https://www.educause.edu/community > <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.educause.edu%2Fcommunity&data=02%7C01%7Ctnorton7%40LIBERTY.EDU%7Cfa440a8091a447b31e2f08d77f3aab00%7Cbaf8218eb3024465a9934a39c97251b2%7C0%7C0%7C637117762265177369&sdata=bLvFiBQXFFW0a%2FB2ONN5%2BG0mMy4SRQe%2BdPcVg6k3TLk%3D&reserved=0> > > ********** > Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire > community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the > message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. > Additional participation and subscription information can be found at > https://www.educause.edu/community > ********** Replies to EDUCAUSE Community Group emails are sent to the entire community list. If you want to reply only to the person who sent the message, copy and paste their email address and forward the email reply. Additional participation and subscription information can be found at https://www.educause.edu/community
