Chiaki 4 Deck can’t find my PS5

[ObiYoanKenobi]

Chiaki on Steam Deck can't find my PS5

I'm trying to set up Chiaki on my Steam Deck so I can play my PS5 games. My Steam Deck is on my home WiFi network (5GHZ) and my PS5 is using a wired connection but it's still on the same network.

I tried using the Remote Play app on my phone (the phone is on the same WiFi network as the Steam Deck) and it worked perfectly, my PS5 started streaming to my phone without issues.

For some reason the PS5 doesn't appear in the Chiaki app on my Steam Deck and it won't connect automatically. I've tried adding it manually but it just times out and it doesn't connect. It shows the following message:

[I] Regist starting search [I] Regist sending search packet [E] Regist timed out waiting for search response [E] Regist search failed

So, how do I get this working ? I really want to stream my PS5 to my Deck.

[ObiYoanKenobi]

You can solve this problem by putting your ps5 onto wireless not wired

It cant find your ps5 when your ps5 is not on the wireless network

That’s not really a solution. The WiFi router isn’t in the same room as the PS5. Wired is much faster and more stable.

Also, the WiFi and the wired connection are still on the same network, they aren’t two different networks.

For example, my TV is wired but my tablet is on the wireless network but my tablet automatically finds the TV and it allows me to cast video to it.

[streetpea]

This likely has to do with router settings, either at the network level or device level. Your device needs access to wired devices on the network. Given the router is configured to allow this for your Steam Deck you should be able to connect. I am able to connect to my wired PS5 via my wireless network but can't do it if using the guest network as devices on that network don't have access to wired devices.

[streetpea]

@ObiYoanKenobi If you can't get this working locally you can try connecting via a remote connection instead by forwarding the necessary ports as that should get around any restrictions within your network which would cause the issue. See https://streetpea.github.io/chiaki4deck/setup/remoteconnection/ for details.

you can also now sign in to psn to remotely connect without port forwarding here https://streetpea.github.io/chiaki-ng/setup/remoteconnection/#remote-connection-via-psn. Since you can’t even connect to the ps5 using its direct ip there is almost certainly a wifi setting preventing your Steam deck from connecting.

You can also try pinging the device on your Steam deck by ip with:

ping ps5_ip

I’m closing this is I don’t believe it’s an issue with chiaki-ng based on what you’ve posted but with your wifi configuration and there are some workarounds if you truly can’t fix your configuration provided in the comments above.