Yes, but you’re going to need to change the port forwarding on your router when you get the Nucleus. But, go ahead, knock yourself out. Maybe you’ll find out something about your network sooner rather than later.
@Mark_Sealey, what is the gateway device AT&T supplied to you that is connected to your AirPort Extreme?
Also, Roon highly recommends not using an AirPort Extreme for a network router within Roon’s ecosystem for general performance issues (and from my perspective also for security, your version has not had any security updates for over four years, which may introduce some risks in your network). I am not sure if ARC will be impacted using an Extreme.
What @Jim_F is saying is that you most likely need to use port forwarding and the Nucleus likely won’t have the same LAN IP address as the iMac you are using for testing.
I believe the Airport Extreme is discontinued or end of life anyway.
I hadn’t planned to have to replace that when I bought the Nucleus.
But I don’t want to introduce shaky hardware at this stage. So I’m open to alternatives.
Which replacements for the Airport Extreme should I be considering, please, then?
I’m happy to get the best - for the sake of security and performance, reliability and versatility!
Not being an expert, I’d ideally like something which I can set up myself and drop in in place of the Airport which is designed and optimized for macOS - and Roon.
I see what you’re both saying about IP addresses - and will take your advice in both cases, thanks!
My Roon works perfectly fine with the AT&T supplied BGW320. Why do you need a second router? I have U-Verse internet and TV. I recently got upgraded to fiber 300/300 internet, but Roon worked perfectly for several years with copper 50/12.
Not to be annoying but I highlighted this long ago:
It’s standardized networking nowadays, every good router will be fine. I seem the recall that the APE had some supposed optimizations for Apple networking over wifi but at the time their Macs had APE wifi cards as well, which I don’t think exists anymore either. With modern wifi standards it’s probably all pointless and hence discontinued.
I have an older AC gateway for my AT&T Fiber connection, so needed an AX (WiFi 6) router in my home network. The 210 should be fine unless you need to expand your WiFi coverage, but at least AT&T allows you to add an addtional router and separate and subnet your home network (which is what I do).
If you want or need to get a new router, any WiFi 6 router should be sufficient (WiFi 7 is too new and extremely expensive right now for the benefits you would receive).
But if they’re really all much-of-a-muchness, I’m veering towards the Sinology because their other hardware gets such positive feedback here on the relevant threads .
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