I've just started a trial of Roon and set up the core on a Mac mini M2 Pro that's has a wired connection to a satellite on my Orbi mesh network. The only end points Roon can see are the devices connected to the same satellite as the Roon core device. The satellite is connected to the router over wifi and hard wiring it to the router is not an option. Is there any way I can get Roon to see devices across the whole of the mesh network?
Describe your network setup
Netgear Orbi mesh system with satellites contacted to the router wirelessly. Router is a RBR750 and the satellites are 2 RBS750 and 1 RBS850. The Roon core is has a wired connection to one of the satellites.
I don’t know why your Roon Server (core) can’t see the endpoints but having a WiFi link in the route from your Roon Server to the router is not recommended.
If it is possible, you would be better off connecting your Roon Server by wire to the Orbi RBR750.
Having said that, if you have a USB or HDMI connection to a DAC or AVR such that you can’t move your Mac Mini Roon Server, then, short of running a long ethernet cable throughout the house, your current setup may be the best you can do.
Back to your missing endpoints, you don’t say how they are connected: USB, HDMI or network (wired or wireless) and, if network, what streaming protocol you are using (RAAT [Roon Ready], Airplay, Chromecast, Squeezebox, Linn Streaming, HQPlayer). This information will be important to anyone attempting to solve your issue.
My guess is that the others are not on the same subnet, which is required by Roon.
Check IP addresses, they should differ only in the machine number and have a common network part. How this looks exactly depends on setup details of the network, but for instance:
192.168.1.20
192.168.1.21
192.168.1.22
In this case, the 192.168.1 is the network portion and 20, 21, 22 are individual devices on this network. Everything Roon must share the common 192.168.1
While a different subnet could be, e.g., 192.168.2
Thanks for the reply. The end points it can’t see are all connected wirelessly. For example, I have 2 Sonos speakers in another room and they’re connected to a different satellite and are not seen as an end point on the core. Also, ARC on my phone can’t connect to the core unless my phone is connected to the same satellite as my core.
Yes. All devices on the network are 192.168.1.XX
I think it may have been the core getting stated for the first time and taking a while to sort itself out but more of the devices have appeared now. Though some are having trouble enabling as Airplay devices. They are listed but if I click “enable” not much happens. See screenshot.
The popping up of devices is also weird. I would still bet that the problem is somewhere with the Mesh - I don’t have such a thing, but I think they have many options and can be tricky to set up, and there surely were many such cases on the forum. But someone who knows the Orbi should jump in
Orbi networks in particular have a few multicast-related settings that might need adjustment to ensure that device announcements are passing between the nodes.
Do you have Disable IGMP Proxying toggled on in the router administration settings? If so, uncheck this setting. This may be responsible for filtering out multicast traffic between the mesh nodes.
Any other settings related to multicast or IGMP snooping should be toggled on.
Are any of the Sonos endpoints hardwired to a mesh node, or are they all relying on a WiFi connection? Try connecting one of the Sonos devices via ethernet - does this single Zone appear?
If the nodes are configured to pass multicast traffic but device announcements are still failing to reach RoonServer, then the only remaining troubleshooting step would be to investigate line-of-sight between any WiFi-connected mesh nodes.
Concerning Airplay devices, make sure Airplay compatibility mode is toggled on in the Device Setup page for the Zone. I also recommend adding these devices in your Apple Home app.
Hi @Connor Issue has resolved itself with the Sonos speakers. They’re now connected via Sonos streaming. They don’t have ethernet ports so couldn’t have connected them wired anyway.
