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My setup has been working perfectly for about 18 months. Suddenly, my endpoints cannot find the Roon Core. Searched my network and tried pinging the IP address that the Roon was last seen at with no success. Restarted Nucleus with no change. Switched physical port of Roon to port known to be working perfectly with no change.
Could network interface on the Nucleus have gone bad? What should I do to test? @support
Do you have any network switches to which the Nucleus is connected? If so, I’d also try restarting those, which can cause problems in cases like this.
That said, my Nucleus Plus behaved the same way when it recently developed a problem with the BIOS, which required it to be reflashed to a later BIOS firmare, and to have the previous BIOS and NVRAM Settings cleared.
I do have switches, but thought that by changing ports I would have ruled out a physical network error. Will try physically moving to my network rack and plugging directly into a different switch and will report back.
My entire house runs on this network. HVAC, alarm systems, control systems etc. I cannot reset the switches. I did physically moved the Nucleus to a different switch, both sides show physical connection (lights on both switch side and Nucleus side) am I wrong? Doesn’t this rule out a physical network problem?
I searched by MAC Address. The Switch shows it previously connected to the network with an IP Address, but not currently connected and not available at previous IP Address. It was last seen on the network on July 2, 2021 at 14:40. Prior to that date, it was consisently on the network and receiving and sending data. Were any updates applied to Roon software at that time?
Every new thread in this Nucleus Support category automatically alerts the Support team, so someone from the team will be along to take this case up with you further.
Just to confirm - you haven’t made any changes to the network recently?
In the past I’ve had problems with Roon on my Nucleus that required a power shutdown and restart, especially if the primary cable modem went down or restarted, or if my WiFi access point(s) were restarted (updates that occurred with or without my intervention). So, if you can find the time, power off the Roon core and do the same for all WiFi access points in your network and finally your cable modem. Then bring up everything in reverse order (cable modem, WiFi access points, and finally the Roon core). Unless you’ve smart (bootable) switches, these should not require similar intervention. If they do, I’d shut them down as well and start them after the WiFi access points are booted.
I’d try wiring the Roon core machine into whatever is providing the IP address (DHCP) to the Roon Core and see if it’s possible to access the Roon Core via a browser. And most importantly, looking at the Roon Core device’s Ethernet connection to see if it’s behaving normally (nice blinking lights). I’m assuming you’ve not already Reserved an IP address in your router for the core. See if you can detect whether a new IP address has been given out (using your network utility on the same network).
I’m a tad confused. In your initial post you list:
Roon Nucleus Plus (Rev A). Roon 1.8 software
And later say: If it was just released today, that can’t be the problem. The Nucleus has been offline and completely nonfunctional since 07.02.
If all true then I’m wondering if the latest update failed during installation.
The static logo suggests the operating system is failing during the load.
@stevebythebay. My Nucleus has been having spotty connectivity as well. Cat 6 wired into the router. Tried replacing the router and its still spotty. WiFi seems fine on all other devices as well as other Ethernet devices connected to the router. Should I reserve a IP address for the core? If so can you provide a link? Thanks.
@stevebythebay The Nucleus is hardwired, so there is no WiFi issue. I have moved it directly to the DHCP provider. As I stated earlier, all lights are blinking on both ends of the connection (switch and nucleus) and NO it has not been on the network since July 2 when it was last seen by the DHCP server. Since it has not been online since 07.02, it could not have received the update released today. Was there an update released around July 2?
@Jim_F I have tried different ethernet cables. Networking lights are working on both ends.
Update: I left the Nucleus connected to the Monitor. The static logo remained for some time. At some point, it displayed this message: “Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key”
The reason you would reserve an IP address for a device is if other devices or programs expect to “find” it always at that address. Otherwise it’s not necessary. What I would do is to check and see, given your symptoms, if your router/mesh network has any provision for favoring devices in some way. I know that my TP-Link M5 Deco setup does. That is what’s called QoS (quality of service; favoring specific IP addresses of devices).