Aurender N100h disconnection problems

Aurender customer service is very responsive and they can work on your unit from their end.

Have you contacted them?

I had the same problem with my N100H.  I didn’t have Ethernet on the first floor of my home where the Aurender was located.  I used a wireless extender.  Some days everything worked well, other days I was sorry I turned it on.  After 6 months of going through exactly what you are going through, I sold it, told the prospective buyer that he had to have a Ethernet connection which he did.  Have not been sorry at all.  Purchased a Sony HAP-Z1ES music player/server.  I have 2 of them now and quite satisfied. 

So I think the issue is the wireless extender.  As a test, I moved the unit to the router room and it has been running for hours without a hitch so far.  Unfortunately this does not solve the issue as the router is no where near the audio setup.

I did order a Netgear Powerline Adapter kit PLP 2000-100PAS as is noted on the aurender help site.  It is supposed to arrive Monday.    

As I noted previously, the extender approach works flawlessly with a WIIM Pro.  The WIIM is obviously very much newer than the N100, so maybe that is why it works.  The little I was able to hear the N100 it sounded very refined, although not orders of magnitude better than the super cheap WIIM.  

I will report back on the Netgear Powerline.  Wish me luck.  

This may not be attractive in your case, but in the event it is and if the Netgear Powerline Adapter kit PLP 2000-100PAS doesn’t work to your satisfaction, have you considered whether you can get a fiber optic cable from your router to where the Aurender is?  

Often because fiber optic cable is so small diameter and flexible, an installer (or a DIYer) can get one from pretty far away in a home to where you want an Ethernet connection to be with minimal bad visual impact (e.g., up in the ceiling and over and then down to where your Aurender is).  If so, then you’d just need a fiber media converter (e.g., StarTech MFC) (or a switch with a SFP slot, e.g., Ubi Flex 2.5G) and SFP transducer module (e.g., Finisar SFP or if you go with a Ubiquity switch,  Ubiquity LC Single Mode 1G SFP module ) at each end.  If this is practicable, you’ll likely get a more stable feed and better SQ than the WiFi extender route.

(Keep an eye on fiber and SFP module compatibility — i think you need to keep them all single mode or all multi-mode and not all brands of SFP modules work with all switches and FMCs.)

I had this problem with my Aurender N100H. When I replaced it with an Aurender N200, I couldn’t get my iPad to connect with the Aurender at all.

Then, out of desperation, I replaced my fancy $300 audiophile Ethernet cable to my Aurender with a $10 garden variety Cat5 Ethernet cable, no issues at all.

My problem was a defective Ethernet cable, likely a fault in filtering circuits in the cable. I went to my superb dealer with my four year old defective cable, and he tested it on equipment in a listening room. Yup, didn’t connect. He replaced it with a new version that works great.

My advice is to try replacing the Ethernet cable and see if it fixes it.