**NOTE some people actually enter web addresses into Google, and then navigate that way. You enter this IP address directly into your web browser same as you would a website.
(typically this is done through an internal ip address like 192.168.1.100). If DNS1 or DNS2 show up as internal IPs such as: 192.168.1.x, then your Roku won’t connect to the Internet. The quick fix: make sure your router’s DNS settings are properly set to an External IP address. However, right after hanging up with Cox I stumbled across what turned out to be the root cause of the problem. So we called Cox. After about 45 minutes with the rep, who was really nice by the way, the Roku was still FUBAR. My immediate suspicion was that my friend’s router was somehow denying Roku’s connection to the Internet.īefore taking the plunge into full-on troubleshooting, I wanted to make sure that Cox hadn’t set up the router, or her service, in a way that might prevent the use of a streaming player. I’ve never encountered this problem before. Red light! I’ve set up three Rokus in three different houses. However, when it tried to connect to the Internet (essentially the outside world), the process failed.
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The Roku recognized her Wi-Fi, and once we put the password in, it was able to connect to the local network.
We fired it up and started the setup process. (yes, that’s right, I said Bomb Girls.)īasically, we got the new Roku all connected. But I had this experience the other day, when trying to set one up for a friend of mine, that almost put the kibosh on our Bomb Girls. Personally I think the Roku is super slick. Congratulations! You’ve finally made the leap into the world of streaming media players.