Overall response time is worse, not better. Sometimes artwork is only shown for albums beginning with “ABC,” nothing later in the alphabet. (What if I want to listen to, say, the Rolling Stones?) Sometimes even an album within “ABC” won’t load at all, just brings up a “Network error” or “Error lo…

You might post the manufacturer and part number of the switch when you get home…this may help with the overall diagnosis of this problem Cheers

You just have to ask :wink: : TP LINK TL-SG108

Thanks Thierry…given the price and quick look thru the specs, this looks like a standard “dumb” switch…which is actually what you want most of the time in a domestic situation…smart switches are more useful in commercial applications I still think a NAS to Router to Dell laptop [with all other devi…

[image] Ronnie: I still think a NAS to Router to Dell laptop [with all other devices disconnected] test of Roon later will help with diagnosing this issue I will do what you suggest and tell the outcome. Thanks!

Sorry…for the sake of it, reboot the router as well before conducting the test…likely unnecessary, but worth doing as it’s a simple thing to do

Ok, I’ll connect the NAS directly to the router, disconnect all other network devices, reboot the router, and connect my laptop to the router via Ethernet. I’m curious to see if that changes something…

No promises…but it will help eliminate the network itself as a source of the issue assuming that the problem persists with the streamlined setup as a brief trial

[image] Meridian ID41 Zone disappeared [resolved] The switch in question is TPLINK SG108, which looks and feels exactly as NETGEAR GS108 Just an FYI. Another user had issues with this switch. I would be tempted to swap it out (borrow something from a friend maybe just to test) and see if the…

Thanks Nick, I have already replaced it. TPLINK has gone to a colleague who is not into either Roon or Meridian:) Such a shame they do a switch which looks feels and is named just like Netgear, but so unreliable.

Great you got to the bottom of it. Just wonder if it is part of @Thierry_Meulemans’ issue.

Albums are EXTREMELY slow to load

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Geoff_Coupe (Geoff Coupe) February 17, 2017, 2:35pm 63

I had issues with the TPLINK SG108e - which is the managed switch. The SG108 is an unmanaged (dumb) switch. Dumb switches should be OK, managed switches can cause issues.