Hello,
Following layout shows the current Roon network components in 10.0.0.x subnet GbE cabled (all wired) to a single GbE switch, NETGEAR ProSAFE GS116NA 16-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch,
a) Roon server (10.0.0.132) – windows 7 box HP Z800 workstation (Intel Xeon X5677 3.47 GHz, 3.46 GHz, 2 processors) 96 GB, more or less dedicated Roon server machine,
a.1) Same machine also runs the HQPlayer, CUDA offload enabled with Nvidia GeForce GTX 960,
a.2) The C: drive running on SSD, Samsung SSD 850 PRO 1TB on 6 Gbps SATA interface,
b) Roon client (10.0.0.136) – windows 7 box HP Z800 workstation (Intel Xeon X5677 3.47 GHz, 3.46 GHz, 2 processors) 96 GB, shares with other tasks,
c) Roon bridge (10.0.0.100) – Mac OS X 10.0.5, Mac mini (Mid 2011) 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5, 16 GB
d) NAS (10.0.0.155) – Western Digital WD EX2 NAS
e) NAA (10.0.0.194) – Sonore microRendu/LPS-1
(c) ----------- USB DAC's (Meridian Explorer2, Chord Mojo)
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USB DAC (OPPO HA-1, Mytek Brooklyn DAC)
As a starter, how does the Roon Bridge get its music to output to its local DAC? Does the Roon Bridge get the music over the network directly from NAS? Or, from Roon server? Hence, once the playback has started from the Roon Client then between Roon Server and Roon Bridge are the main network traffic? And how does the traffic with NAS fit into this?
Thanks much.