BT do not offer a static IP address only Dynamic IP address’s for their customers unless you are a business user.
The more I look into fixed IP addresses from ISP here in the UK the more and more unlikely it seems unless I take up a business account that it will be for me to get one!
Seems that Roon overlooked a massive issue here in the UK and as its starting to appear in Scandinavia too…
So many people excited by Roon Mobile now really disappointed in the requirements to actually access it.
Again to mirror my other posts, if I can remotely access the several computers I have on my network from anywhere in the world why cannot Roon Mobile work in this way too ?!
By all indications, British Telecom does implement carrier-grade NAT widely outside of their retail packages due to an IPv4 ISP shortage. Not all users are behind the carrier-grade NAT layer, however, as we’ve encountered during testing. Independent solutions will vary widely depending on additional routers used, but most BT Smart Hub 1-3 users can resolve issues by trying the following steps:
Toggling UPnP in the BT Smart Hub (1-3) web administration. Enable it if it’s not enabled. If it’s already enabled, please disable and reenable it for due diligence.
Setting a manual port forwarding rule. The BT Smarthub series didn’t play well with automatic configuration during testing in a modem/router combo standalone setup. Some users resolved this by setting a manual port forwarding configuration using the port listed in the ARC tab.
If the above steps don’t resolve your issue, the tech support team will be standing by to assist you. We’ll break your issue into a dedicated topic thread, where more of the Roon team and savvy users can see your networking details up-front.
Thank you for your patience, and we’ll hopefully resolve your issues shortly.
Glad to hear it has worked for you. I have tried exactly what you have done but no joy. 4 hours I’ve spent trying to get this working tonight. Beginning to feel like a beta tester for Roon.
I got ARC working with my BT homehub. The only thing that worked was to manually add a port forwarding rule. It would appear to UPNP does work with my router as there are ports successfully setup automatically by Acronis Update agent
Hi @Formula, hope you or someone else can help me out , thanks.
I have a Smart Hub 2 although I assume the same fix should apply, however I can’t get the port forwarding to work. I am using the Hub Manager on my PC but it’s not allowing me to put the letter x after the 5500 in the external and internal port boxes, it just reverts back to 5500 automatically. Have you any idea how to get the x accepted?
Probably wont make any difference, but is your screenshot of Hub Manager on your phone as opposed to a PC? I did attempt to try port forwarding using the MY BT app on my phone, but I couldn’t see where to do that, unless its done on a different app?
There should be no ‘x’. Unless you’re referring to ‘x’ as your number to which you have used.
But, if we go back and use the default values, so we can see that it works.
I would access the hub through your browser: 192.168.1.254 (it might be different on older hubs)
The login details are on the back of the hub.
Login and go to port forwarding.
On your Roon app, check what the port number is. In our case the default value is ‘55000’. Example: 192.168.1.xxx:55000
Once you’re in port forwarding. Find your core machine and select it from the list. Add the ‘55000’ to the port box as per my screen shot and press the add button and then click save to save the settings.
Nice one @Formula. I was taking it too literally and thought it needed an x.
The weird thing is I just entered the ip address manually when I had the failed attempt at port forwarding earlier, but selecting the core machine from the list seemed to be what was required to make it work. No matter, it’s all good so thank you so much!
