Google Mini as speaker only in Home Assistant

Third party integrations
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Hello,

Having some issues with Integration discovery and yaml configuration for Google Mini speaker.

I have the google mini connected to a wifi that is on a different subnet than Home Assistant server. The Mini net can not talk to the WAN and can only talk to the HA server. I have many devices configured the same with no issues so can confirm my network is ‘mostly’ configured correctly. I know enough to know what I don’t know. HA net can talk to anything on the IoT net.

I have confirmed via dhcp lease the mini has an ip on the correct net. i used that IP to try and configure via .yaml.

Better example of net configuration since I don’t communicate ‘good’.

So google mini/24 → HA/32
an google mini/24 ← HA/32

Am I missing some obvious?

2

I’m curious if you have any others configured this way. My understanding is they become a paperweight if they can’t get to the interwebs except for direct Bluetooth.

3

Nope this would be my first endeavor with the mini’s, though I did buy 3. Trying to find a cheaper option than the IKEA/Sonos. I have an IoT, Guest (Wan only no LAN) and Main net. Not even the wife is allowed on the main net lol. I might have to make a IoT + WAN, or just accept the risk and toss them on the main net. I was afraid Google would punish any of us that actually has the nerve to want and try to protect our right to privacy.

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Sounds like the new device can’t be discovered across subnet. I had to enable mDNS service on my router to facilitate that.