Need help... asap... Youtube not working on WIfi on Nexus 7 and Iphone 4

**codysanbor** · 10-07-2012, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by cja1782

I have metrocast in Va king George county and I'm having the issue still. I went to another wifi and it works. The people from metrocast came out and the tech said he's having the same issue at his home with his daughters ipod with YouTube while on wifi. I they are monitoring my line to see what they can discover.

Ah I'm in colonial beach va! Close to me

**codysanbor** · 10-07-2012, 10:17 PM

How do you change Dns server...

Amd Metrocast sucks

**Lawndawg** · 10-07-2012, 10:45 PM

Found this thread because I'm having the same issue. Using dlink 655 and all the sudden youtube stopped working on all wifi devices except wife's laptop. N7 and two iphones. Work fine on bro-law's wifi. Very frustrating. Have reset router and modem. Also on metrofail but so in my bro-law. Tried to mess with anti-virus(avg) but no luck with it either.

**bigcatman** · 10-07-2012, 10:49 PM

So I changed my DNS to Google's. All is well now. Change your primary to 8.8.8.8 and your secondary to 8.8.4.4 in your Router settings. Weird. Thanks for the tip.

**Aegeis** · 10-07-2012, 10:54 PM

Glad to help.

**codysanbor** · 10-07-2012, 11:01 PM

Originally Posted by bigcatman

So I changed my DNS to Google's. All is well now. Change your primary to 8.8.8.8 and your secondary to 8.8.4.4 in your Router settings. Weird. Thanks for the tip.

I have a net gear something nv200 or 300.

Why do I set it to that? Just curious

**codysanbor** · 10-08-2012, 12:32 AM

I will let you all know if this works in am when i get off work around 7:30

**juggy4805** · 10-08-2012, 06:17 AM

I had the same problem on an Ipad, two IPhones, and a Xoom. Changing the DNS settings to Google's fixed the problem. I also have Metrocast in Maryland.

**juggy4805** · 10-08-2012, 06:20 AM

Info on Google's DNS

**booyamachine** · 10-08-2012, 08:36 AM

Also on Metrocast & also in NH and having these same issues on 2 iphones and an ipad
I know this is an Android forum, but I just wanted to thank you guys for the fix, I'll be trying the DNS change when I get home from work today.

I really wish there was another option for internet service around here.

**mscfl** · 10-08-2012, 10:50 AM

I'm the oddball, not in NH and not on metrocast. I'm on Nefcom in Florida. Having the exact issue. The DNS change fixed it....Thanks!

Can anyone explain what the issue might be if changing the DNS fixed it?

ETA: This could be totally unrelated but I just thought of something. I received notice from my ISP the other day that they are about to offer us Google Apps. They said there could be outages during the migration over to google. I wonder if they changed something that caused this....

**PeteNH** · 10-08-2012, 01:04 PM

Ok, thanks to this thread I was able to fix the issue as well. I'm also a NH Metrocast subscriber. I called Metrocast today and they are aware of the issue and are instructing people to use Google's DNS. From what he said, they use a third party company for their DNS server and it could very well be that some of these other non Metrocast ISP's are using the same company.

I've had issues in the past with Metrocast's DNS not loading certain pages that loaded fine everywhere else.

**codysanbor** · 10-08-2012, 01:41 PM

Worked like a champ! Thanks guys!!

**chbartel** · 12-16-2012, 10:22 PM

Originally Posted by codysanbor

Worked like a champ! Thanks guys!!

I am also having the exact same issue..I have been ready/trying different things for two days now. It seems to have started I think maybe a week or so ago, but I don't know exact timing.

I have a Samsung Galaxy SII, and also TWO Samsung Galaxy Note II's. All three of these are doing the exact same thing as you describe above. Originally I had stumbled upon an issue with not being able to download Google Play updates to apps on my phone when I was connected to my local wireless network. BUT, if I was connected to 3G/4G coverage, it updated fine. AT same time, I realized I was also having issue getting Youtube to play on my phone. I checked the other two phones, they are all having same issue.

I took my phone to another wireless network and it downloads fine with youtube. As soon as I hit my wireless at home, same issue comes up. I have played with settings and here is what I have to do to make it work:

"forget" network. Re-add the wireless network back in. Let it get IP address. I then go in and edit network settings and change to fixed ip and not using DHCP. I then change DNS to either the OPENdns servers or Google servers(as listed above). It then works fine. BUT, if I reboot my phone, or if I leave the house(so it disconnects from router), then I come home and re-connect back up, it will not work again! I then have to manually do as I describe and each time I can get youtube videos to play. Also note that when youtube quits working, I also can't update my google apps in the google play store. As soon as I change the wireless settings as I describe above, I can then connect to youtube and also google apps will update(and I can download new ones as well).

This is driving me crazy. I can't imagine what could be causing it on my wireless network. It only affects youtube and the google apps store on my phones, I can watch youtube fine on all my 7 other pc's in my house. My router is a pretty new model.. A Netgear R6300 with all firmware updates. I have opened a ticket with Netgear, but don't yet have a response back from them yet.

I have Comcast here where I am.

Anyone else have ideas or a solution?

**chbartel** · 12-17-2012, 11:37 AM

I have hard reset my wireless router, this didn't do anything. I have tried lowering security on my wireless as Netgear thought that could possibly be causing it, but no resolution. My router has worked fine though the past 6 months with same devices, so I thought that was a long shot. My next step is to call Comcast, grrr...

**pontiac005** · 12-17-2012, 11:42 AM

I had problems awhile back not being able to connect to YouTube, and amazon etc. I tried power cycling my router and that did not work. I ended up resetting my Comcast cable modem and it worked after that.

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**chbartel** · 12-21-2012, 03:31 PM

I think I have found the issue or what is causing it, waiting on Sprint to resolve. I think this is possibly happening on other networks as well, read here:

**Vilmantas Klinavicius** · 03-22-2013, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by bigcatman

So I changed my DNS to Google's. All is well now. Change your primary to 8.8.8.8 and your secondary to 8.8.4.4 in your Router settings. Weird. Thanks for the tip.

thanks

**alicepattinson** · 03-22-2013, 07:33 AM

Originally Posted by bigcatman

So I changed my DNS to Google's. All is well now. Change your primary to 8.8.8.8 and your secondary to 8.8.4.4 in your Router settings. Weird. Thanks for the tip.

Is this applicable to all?

**Nilesh Shah1** · 03-25-2013, 11:15 PM

Its the problem from google as they have removed the proxy server so wont able to download any app from play store and even youtube wont work on wifi we have to wait untill they fix the prob