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thedigester
Aspirant
Jan 20, 2025

Roon cannot see endpoint as audio zone on Orbi RBK50 satellite

I use Roon to play music. It is an online digital media player that plays music stored on a network through audio zones ("endpoints") on the network.   Problem - the kitchen audio endpoint appe...
CrimpOn's avatar
CrimpOn
Guru - Experienced User
Jan 20, 2025

Could you please check to see whether UPnP is enabled on this system?

 

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    thedigester
    Aspirant
    Jan 20, 2025

    Yes UPnP is on.

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      CrimpOn
      Guru - Experienced User
      Jan 20, 2025

      well, darn**.  Since you were able to connect the kitchen unit to the main router, would it be possible to test it on satellite 1? (That would confirm the issue is with the router-satellite connection rather than with satellite 2.)

       

      What are the model numbers of those two switches?

       

      ** There have been discussions on the internet about UPnP and certain Ethernet switch implementations of IGMP Snooping.  Basically, the switch learns about a UPnP capable device on the network and then "forgets" about it because the IGMP Snooping code is faulty.

       

      If you have occasion to contact the Roon support folks again, it might be worth asking them how their software knows which compatible sound systems are on the network and what their IP addresses are.

       

      On Android and Windows, there are UPnP Scanner (or Analyzer) apps that will check every device on the network to see which are capable of UPnP connection.  (On my network, the Sony TV, Sony DVD, and Sonos speaker show up.  Echo Dot and Google Nest Mini do not.)