Cannot connect when Core PC is sleeping

[Gary_Kirby]

Roon Core Machine

Mac Mini M1 16GB Ram running Mac OS 13.0.1 (22A400)
Roon Version 2.0 (Build 1169)

Networking Gear & Setup Details

Wired & Wireless (Wired has priority)
Netgear unmanaged switch to Fritz!Box 7590 running Fritz!OS7.29
Static IP address for both Ethernet and WiFi
No VPN

Connected Audio Devices

Naim Uniti Atom is primary playback device
iPhone 14 is remote (running iOS 16.1.2)

Number of Tracks in Library

So far no tracks - using Tidal as music source

Description of Issue

Everything works fine until I leave my Mac and it enters sleep (monitor off → 10 mins)
Then, it is impossible to find the core when opening Roon App. Core immediately re-appears when waking Mac
Wake for network access is ON (Mac mini)
Wake on LAN is ON (Fritz!box)
I have read on other support pages to disable “Software Packet Acceleration” but I don’t find this setting anywhere in Fritz! web interface
Any suggestions?

[Rugby (aka Daniel or Big Dan)]

Roon doesn’t wake over network, you have to use another app to wake the PC first, and then connect.

See:

Can't Wake-on-LAN w/ Mac

I’ve had Roon for a year and it has been good, if not a huge advance for me running Logitech Media Server with a Qobuz plugin and Squeezepad as a controller on my Ipad . Now Roon core is running on my Imac upstairs and I use the app on the Ipad as a controller. But the lack of Wake on LAN is driving me nuts - just about every time I want to play some music I have to whizz upstairs and wake the Mac up. I understand the lack of a WOL feature is absent from Roon and has been for many years. Roon …

And to vote for it as a Feature Request:

Server Sleep and Wake on LAN

In today’s “Green” world, I think it’s a good idea if the Roon Headless Server can be allowed to sleep after an inactivity period I have my Mac ‘server’ set to sleep after a certain period of inactivity…but it does not detect that the Roon app is actually sending data to an Endpoint…the Mac goses to sleep and therefore Music stops without any warning Can Roon change its communication to the OS, such that the OS knows that there is Activity and therefore does not allow the computer / server to …

[Charles_Schaible (Chuck)]

Get the Amphetamine app from the App Store. My Mac Pro never sleeps.

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

I can’t decide if your Mac Pro is like rust or like NYC

[Gary_Kirby]

Thanks Charles - Amphetamine worked, but it kind of defeats the purpose of having energy saving. I will vote as feature request

[Gary_Kirby]

Thank you - I will vote as feature request