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I have already set up the chromecast with my wireless network through my phone. It seems there is no way to get it to work with my wired PC that is on the same network. I am assuming that this is just the way it is and I'd like to confirm that.
jbaruch76 said:
I have already set up the chromecast with my wireless network through my phone. It seems there is no way to get it to work with my wired PC that is on the same network. I am assuming that this is just the way it is and I'd like to confirm that.
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You need to be sending a wireless signal to the chromecast so no I don't think it will work on ethernet
My desktop works hardwired into my router, no problems. Just downloaded the extension for Chrome, and it worked.
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Evo4gLI said:
My desktop works hardwired into my router, no problems. Just downloaded the extension for Chrome, and it worked.
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well that is interesting. i have the extension installed, but it just says "no cast devices found." it works from phone, tablet and laptop. not sure what the problem could be.
jbaruch76 said:
well that is interesting. i have the extension installed, but it just says "no cast devices found." it works from phone, tablet and laptop. not sure what the problem could be.
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When setting it up the first time it does a Wireless to wireless connection from your phone or Wifi Computer to the device. If you don't have Wifi on your computer you will need to use the phone for the initial setup. Once it is on the wireless network you can connect with any device connected to that network, wired or wireless. well that is once your router does not sepereate the wireless and wired clients
I'm having this same problem with my chromecast. Chrome cannot find the chromecast on the desktop; on Wifi or on ethernet. My laptops and all my android devices work without a problem though. Hopefully google hammers out some of these bugs
msm903 said:
When setting it up the first time it does a Wireless to wireless connection from your phone or Wifi Computer to the device. If you don't have Wifi on your computer you will need to use the phone for the initial setup. Once it is on the wireless network you can connect with any device connected to that network, wired or wireless. well that is once your router does not sepereate the wireless and wired clients
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I hope this is how it'll work, as my network is similar. Router in the living room, with a cable going into a powerline Ethernet jack, emerging in my room where it connects to my desktop computer. So of course for initial setup I will need to use my phone or tablet because my desktop can't find the Chromecast if it's not connected to the router. But I'd certainly hope I can cast from desktop once the dongle has connected to the wi-fi.
Just to be sure - you're not running Windows XP are you? Because apparently XP is not compatible with Google Cast...
Router settings
Ensure you don't have your router settings on "isolate" (d'oi!)
Disable (or enable) any IGMP daemon.
Review your router settings - everything look sane? Any key words pop up?
uninstall your wireless network drivers and then scan for hardware changes; just let your computer reinstall the drivers. just got off the phone with the chrome ninjas and that fixed my problems.
I am also unable to see to see my Chromecast from wired PC's on my network. I tried disabling firewall, and checked all of my router settings. It's the stock Verizon router. I don't get it. It's a major negative that I can't see it from wired PC's.
foghelmut said:
I am also unable to see to see my Chromecast from wired PC's on my network. I tried disabling firewall, and checked all of my router settings. It's the stock Verizon router. I don't get it. It's a major negative that I can't see it from wired PC's.
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I'm also on fios, so i'm thinking it's a problem with their router. I was going to try it later, but i found some information. If you login to the router then go to this site http://192.168.1.1/index.cgi?active_page=6059 and it give you some IGMP settings, which are hidden otherwise.
jbaruch76 said:
I'm also on fios, so i'm thinking it's a problem with their router. I was going to try it later, but i found some information. If you login to the router then go to this site http://192.168.1.1/index.cgi?active_page=6059 and it give you some IGMP settings, which are hidden otherwise.
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That fixed it, thanks.
No trouble here with seeing Chromecast over Ethernet. Using a WRT54GL with Tomato installed.
My pc is connected to a airport express by Ethernet and I'm able to cast from it.
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solve?
solve?i have the problem with my HTC
jbaruch76 said:
I'm also on fios, so i'm thinking it's a problem with their router. I was going to try it later, but i found some information. If you login to the router then go to this site http://192.168.1.1/index.cgi?active_page=6059 and it give you some IGMP settings, which are hidden otherwise.
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Disabling IGMP on my Verizon FIOS router resolved the issue, thanks.
jerseymonkey said:
Disabling IGMP on my Verizon FIOS router resolved the issue, thanks.
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Is that the only change you made? Just changing IGMP Proxy from enabled to disabled? I did that, restarted router and pc but I still don't see the chromecast from the wired connection.
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Is that the only change you made? Just changing IGMP Proxy from enabled to disabled? I did that, restarted router and pc but I still don't see the chromecast from the wired connection.
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Make sure you are adding the extension to Chrome. I initially downloaded the app and it kept saying I needed to have WiFi turned on. Also make sure in addition to IGMP disabled that you have wireless isolation off.
msm903 said:
When setting it up the first time it does a Wireless to wireless connection from your phone or Wifi Computer to the device. If you don't have Wifi on your computer you will need to use the phone for the initial setup. Once it is on the wireless network you can connect with any device connected to that network, wired or wireless. well that is once your router does not sepereate the wireless and wired clients
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exactly this
no ethernet
I have the same problem. Chromecast works fine with iPhone and Nexus7 on wifi network. But what I really want is to stream from the Chrome browser on my pc (as advertised!).
I installed the Chromecast extension, but it says no devices found.
I called Google Chromecast support directly, and two people there told me it couldn't be done. Unbelievable. I explained that my non-mobile desktop pc isn’t on a wireless network (why should it be?); it’s on a wired network (faster, more reliable), while all my wireless gadgets are on my wifi network (all from the same router). They say the pc must be on a wi-fi network (the same one as the Chromecast), not a wired network.
I'm hoping some smart guy here has a better answer.
Just bought a chromecast... Like it so far.
I can cast anything from my Galaxy S3 that allows it; AllCast photos/music, YouTube app & Netflix app.
I can cast YouTube through Chrome browser. I don't use much else that could cast (HBO Go, etc,) via the browser. I can see the Chromecast from any device, and for the most part, it works flawlessly.
What I can't do irritates the living hell out of me, esp. since I can't find a reason why this doesn't seem to work for just me. Casting a tab in Chrome or the whole desktop will not work for me. I've tried searching; tried restarting, re-installing, reset to stock, checking VPNs, disabling the 5 ghz band from the router, re-installing Chrome, re-installing the chromecast extension. Nothing seems to work.
I press the cast button (extension) in Chrome (v32 I believe), and the TV flashes to a black screen, the blue cast icon appears on what tab I'm trying to cast, then after about 5 seconds, the red box w/ an X replaces the extension. "Unable to cast" is the reason. It tells me to check my connection.
I'm running a Windows 8 64-bit Lenovo laptop with updated Chrome. YouTube works through Chrome browser, but casting a tab won't.
I know this is a beta extension, but no one seems to have real big issues casting tabs. What am I doing wrong?
Thanks for your input
Do you have any virtual network cards installed like what you get when you install Virtual Box?
For Windows 8, here are more things to try:
Turn the 'Sharing' setting ON.
You can turn this setting on by following the steps below:
Navigate to your Desktop. (Your Desktop will be one of the default tiles on your homescreen)
Click on your WiFi settings on the bottom of your desktop bar (At the very bottom, right hand side of your Desktop)
Right click on your connected Wi-Fi network
Select 'Turn sharing on or off'
Ensure sharing is set to 'on'
Please note: Software that installs a virtual NIC - VMware, Win8 Hyper-V, but also some NAS drivers - may cause discovery issues between a laptop/desktop and the Chromecast.
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Make sure IPv6 is enabled on the Windows Machine and Router
vestaviajag said:
I'm running a Windows 8 64-bit Lenovo laptop with updated Chrome. YouTube works through Chrome browser, but casting a tab won't.
I know this is a beta extension, but no one seems to have real big issues casting tabs. What am I doing wrong?
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What router do you have?
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r00t4rd3d said:
Do you have any virtual network cards installed like what you get when you install Virtual Box?
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I shouldn't have those installed, haven't installed Virtual Box. Is there a way to tell?
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For Windows 8, here are more things to try:
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Sharing is on, has been.
I have hardly installed any 3rd party applications since purchasing the laptop in December. Office and stuff like that only.
I can see the chromecast, discovery has never been an issue; only casting a tab. I can cast YouTube from the laptop flawlessly.
Asphyx said:
Make sure IPv6 is enabled on the Windows Machine and Router
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It is, one of the first and most often things checked.
bhiga said:
What router do you have?
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almost positive it's the Western Digital My Net N600
vestaviajag said:
almost positive it's the Western Digital My Net N600
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Ensure UPnP is enabled per page 49 (section starts on page 42) of your router's manual.
If it's already enabled, try disabling it. If that doesn't help (or makes things worse), re-enable it.
If UPnP doesn't change things, try toggling QoS per page 47
Be sure to reboot the router between settings changes for good measure.
bhiga said:
Ensure UPnP is enabled per page 49 (section starts on page 42) of your router's manual.
If it's already enabled, try disabling it. If that doesn't help (or makes things worse), re-enable it.
If UPnP doesn't change things, try toggling QoS per page 47
Be sure to reboot the router between settings changes for good measure.
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On my way home to try this. Thank you for your help and troubleshooting.
Will report back.
bhiga said:
Ensure UPnP is enabled per page 49 (section starts on page 42) of your router's manual.
If it's already enabled, try disabling it. If that doesn't help (or makes things worse), re-enable it.
If UPnP doesn't change things, try toggling QoS per page 47
Be sure to reboot the router between settings changes for good measure.
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No dice. Neither one made it worse or better.
vestaviajag said:
No dice. Neither one made it worse or better.
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Hmmm. Can you try your laptop on a wired connection? Also plug it into wall power.
I'm wondering if the wireless load is causing issues our the performanceis being limited by being on battery.
Sent from a device with no keyboard. Please forgive typos, they may not be my own.
bhiga said:
Hmmm. Can you try your laptop on a wired connection? Also plug it into wall power.
I'm wondering if the wireless load is causing issues our the performanceis being limited by being on battery.
Sent from a device with no keyboard. Please forgive typos, they may not be my own.
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I will try the laptop on a wired connection tonight. If that's the case though, it kind of defeats the purpose as my router is right below my tv w/ the chromecast; might as well just connect the laptop to the tv via HDMI.
By "plug it into wall power" do you mean the laptop or the chromecast? The laptop was on wall power last night, almost always is. I can try the chromecast, as it's only plugged into the tv.
This is driving me crazy, as everything else works. YouTube from the laptop casts perfectly, as does any app on either one of our Galaxy S3s.
vestaviajag said:
I will try the laptop on a wired connection tonight. If that's the case though, it kind of defeats the purpose as my router is right below my tv w/ the chromecast; might as well just connect the laptop to the tv via HDMI.
By "plug it into wall power" do you mean the laptop or the chromecast? The laptop was on wall power last night, almost always is. I can try the chromecast, as it's only plugged into the tv.
This is driving me crazy, as everything else works. YouTube from the laptop casts perfectly, as does any app on either one of our Galaxy S3s.
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If your router really is directly under Chromecast, I'm surprised Chromecast is getting a signal at all - it's probably being bounced off surroundings.
The WiFi antenna transmission tends to not cover directly above/below.
For a quick test, turn your router on its side if it'll balance, or move it (or Chromecast) off to the side so it's not directly above/under.
bhiga said:
If your router really is directly under Chromecast, I'm surprised Chromecast is getting a signal at all - it's probably being bounced off surroundings.
The WiFi antenna transmission tends to not cover directly above/below.
For a quick test, turn your router on its side if it'll balance, or move it (or Chromecast) off to the side so it's not directly above/under.
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I'll try that. It's not directly under, sorry for the exaggeration. My TV is mounted on the wall 3 feet above our entertainment center, where the router is located.
I still find it weird that everything works but casting a tab, which leads me to believe it's software or laptop related. I'm going to try it from my backup Windows 7 machine in the guest bedroom, see if that works.
Thanks bhiga for all your help!!!
vestaviajag said:
I'll try that. It's not directly under, sorry for the exaggeration. My TV is mounted on the wall 3 feet above our entertainment center, where the router is located.
I still find it weird that everything works but casting a tab, which leads me to believe it's software or laptop related. I'm going to try it from my backup Windows 7 machine in the guest bedroom, see if that works.
Thanks bhiga for all your help!!!
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Anywhere within about a 20-degree cone above/below tends to be bleh for signal.
Another computer is a great test. Keep the results coming and we'll get somewhere sooner or later.
If you have a third-party antivirus (ie, not Microsoft) it may be worth disabling it temporarily. Sometimes the more-intrusive antivirus "suites" include firewall components that may intercept Chromecast traffic as a potential network flood or DoS attack.
bhiga said:
Anywhere within about a 20-degree cone above/below tends to be bleh for signal.
Another computer is a great test. Keep the results coming and we'll get somewhere sooner or later.
If you have a third-party antivirus (ie, not Microsoft) it may be worth disabling it temporarily. Sometimes the more-intrusive antivirus "suites" include firewall components that may intercept Chromecast traffic as a potential network flood or DoS attack.
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Another laptop (office; Windows 7) works perfectly casting a tab and screen. So it's not the unit OR the router settings.
I will try moving my router, but that confuses me as I can flawlessly stream YouTube videos from my main laptop (living room; Windows 8), the one I'm having difficult casting a tab from.
Will first disable 3rd party anti-virus software/firewalls and attempt that. How can I check VPNs on a Windows 8 machine? All tutorials I read are about Windows 7 and they seemed to change the settings around between versions.
vestaviajag said:
Another laptop (office; Windows 7) works perfectly casting a tab and screen. So it's not the unit OR the router settings.
I will try moving my router, but that confuses me as I can flawlessly stream YouTube videos from my main laptop (living room; Windows 8), the one I'm having difficult casting a tab from.
Will first disable 3rd party anti-virus software/firewalls and attempt that. How can I check VPNs on a Windows 8 machine? All tutorials I read are about Windows 7 and they seemed to change the settings around between versions.
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The good news is that nothing else is broken.
The bad news is the broken part is you(r laptop).
YouTube casting only involves your problem laptop for sending the cast request to Chromecast. From there Chromecast goes and fetches the requested video on its own directly from YouTube, so no laptop CPU or network is involved. (See diagrams in WiFi Bandwidth and Router considerations)
Wish I could help you on Windows 8 - I have the upgrade but have held off on installing it...
What are the specs of your working vs non-working laptop?
Tab casting take take a good amount of CPU horsepower so it might be that the encoding isn't keeping up and the Cast extension is giving you a misleading error message/condition.
bhiga said:
The good news is that nothing else is broken.
The bad news is the broken part is you(r laptop).
YouTube casting only involves your problem laptop for sending the cast request to Chromecast. From there Chromecast goes and fetches the requested video on its own directly from YouTube, so no laptop CPU or network is involved. (See diagrams in WiFi Bandwidth and Router considerations)
Wish I could help you on Windows 8 - I have the upgrade but have held off on installing it...
What are the specs of your working vs non-working laptop?
Tab casting take take a good amount of CPU horsepower so it might be that the encoding isn't keeping up and the Cast extension is giving you a misleading error message/condition.
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Ohh, that makes sense about the YouTube bit. Didn't think about that...
Office (Old) Laptop: Dell 17" Inspiron
i5 (1st Gen)
6gb RAM
Windows 7 : 64-bit
Living Room (New) Laptop: Lenovo 14" U430 Touch
i5 (4th Gen)
4gb RAM
Windows 8 : 64-bit
vestaviajag said:
Ohh, that makes sense about the YouTube bit. Didn't think about that...
Office (Old) Laptop: Dell 17" Inspiron
i5 (1st Gen)
6gb RAM
Windows 7
Living Room (New) Laptop: Lenovo 14" U410 Touch
i5 (4th Gen)
4gb RAM
Windows 8
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Well there goes that theory... Both should be fine.
Hmm. I'm stumped.
Does Windows 8 still have a "Safe mode"?
If you have an Ubuntu LiveCD you could try booting off of that and see if you can cast tab from Chrome in Ubuntu.
It's not supported, but these guys seem to say it works.
bhiga said:
Well there goes that theory... Both should be fine.
Hmm. I'm stumped.
Does Windows 8 still have a "Safe mode"?
If you have an Ubuntu LiveCD you could try booting off of that and see if you can cast tab from Chrome in Ubuntu.
It's not supported, but these guys seem to say it works.
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I've made SOME progress. Figured that the Adware Antivirus is clashing with the cast extension; I couldn't just disable it, I had to completely stop the process/program.
I'm still stuck though, because now I have the blue cast logo on my TV screen, but nothing ever gets cast. This didn't happen before, it would just crash and tell me "unable to cast".
I guess I'll try completely uninstalling that antivirus, see if I can get a bit further.
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I've made SOME progress. Figured that the Adware Antivirus is clashing with the cast extension; I couldn't just disable it, I had to completely stop the process/program.
I'm still stuck though, because now I have the blue cast logo on my TV screen, but nothing ever gets cast. This didn't happen before, it would just crash and tell me "unable to cast".
I guess I'll try completely uninstalling that antivirus, see if I can get a bit further.
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Progress is good. Also check Windows Firewall to make sure "Portable Media Devices" are enabled/allowed.
Rooted with latest Eureka firmware. The Chromecast is already configured and tested for the local WiFi.
However, the TV displays the following Chromecast screen with WAN disabled:
"reconnect me
'MyChromecast' connected to MyNetwork, but can't access the internet
Check that your internet connection is working
Otherwise, run the Chromecast app to choose a different network"
This is reported by BubbleUPnP when attempting to play a file:
"Cannot Play: GoogleApiClient is not connected yet."
After enabling the WAN, the Chromecast works as normal. The WAN can then be disabled again, and the Chromecast can still work. However, if the Chromecast is powered off, then it needs to connect to the internet again in order to work.
One would think it wouldn't have to call home every time you turn the device on. Seriously, just that idea that this thing has to connect to an external online server to work locally is ridiculous. Does anybody know how to work around this limitation?
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After enabling the WAN, the Chromecast works as normal. The WAN can then be disabled again, and the Chromecast can still work. However, if the Chromecast is powered off, then it needs to connect to the internet again in order to work.
One would think it wouldn't have to call home every time you turn the device on. Seriously, just that idea that this thing has to connect to an external online server to work locally is ridiculous. Does anybody know how to work around this limitation?
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Chromecast loads the player apps via web requests. Google's whitelist determines what application should be loaded for a particular request type.
It's primary design is to stream from Internet-based services (YouTube, Hulu Plus, Pandora, etc) so it needs Internet access.
Chromecast is not a wireless HDMI connection.
bhiga said:
Chromecast loads the player apps via web requests. Google's whitelist determines what application should be loaded for a particular request type.
It's primary design is to stream from Internet-based services (YouTube, Hulu Plus, Pandora, etc) so it needs Internet access.
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You are right but it does also some caching of the apps loaded (this doesn't survive power down). That's why OP could kill WAN connection and still have it (semi) working.
All of the sudden cast tab stopped working. When ever i click the cast tab icon in Chrome the tv screen turns black for about 10 seconds and the goes back to the Chromecast screen, the icon on Chrome turns orange, "unable to cast, check network or try again". Netflix and YouTube works fine from Chrome, as well as iPad. Any ideas?
I can't get BBC iPlayer to work either, but I think this is a different issue, perhaps I have to wait for an Eureka ROM update there.
Rooted chromecast
Eureka ROM build 15250.001
open wrt router
unlocater
macbook
Thanx
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All of the sudden cast tab stopped working. When ever i click the cast tab icon in Chrome the tv screen turns black for about 10 seconds and the goes back to the Chromecast screen, the icon on Chrome turns orange, "unable to cast, check network or try again". Netflix and YouTube works fine from Chrome, as well as iPad. Any ideas?
I can't get BBC iPlayer to work either, but I think this is a different issue, perhaps I have to wait for an Eureka ROM update there
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Failure to cast tab/desktop from PC when other methods work is usually one of
Network location setting (needs to be Home/Private or Domain/Work, not Public or Unknown as those block many ports)
Conflicting Chrome extension
Antivirus
Firewall
On rare occasion, a router that does not pass packets between wired and wireless segments, if the PC is on wired connection
bhiga said:
Failure to cast tab/desktop from PC when other methods work is usually one of
Network location setting (needs to be Home/Private or Domain/Work, not Public or Unknown as those block many ports)
Conflicting Chrome extension
Antivirus
Firewall
On rare occasion, a router that does not pass packets between wired and wireless segments, if the PC is on wired connection
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Tried all above, didn't help. Now I installed Chrome Canary,, cast tab work on it, not on regular chrome.
Hi All,
I recently acquired a chromecast and would very much like access to the BBC Iplayer (I live in the netherlands). I can already watch Iplayer on my phone using the VPN option in android but once I try to watch it on chromecast it doesn't start the stream which is probably because the chromecast is connected to my home network which is not behind the VPN. I also can't mirror screen since I loose connection from my phone to the chromecast as soon as I connect my phone to the VPN.
Now I read that it is possible to do with a DDWRT router but I do not have one of those and I wouldn't want my whole network to be on a different IP, just the chromecast & if needed my phone. I do however have something that I would like to consider a lot more powerful than a router, namely a "Server PC" running windows XP professional. Would I be able to use this server and enable the VPN on it and then make the chromecast connect to the server? Would I need 2 USB wireless adapters or 1 (so my phone connects to 1 and the chromecast to the second. My server connects via ethernet to my modem)? Could I somehow configure this USB adapter to be connected to the VPN by default? Could I use virtualization software? I would like the most clean option preferably without affecting the rest of my server (but it would be OK if the server is temporarily in the UK until I have watched the show). Perhaps this topic can be extended to other devices with wireless capabilities like NAS and raspberries etc.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Ok so after some digging I found at least 1 way of doing it: http://alphaloop.blogspot.nl/2014/01/raspberry-pi-as-vpn-wireless-access.html
However I still think this should be possible on a windows XP machine with a wireless adapter.
On many Windows 7 PCs with wi-fi, you can use the following to create a hosted wifi network that your chromecast can connect to:
netsh wlan set hostednetwork mode=allow ssid=XXXX key=YYYY
netsh wlan start hostednetwork
if you then share your VPN adapter's internet connection with the hosted wifi that you've created, you can connect your phone and chromecast to the same wifi XXXX and that will be connected to the internet via the VPN on the laptop.