My least liked feature in Roon

[Suedkiez (Just a fellow user like you)]

@Geoff_Coupe

It’s actually mentioned in the Networking Best Practices article as well:

I agree that it’s a good idea that the OP turns this off for testing. However …

FWIW, the feature is named differently on my Fritzbox with current firmware 7.29. Below are the default settings, using Vodafone, and they are not causing any remote connectivity issues for me.

According to what I read, hardware acceleration is always on after a reboot (at least on Vodafone), but I haven’t tested it. The performance is said to suffer considerably without it.

These settings are quite hidden in the configuration and if Roon’s “best practices” KB is still accurate, it should say where to find the settings and refer to the correct name.

This older post (Fritzbox OS 7.21) about a skipping issue describes where to find it and says to disable “hardware” as well as “layer 2”, and that it will be back on after reboot. It also confirms a performance hit:

Titles Skipping constantly [resolved - deselected the Package Accelerator in Fritz Box]

Guys, I did deselect the Package Accelerator in the Fritz Box and can confirm: the issue of skipping titles is gone. But: As a result, the general Speed has decreased substantially: from 55Mbit/s to 12Mbit/s. Any comment on this? (For the record, where to find this option in the Fritz Box: in the lower left corner click “extend / erweitert”, then “content / Inhalt” then FritzBox Support in the lower left corner. Then scroll down, there are all the options you need: Deselect Hardware, Layer 2 a…

You need to go through this:

Then scroll down to the very bottom and click here:

I question if this is really (still) necessary in all networks:

• No issues for me ever with 2 different Fritzboxes. (Given how common Fritzboxes are, I would guess that I am not the only one)
• As the post also says, performance drops a lot.
• According to technical details, the feature does not seem nefarious and if Roon has a problem with it, maybe Roon can fix it or work with AVM to get it fixed by them. It’s a very common router brand and users finding the info in the Roon KB and changing the settings after every router reboot can probably not be relied on.

EDIT: Shortly after the above linked post in the same thread:

Titles Skipping constantly [resolved - deselected the Package Accelerator in Fritz Box]

got a Support reply from AVM and it worked for me: Update the Fritz Box to 7.26. So no need to extract support data for AVM to dive into at this point. The Package Accelerator is active, just as the Hardware Acceleration. Only Layer 2 is off. Speed is back to normal with 50Mbit/s. Will report, if things stay like this in a few days.