@lalitk Yep, that is what I had to do. I've done that every since I had roon but I thought that with a modem with 2 ports I might be able to eliminate one cable and one connection....but I think the modem has 2 parallel 1 Gig systems as opposed to 2 ports into the same system. I've never gotten around to buy a nice cable to go from the modem to the router so I'll order one today. thanks, Jerry |
I've been having internet issues for the past year. My sound system is hardwried using an audiophile switch and I have little to no problem with it. but elsewhere in the house wireless has been bad. I've upgraded my mesh system twice, first to a nigh quality TP-Link mesh and then to an eero because so many friends said they had no problems with it. Finally I called my cable company (spectrum). I have to say I had the best customer service I've had for a while. A real person answered the phone and scheduled an appointment the next day. The tech seemed to be very competent. He replaced the cable from the street to the house and the modem. Immediately I confirmed that I had no problems. Life was good. Then 2 weeks later I start having the same problems. I'm thinking the modems they are using aren't great. Looking at the label on them they are house brand. So I'm following this thread and if someone recommends a modem I may buy one. Jerry |
OK. I just pulled the trigger on a Netgear Nighthawk. Docsis 3.1 and 2 gigabyte internet ports. I see some modems that can handle higher speeds up to 2.5GB but in my neighborhood service seems to max at 350MB/sec. The tech mentioned that they would have to pull fiber before they can go faster than that. It is difficult to upgrade in my neighborhood as everything is underground. Looks much better but not easy to modify. One thing that I did make sure my new modem has is 2 ports. The Spectrum (Comcast) modem only has one port so my cable to my audio system has to plug into my router. Now the audio system will plug directly into the modem. It will be here this afternoon. Wish me luck. Jerry |
Thanks for the coaching @fastfreight . You're quite a role model. |
Update: I got the Netgear Nighthawk and installed it. That seemed to greatly reduce the problems I’ve had. Still sometimes when I wake up in the morning my sleeping computer takes a while to reconnect to the internet. I don’t ever recall this before. @lalitk I was unable to hook the wire to the stereo system directly to the router because the roon core has to be on the same ’network" as the phones, computers, tablets, etc that you use to control roon. I was unable to see the roon core with it plugged directly into the router and the control devices hooked to the wireless network. I can’t figure out why. My router control solftware sees all the things attached wired and wirelessly. I will also think about your concern about hooking the stereo system up directly to the modem. No computers or other devices worth hacking bypass the modem. I am using an eero mesh wifi because it was highly recommended to me when I was having problems. I have a TP Link almost new that I will reinatall, perhaps this afternoon. The speed of the Netgear modem isn’t much faster if at all. speedtest comes back 360 Mbs. the old modem was 350 or so, maybe it would be 360 too today. But what I will call latency is improved. when I run speedtest it starts immediately, with no delay. same with many other websites loading. I’ve changed some tubes lately but I will say that right now the sound system has never sounded better. the Netgear modem was not expensive and it is nice to have a better piece of equipment in my audio system and supporting my home network for routine things like reading this site. Jerry |
