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Originally Posted by WT Sharpe
Is your modem built into your computer? I have a desktop that utilizes an external modem and router, and Chromecast always worked for me even when the computer was off, so long as the modem and the router were on. I'm using the Firestick from Amazon now, but the same thing applies. As long as your modem and router are external and energized, the Chromecast should play whether your computer is off or on.
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We've got an external modem/router. From what I've read you need a better, more expensive NAS for Chromecast, because it needs the power to convert any formats the Chromecast doesn't do native. Those are at least €300 instead of the €150 for a simple NAS.
For now I'm going to buy an extra external HDD for my media and switch off sleep mode when I want to stream. That way, when I go somewhere where there is no or slow internet I can hook up the external HDD to my small mediaplayer.