ND5XS/n-Stream problem

Posted by: Gajdzin on 07 January 2014

Hi everyone, I'm a recent Naim convert due to unexpected generosity of Santa Claus. My new system consists of CD5 XS, ND5 XS, Nait XS, Flatcap XS and Audio Physic Tempo 6 speakers. Result: I started listening to music. A lot. And buying new CDs, something I haven't really done in 10 years

The ND5XS arrived last (today) and it was a breeze to configure. One problem, though: I installed n-Stream on my iPhone 4s and it doesn't detect any Naim devices. No error messages, just nothing found. I made sure the iPhone is connected to my home wi-fi network and the Naim is connected to the network as well (via a twisted pair cable).

Any ideas what could be the problem?

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Posted on: 08 January 2014 by Hook
Originally Posted by garyi:

Attaching another router is fine, but you need to turn off the routing on one of the devices, its not recommended to have two routers on the same network, especially if they are both dishing out DHCP.

 

Turn the cisco router to modem only mode if possible and then attache the bigger router to it with ethernet cable.

 

+1.  One router only per network.

 

Welcome to the forum Gajdzin, and congrats on your new Naim setup!

 

Hook

Posted on: 08 January 2014 by Gajdzin

No wonder I had problems with 2 routers. I'll try to turn off routing on the one installed by the provider, the one without wi-fi.

 

Thanks again for everyone's help. Amazing how much music I started listening to with my new setup. The system is very synergistic with Audio Physic Tempo 6 speakers. Everything else is pure Naim, down to the power cords and the speaker cable (in the prescribed 2x3,5m length).

 

Hey, just found a classic rock station that streams in 917k! Sorry, got to go and listen

Posted on: 09 January 2014 by Bart

Hi Gajdzin,

 

Welcome, and it is nice to hear that you're enjoying music again.  That's what this is all about (for me)!

 

You're on the right track now.  I have a similar setup with my network.  I turn off wi fi on my isp's modem/router, and use an Airport Extreme plugged into the isp's modem/router for the wi fi.  But I have turned off DHCP in the Airport Extreme (putting it in "bridge mode").  This type of setup should fix your issues.  As others already said,  put the router that is broadcasting wi fi into bridge mode, or turn off DHCP (whichever they call it in the setup options).

 

Good luck!

Posted on: 09 January 2014 by Gajdzin

Very clearly eplained, Bart. I will do exactly what you advise.

 

Thank you!!

Posted on: 11 January 2014 by Simon-in-Suffolk

Yep, agree ONE router per home LAN unless you know what you doing with static routes and or routing protocols.

 

Also if you use multiple routers in your upnp network you will typically need to set up DHCP and multicast discovery repeaters on your routers or you will kill your usability of your streamer and Nstream,

 

So my advice for home media LAN

 

1 one internet broadband router

2 one or more wifi access points ( this can often be integrated with internet router)

3 one or more switches (again the switch can often be integrated with the internet router)

 

keep 2 and 3 in the same network, that it is they have the same network address and subnet mask  such as  192.168.1.0 / 255.255.255.0

 

Any device you have in 2 and 3, if it has the option, ensure Bridge is selected. This allows the device to operate in a single network.

 

Simon

 

 

 

 

 

Posted on: 11 January 2014 by Gajdzin

Useful advice, Simon. I have 1 cable router from my ISP (this has wi-fi, but I disabled it, because the range was not covering my flat), 1 private router used as wi-fi access point (I'll have to go to its settings tonight and see if I can use it in bridge mode only, I suspect it works as a router now), 1 gigabit switch on the other end of the flat, for the 3 computers in the study.