Stupid question about hooking up a streamer


Hello, all. I've been thinking of stepping up from my Bluesound Node, and have been looking at Innuos products, specifically a Zen Mini. My question: The Bluesound, of course, is wireless, but the Innuos is not. We've got an Eero mesh wifi system that has worked well throughout the house. Could I simply add an additional unit onto the Eero system, located near to the equipment rack, and run an ethernet cable from the new box to the Innuos, or does it actually need to be hard-wired?

 

As things stand, the router is a very long way from the stereo. Though I can imagine running a very long ethernet cable from the router to the stereo -- through the floor and into the basement, etc., etc., etc. -- I'd much prefer not to.

 

For what it's worth, the wireless signal is very stable. My wife has been on Zoom meetings for work while I've been streaming tunes upstairs without a glitch for either one of us. (Not sure if this info matters, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to know.)

 

Thanks very much for any help you can give an old boy on this score.

 

-- Howard

 

 

hodu

Does your Eero Mesh module have an Ethernet RJ45 output? If so just plug into that, if it only has one then get a splitter. Does your Eero Mesh module have an RJ45 input (as you can tell, I’m not familiar with the product), if it does but a small, usually 4 port, Ethernet switch and split your supply Ethernet cable into 2 out puts.

 

good luck

Yes. Just place a mesh node next to your system and plugin to that. This tends to work better and more reliably than most “onboard wifi receivers”. This is the way my two systems work, and they work very well. I know of a number of $150K systems that work this way. 

wew are a custom installer a roon dealer and a bluesound dealervand we used to sell Innous

 

our 432evo servers outperform Innous 

 

Yes you can use a mesh network with a roon device the only issue can be is Roon may sometimes have an issue finding devices you may want to remotely stream to via Roon.

 

If all you want to do is to add a roon device that requires ethernet then adding a mesh node and connecting your server is no problem.

 

Dave and Troy

Audio Intellect NJ.

Roon server dealer

Thanks for your responses, theo and ghdprentice -- I really do appreciate them. 

 

-- Howard

My system uses a wifi extender, with ethernet to streamer. In essence, similar to what you are hoping to do. Works very well.