How to set my router for an optimal B&O experience

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Hi guys,

I've been having a lot of problems with my B&O setup for the past two years. I think partly because of faulty B&O products and bad software but it might also be because of some router configurations. Originally I thought all was because of my router so I bought a new one (ASUS RT-AC5300, Tri-band Gigabit Router) but the problems continued. 

So I was hoping someone here is an expert in these issues and could give me ideas of possible problems connected to my router config. Currently my router is just set-up by factory defaults except that I let the router automatically choose/assign 2,4 GHz or 5 GHz bands.

My problems mainly consists of B&O products getting somewhat lost in my set-up. Yesterday I did a factory reset on my BeoPlay A9, connected it via Multiroom to my BV Horizon to play music and everything worked like a charm. Then I wanted to change the music a couple of hours later, opened the B&O app on my iPhone and alas I could not connect to the BeoPlay A9 again. I turned it on and off, still the same problem persisted and I haven't still be able to. Of course I tried to close the program on my iPhone (even restarted my iPhone). Still I cannot connect to the A9. As it seems now the only way to get it back is to do a factory reset (like the 100th since I bought it).

This is in a nutshell the problem I've been having with all of my products at different times. Any ideas out there what might be wrong or possible solutions?

Can you share product information that you get through the app (screenshots for example), assuming you can reach the A9 at some point, as well as your router configuration and a description of how your home network is setup, unless it is just the Asus connected to Internet and all the other devices connecting to the router via WiFI, including your computer(s), smartphone(s), tablet(s), B&O products, etc ...

To start with, I would select the 2.4Ghz band if possible

Location: Brittany - France

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beoplay-P6.png Beoplay-P6.png
Beoplay-M5.png Beoplay-M5.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Beosound1.png Beoplay-Beosound1.png
Beoplay-A6.png Beoplay-A6.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
Better stll, download the Beotool app. This gives even more insight into the network status, including frequency and signal strength.

Tim

Go into your Routers web-page. Direct connect a LAN between PC and Router. Look at the settings.

If you can activate both 2.4 and 5.0GHz simultaneously do so.

 

I am not 100% certain this is your problem though but it should give most current Beo-Net products to switch up to the 5GHz automatically and take the load off the 2.4GHz band.

Have you checked if there is any critical events listed in the Diagnostic section of the A9 setup page?

Location: Brittany - France

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beoplay-P6.png Beoplay-P6.png
Beoplay-M5.png Beoplay-M5.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Beosound1.png Beoplay-Beosound1.png
Beoplay-A6.png Beoplay-A6.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
NVGAE wrote:

(and the A9 is just next to the router and always shows excellent network strength)

Why not wire these just to reduce the load on the wireless bandwidth (s) ?

A bandwidth issue would not make the device unreachable.

In NVGAE's case it seems that the device is able to connect to the Wifi network, join the BV in a multiroom setup but is no longer reachable through the app after some time.

@NGVAE: What I don't get is that the A9 is playing music in a multiroom setup through the BV while you try to change the music by trying to connect to it via the app, this means that the A9 is on the network, doing its job but you don't see it through the app. Do you see the BV through the app? Is the A9 setup to play music independently of the BV, i.e. has Dezzer, Tunin or DLNA configured?

Fyi: My A6 has issue reconnecting to the WiFi if the latest has been turned off then on, only an A6 power unplug/plug solves the issue. B&O ack the issue, but no fix so far. I wired it.

Location: Brittany - France

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beoplay-P6.png Beoplay-P6.png
Beoplay-M5.png Beoplay-M5.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Beosound1.png Beoplay-Beosound1.png
Beoplay-A6.png Beoplay-A6.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png

I don't get this either, the same applied on my old BSM. What happens is that I open the app and I push the beoplay A9 and it shows as nothing is playing. Then I try to go into the A9 (set-up page) and then the app just thinks and thinks and thinks. I tried powering off the A9 and turning off my phone and on again (iPhone 6) and the same happens. The only way for me to resolve this (so far I know) is to hard-reset the A9.

The funny thing is that this only seems to happen when I'm playing in multiroom. If I only play music on my BSM or A9 everything works smooth. When I connect a product via multiroom this happens. 

And yes it's very strange that music continues to play. Even stranger was that when this happened between the A9 and BSM, I could manually joing the A9 to a BSM multiroom stream by tapping on it, but I could not reach it in the app. 

 

And yes the A9 is set-up to play music independently, has deezer and tunein.

 

I had similar problems with the BSM, but then the BSM would just give up and go mad (happened when the tech guys were installing the TV and they took it with them and are now sending me a new one).

I just don't understand where the problem lies. Is it my router-config or is it the B&O products and then what product :S 

Because the A9 works fine on its own, the BSM works fine on its own, the Horizon works fine on its own but when in multiroom all runs havoc on multiple levels. 

Can you try the following URL against your A9 when no longer reachable via the APP:

http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/index.fcgi# where xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx is your A9 IP address.

If reachable this way I would question the APP, is it running on IOS or Android?

Location: Brittany - France

My B&O Icons:

Beoremote-Beo4.png Beoremote-Beo4.png
Beotime.png Beotime.png
Beosound-Moment.png Beosound-Moment.png
Beoplay-P6.png Beoplay-P6.png
Beoplay-M5.png Beoplay-M5.png
Beoplay-M3.png Beoplay-M3.png
Beoplay-H3.png Beoplay-H3.png
Beoplay-Beosound1.png Beoplay-Beosound1.png
Beoplay-A6.png Beoplay-A6.png
Beoplay-A1.png Beoplay-A1.png
Beomaster.png Beomaster.png
Beolab-18.png Beolab-18.png
Beogram-400x.png Beogram-400x.png
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