Bluesound node 2i question


Thanks in advance everyone !  Ready to buy one of these so I called a store in town to see if they have it in stock.  The sales person asked about my router/modem and I told him I use the router supplied by my internet carrier: Century Link.  When I told him I would be connecting to it via WiFi the salesman proceeded to tell me that I would have drop-outs and other issues I really didn’t understand...I’m a newbie to this as I’ve collected records for decades.  My question:  is anybody using a bluesound node 2i with the basic set-up received from your internet carrier ?  How does it work ?  He obviously could have gone ahead and sold me one, so his warning has slowed me to a stop...
stereo i plan on using it with:
Mesa Tigris amp
coincident conquest speakers

oh, and. I still love my Allnic 1201 phono pre and Funk LSD turntable..😏
wb27

Showing 1 response by reubent

Do you have a laptop computer? Take it to the location where you would be placing the Node 2i and check your Network settings for signal strength. Also, run a speed test from your internet browser, at that location, an see what kind of download speed you are getting. If you have good signal strength and good speed, you should be fine. You may get occasional dropouts, just due to the nature of wireless. But it should be good enough as long as you have good signal strength and decent speed. Lastly, where is your cable modem/router compared to where you would like to place the Node? If they are close together, you might be able to hard wire the Node to your router.