Streaming DAC lost connection with Roon Nucleus. Settings changed in Roon 'Settings/Audio'

[noris]

Hi @DJM,

Apologies for the delay in getting back to you here due to the holiday season.

@DJM

You have mentioned, “general network timeouts”. What does this mean in ‘layman’s terms’?

I’m seeing issues with your Core communicating with our account authentication servers and diagnostics servers. Some network timeouts are to be expected on a network, but I’m seeing more Network Errors than usual in your logs.

@DJM

My Router is a Sky (BSB Sky) Dual Band Router. What would be the ideal settings within the Router, to reduce issues?
Do Dual Band Routers cause issues to networks used for Streaming?

Your best option is to use a non-ISP router and have the current one in “Bridge Mode” (where it acts just as a modem). We don’t endorse a specific router brand, but we have found non-ISP routers to work much better in general for Roon.

@DJM

Is it better to have a fixed IP Address for Roon and the dCS Streaming DAC?

If you are only seeing issues when you IP’s DHCP lease expires, then yes, but I saw network errors multiple times per day, IP leases are usually 24 hours. I don’t think it would help too much, but if you want you can set up Address Reservation in your current/next router to ensure that the router hands the same IP to the device.

A Cisco one would likely work fine, but if you want to read up on review there’s a few threads around the forum:

@DJM

Some ‘Techies’ bin their network provider Router, and buy a top rated Cisco Router, or similar

WiFi Router Recommendations?

My Router has been acting up lately. Looking to replace it. My Roon Core and NAS are both hardwired. But my control devices and Bluesound speakers are wireless. Any recommendations? Thanks!

I would avoid using Managed Switches in the Roon setup though, especially Cisco Managed Switches.

Hope this helps and Happy Holidays