streaming again

You can put a UPnP / DLNA media server application on the Mac and this will serve music to your UQ.

A wired connection:

(Mac > Broadband (wireless) Router > UQ)

will be more reliable (fewer dropouts, quicker reconnection etc) than wireless, but it'll probably still work wireless (if it doesn't, the try using Ethernet cables, Cat5e / 6 / 6a / 7 are all OK).

Putting a simple unmanaged switch in the network can also improve things, but it should still work without - try it without first and see.

+ 1 for Huge's suggestion.

Only last week, I actually reduced my NAS to back up duties, and put Asset UPnP server on my iMac, with a quality Ethernet cable into my ND5, via a switch. Music access is now nearly twice as fast!

hi guys,

I have Playback for streaming duties OK.

But the only way it works is connecting through an ethernet cable Macbook pro and UQ.

I have a branded modem, but how can the modem communicate with the Macbook pro?

In preferencies I see : internet share on the left : I tick it

then , on the right : share your connection from wi-fi OK

below: to the computers which share _ Bridge thunderbolt

                                                               Huawei mobile

                                                               Pan Bluetooth

                                                                Ethernet

                                                                Firewire 

....

I'm afraid it's a bit unclear what you are trying to do with this modem.

i think you have your MacBook Pro connected to the internet via wifi? You can connect the UQ to wifi as well. If you store your music on your MacBook and install a upnp server on it as Huge suggests, then you will be able to stream music from your MacBook to your UQ over wifi and control it with the android version of the naim App running on your Huawei smartphone too.

if that works, then that's fine.  If it works but you get dropouts then you should try wiring your UQ back to your router using Ethernet cable.  As Huge says using an unmanaged switch like the Netgear GS105 might help if you also want to try connecting your MacBook Pro by Ethernet too.  It is better not to use wifi except for the smartphone but if it works ok then that's fine.

I should try and getting it working with wifi first..

best

David

I thought a wired connection to be more performing over wifi , didn't it?

By the way , I used to stream over wifi but oddily ,after summer's holiday (the wifi modem is the neighbors 'one which lives upstairs) the qute isn't recognizing its internet which we share. Even though I  must state I 've always been suffering droupouts every 20 seconds or so. 

That's the reason I've been using the internet I have on my phone from then up to now ,which is a nokia, but I have to disconnect the neighbors' internet , and use my PC with playback UpnP -mobile- and qute wireless.

Today I have discovered I can still use the neighbor's internet provided I match PC to qute via ethernet and seems to be really stable and better sounding (maybe it's just an impression) .

The router I was talking about it's just an old branded one I used to own when I had my own  internet connection and just wanted to know if re-usable to get an improved ethernet connection in my home.

Also, and this is very strange, I can't figure it out the huawei in preferences , since I have a Nokia..

Wired is better than wifi mainly because wifi is potentially subject to interference from other systems or congestion in your network. As you have it all working now I would leave it alone.  You aren't likely to improve the ethernet by adding in an old router.

I think if you use a Nokia phone then you will have to rely on the Naim remote control as you won't be able to use the naim App. It could be worth buying an old iphone or ipod touch so you can use the naim App on that.  But your neighbour's wifi signal will need to be strong enough.

best

David

yes thanks David,

BTW I 'm not bothered using the remote as much a I dislike having the ethernet cable matched to the macbook ,that's why I imagined I could solve somehow with a router(actually it is a modem ,not a router) just matched to the qute and and everything else wireless.

But it doesn't seem possible to work.

Do you have your iMac running 24/7? Because it's not twice as fast if you have to boot up the Mac when you want to listen to music   (Although OS X boots pretty fast these days.)

The simplest but most flexible and reliable option might be to use your old router as a wireless bridge, joining it to your neighbour's wifi for access to Internet, but connecting your local devices (Qute, NAS, etc.) by Ethernet. If the old unit has capability to operate on both 2.5 and 5 GHz, you could join upstairs on one band, and create your own wifi access on the other...then connect your Mac and Android devices to that. There will only be network (DHCP coming only from upstairs), but your own local traffic for music will be managed locally, and access externally will go through your old router, upstairs via the wireless bridge, then out  to the Internet via their router/modem. Using your Qute for (local, wired) UPNP streaming doesn't need the Internet and, if you set it up this way, won't go through the (weaker and possibly slower) upstairs router. 

Maybe be give it a whirl and see how it goes...your old router may or may not have sufficient configurability but it's worth exploring. 

Regards alan

Hi Bart

Forgive me, but I wasn't sure if your message was meant for me. If it was...My iMac is on from about 08:30, until way gone midnight. So it's only off for only about 7-8 hours. If I'm partying, then it doesn't go of at all. 

'Computer Sleep' is set to never, and 'Display Sleep' is set to 15 minutes.

My music access is now so much faster, album artwork loads instantly, even with artists that have loads of albums, like The Beatles. I don't miss the NAS one bit!

Davina