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Orbi 753S (costco) and the amazon echo or google dot
I have seen a few others having issues with getting the smart speakers to play, or stream but none of the issues are mine and I see no fixes. I have fiber to the prem, 250mbps and use my Orbi for wi...
Thanks, I will dig deeper this weekend and give the above a try. At this time I am in AP mode, and I have been in the AX forum looking at the current threads about the same issue. Again; thanks for taking the time to sugggest a few things. I will report back what I find so others can get things working like they should.
6172crew wrote:Thanks, I will dig deeper this weekend and give the above a try. At this time I am in AP mode, and I have been in the AX forum looking at the current threads about the same issue. Again; thanks for taking the time to sugggest a few things. I will report back what I find so others can get things working like they should.
Good luck....:smileyhappy:
(Amazon has not brought my Echo Dot yet, but Home Depot had Google Mini "on the shelf")
I set up a classic "Double NAT":
Cable modem (only)-> Orbi RBR50 (LAN 192.168.1.1) -> Orbi RBR50->(LAN 10.0.0.1)
Connected smartphone to the 10.0.0.1 Orbi. (Thus "two routers, or 'Double NAT')
Configured Mini and told it to use the 10.0.0.1 Orbi network.
Said, "Hey Google. Play KUSC" (classical radio from Southern California). Plays fine.
Said, "Hey Google. Play Beethoven" (free youtube) Plays fine.
So, my conclusion (thus far) is that "Double NAT" is not likely to be the cause of the problem, at least for Google Mini. I may have led us off on a tangent.
Thinking more about it, I am not surprised. A LOT of WiFi customers just "plug in and go", paying no attention to whether the ISP device is a modem or router. Lots of them even leave the ISP WiFi active. If these home speakers could not deal with Double NAT, then there would be overwhelming complaints and the setup documentation would say something about the problem.
I have previously experimented with a "Triple NAT" (three routers) and found no effect on typical activity (email, web browsing, etc.) This would totally kill things like opening ports, VPN, etc.
It is really frustrating to have "no clue" how this could be happening.
My (very cute, and only) Echo Dot arrived. Set it up on my "Double Nat'd" Orbi using smartphone connected to the same Orbi.
Plays music the same as my two other Alexa devices that are connected to the primary Orbi. (Sonos One and Orbi RBS40V).
Still have "not a clue" what would cause either Echo or Nest music players to announce that they were about to play and then go silent.
