Ed Greshko wrote: > If you are using an application which is chromecast enabled, such as > NetFlix or many of the chromecast enabled Android apps, then yes the > traffic will be switched/configured to come from the source and go > directly to the chromecast dongle.
Yes, it seems more complicated than I thought; I found when I started casting from my Android phone I could switch off the phone and the cast continued, so it must be going directly from router to TV. In fact I had to switch off the TV to break the connection. But this was using a filmon app on the phone which I'm sure is chromecast-enabled as you say. So the difference in quality between Fedora-casting and Windows-casting may arise from different chromecast plugins for google chrome? But in both cases I am able to break the connection from the laptop. > This is the reason I can't cast Netflix from my Android Tablet to my TV. > While my tablet is using a DNS proxy to redirect traffic to my VPN > provider when casting the Netflix app notifies Netflix to switch but in > the process my real IP address is exposed and Netflix then "knows" I'm not > in the US. (I have a Roku to, so no worries...and there are other ways I > could use the chromecast if I wanted to take a few extra steps). That's interesting, and relevant in my case as I thought of subscribing to a VPN server in the UK as most UK online TV services seem to be restricted to users believed to be in the UK. >> I suspect my broadband speed (in central Italy) of 6.6 Mbps >> is on the borderline for this use, though that may be nonsense. > Oh, BTW, I just got my bill and I actually have 20Mb/s download speed. Can you tell from your bill? Mine says "up to 40Mb/s", but when I asked my ISP said he was surprised my speed was so high! -- Timothy Murphy gayleard /at/ eircom.net School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
