The title says it.
ROCK is normally headless so a remote app is required to view it and manipulate it.
We know now that as of Roon 2.0 an active internet connection is required for an app startup.
Will my NUC/ROCK be running at this stage or is that internet check also applied here ??
Is there a way to tell , I suppose the Web Page if you have a fixed IP address
Jut a thought
The ROCK should startup even without a network connection at all. Question is what to do with it? Only things known are connecting a monitor to HDMI and a keyboard to USB to enter the command to reset the network configuration. If you start-up with a network connection but without internet access you can also access its configuration page. Roon Server should also start on the ROCK but without internet connection possibly can’t check the licensing status/authorization and thus won’t let remotes use Roon.
Note: If I understood Danny correctly, Roon may still work for some time without internet connection, there is just no longer a guarantee for that (and an internet connection may be mandatory for Roon to check licensing status/authorization on start-up for Roon to work normally but that may already have been the case before Roon 2.0).
Sorry a bit tongue in cheek from another post talking about “auto restarting a PC or NUC after a power outage”
Its a bit Catch22 , you maybe able to start the NUC but probably not be able to do anything with it unless you have an internet connection.
The only times I have tried without internet I get a message telling me so
NUC/Rock starts, but Roon will not work without internet.
I tested this and, With the ROCK/NUC running and functioning, I disconnect the ethernet cable to my network (disconnecting from internet). Roon kept working. Not sure how long it would take to stop functioning as that depends on the license check time limit.
If there is no internet and you restart (or start from cold) the ROCK/NUC, Roon does not function. YMMV
That would have been my guess too