uutommi, your suggestion did worked! After manually setting TP-WR1042ND to use channel 1, the router is now able to connect to Chromecast. I had seen this suggestion before but I couldn't believe...

Model : TL-WR1042ND Hardware Version : 1.0 Firmware Version : 20130923 (latest) Hello all. I suspect this is a common issue (checked 2 threads with similar questions but without an answer to my...