Dag Jan,

Ik heb een vergelijkbare setup met een Essence MKII en een A9. De Essence heeft de laatste software update van februari.Deze is wel bekabeld aangesloten. Na iets meer dan een uur luisteren geen dropouts bij TuneIn (standaard Belgische radio's).

De Telenet router is inderdaad een HGW (Home Gateway Wireless) met DOCSIS3, de zwarte (en dus niet het witte model). Laat de Telenet router maar zoals deze standaard is.

Op de Linksys is alles ingesteld op DHCP maar alle toestellen krijgen telkens dezelfde IP adressen (ook na een restart van de Linksys router).

Het is best dat je de digibox/digicoder, die standaard een 10.X.X.X. range krijgen van Telenet, rechtstreeks op de HGW aansluit (zo kan je ze eventueel ook vanop afstand programmeren). Op de Linksys sluit je alles met een standaard 192.168.1.XXX range aan (B&0, PC, Apple, enz …). De digibox/digicorder op de Linksys installeren gaat je in de problemen brengen. De digibox/digicorder krijgen dan een 192.168.1.XXX range toegewezen van de Linksys maar Telenet verwacht een 10.X.X.X range voor hen.

Hopelijk helpt je dit wat verder.

BeoHut wrote:

The best way to connect your devices is via an ethernet cable.

Also, the best way, is setup fixed IP-adresses in your router with DHCP-binding (not in the B&O-app). After a reboot of your modem/router and devices everything should be stable. Try this suggestion en Suc6!

Kiwi wrote:

De Telenet router is inderdaad een HGW (Home Gateway Wireless) met DOCSIS3, de zwarte (en dus niet het witte model). Laat de Telenet router maar zoals deze standaard is.

Op de Linksys is alles ingesteld op DHCP maar alle toestellen krijgen telkens dezelfde IP adressen (ook na een restart van de Linksys router).

Het is best dat je de digibox/digicoder, die standaard een 10.X.X.X. range krijgen van Telenet, rechtstreeks op de HGW aansluit (zo kan je ze eventueel ook vanop afstand programmeren). Op de Linksys sluit je alles met een standaard 192.168.1.XXX range aan (B&0, PC, Apple, enz …). De digibox/digicorder op de Linksys installeren gaat je in de problemen brengen. De digibox/digicorder krijgen dan een 192.168.1.XXX range toegewezen van de Linksys maar Telenet verwacht een 10.X.X.X range voor hen.

Hopelijk helpt je dit wat verder.

Dag Jan,

Ik heb inderdaad de 2 routers achter elkaar staan waarbij de Telenet HGW enkel gebruikt wordt voor de digiboxen/digicorders (en telefoon). De WAN poort van de Linksys wordt aangesloten op één van de LAN poorten van de Telenet HGW.

Alle andere mogelijke toestellen zijn aangesloten op de Linksys (zowel bedraad als via Wifi). De Linksys geeft een IP adres aan de toestellen via DHCP.

Kiwi wrote:

Dag Jan, Ik heb inderdaad de 2 routers achter elkaar staan waarbij de Telenet HGW enkel gebruikt wordt voor de digiboxen/digicorders (en telefoon). De WAN poort van de Linksys wordt aangesloten op één van de LAN poorten van de Telenet HGW.

Alle andere mogelijke toestellen zijn aangesloten op de Linksys (zowel bedraad als via Wifi). De Linksys geeft een IP adres aan de toestellen via DHCP.

All

after all the valuable feedback from fellow Beoworlders, I think it's time for an update. 

I did a number of changes to my set-up and I can now happily report that B&O setup is behaving "as expected" with good stability both when streaming from one device stand-alone and in multi-room! It was about time, as I was growing more and more dissatisfied, and was about to switch back to Sonos or another multi-room player. 

At this moment in time, I am happy again with my B&O gear, and doing what I was supposed to be doing over the last months, ie. enjoying the music rather than trying to fix the system...

Here are the things I have changed in my setup

• assign fixed IP addresses to the B&O devices. The Telenet modem/router (homegateway) does not allow to do DHCP Reservations on the router, so I used the B&O app to assign Fixed IP addresses to the Essence and the A6. (I couldn't find how to assign fixed IP to a V1 television in wireless mode)
• I installed an additional Access Point (also provided by my ISP) so that I now have excellent Wifi coverage throughout the entire house. I switched of the Wifi Signal in the router to avoid wifi channel conflicts. (I also learned the "black" Telenet Home Gateways only supports the n standard, whereas their Access Points support the more recent ac standard resulting in much more powerful wifi coverage). After this change, the B&O app shows an "uitstekend" (Excellent) for the strength of the wifi connection on all my devices throughout the house.
• I used to use powerlines for connecting to the Telenet digiboxes and for regular internet traffic. I don't know if this has any further impact on my network behaviour, but I changed the setup so that the powerlines are used exclusively for the Digiboxes. All the other devices are connected either through cabling or wifi.

The combined result of the above changes is that B&O setup finally became stable and performant. It is now running for a couple of weeks, and I didn't have to restart once (whereas I previously used to restart my Essence almost on a daily basis). I still have the feeling that B&O is much more sensitive to network/wifi quality than other devices, nevertheless, I am very happy that the set-up is now working and behaving as expected.

I found this interesting enough to share with the broader (Belgian) Beoworld community!

All

after all the valuable feedback from fellow Beoworlders, I think it's time for an update. 

I did a number of changes to my set-up and I can now happily report that B&O setup is behaving "as expected" with good stability both when streaming from one device stand-alone and in multi-room! It was about time, as I was growing more and more dissatisfied, and was about to switch back to Sonos or another multi-room player. 

At this moment in time, I am happy again with my B&O gear, and doing what I was supposed to be doing over the last months, ie. enjoying the music rather than trying to fix the system...

Here are the things I have changed in my setup

• assign fixed IP addresses to the B&O devices. The Telenet modem/router (homegateway) does not allow to do DHCP Reservations on the router, so I used the B&O app to assign Fixed IP addresses to the Essence and the A6. (I couldn't find how to assign fixed IP to a V1 television in wireless mode)
• I installed an additional Access Point (also provided by my ISP) so that I now have excellent Wifi coverage throughout the entire house. I switched of the Wifi Signal in the router to avoid wifi channel conflicts. (I also learned the "black" Telenet Home Gateways only supports the n standard, whereas their Access Points support the more recent ac standard resulting in much more powerful wifi coverage). After this change, the B&O app shows an "uitstekend" (Excellent) for the strength of the wifi connection on all my devices throughout the house.
• I used to use powerlines for connecting to the Telenet digiboxes and for regular internet traffic. I don't know if this has any further impact on my network behaviour, but I changed the setup so that the powerlines are used exclusively for the Digiboxes. All the other devices are connected either through cabling or wifi.

The combined result of the above changes is that B&O setup finally became stable and performant. It is now running for a couple of weeks, and I didn't have to restart once (whereas I previously used to restart my Essence almost on a daily basis). I still have the feeling that B&O is much more sensitive to network/wifi quality than other devices, nevertheless, I am very happy that the set-up is now working and behaving as expected.

I found this interesting enough to share with the broader (Belgian) Beoworld community!