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RS280S: Problems with Serviio & Roku Media Player.
Both Items in subject work fine in my old router R6900, but not with the RS280S. I can get a WIFI and hardwired signal to the destination (blueray player), but cannot stream anything. The Serviio status page rarely shows the correct IP it should connect to and when it does unrecognized is shown. Roku works but not the Roku media player.
I have been trying to fix this for months with no luck. Any help would be appreciated.
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The Serviio status page rarely shows the correct IP
FWIW, the earlier reply seems to be a cut-and-paste of an AI query. Multicast (igmp, etc) are not relevant since your media server doesn't use multicast.
Can you clarify the above comment? Is the "incorrect" IP on the correct subnet for the router?
If not, then that is the problem. Possibilties are that
- you set up a static ip address on the media server that is not compatible with RS280s subnet
- you are double-routing (perhaps due to use of an ISP gateway), and the Serviio server is connected to the gateway and not the router.
If it is, then one possibility is that the server is set up to randomize the mac address. Another is that the server is connected to the network twice (perhaps two NICs, or a wireless and ethernet connection). A third is that you reserved an IP for the server in the R6900, but forgot to carry that over to the RS280S.
If the server is running on a Windows PC, then first check that Windows has the connection classified as "private". Windows 11 defaults to using randomized mac addresses on "public" networks. And the Windows Firewall will sometimes block discovery if the network is set to "public" - and that will prevent the players from "finding" the server.
Serviio is a DLNA server, so it does use UPNP. But that should work on your local network even if the router has that disabled. The UPNP setting in the router normally only allows a client to open a port in the router - not something needed for a local media server. DLNA works with my Orbi router with UPNP turned off in the router. Still it does no harm to try toggling the setting in the router.
Have you set up the Roku media player as a DLNA player as well?
Multicast (igmp, etc) are not relevant since your media server doesn't use multicast.
DLNA does make use of SSDP, the Service Discover Protocol - which is based indeed on Multicast, too.
The UPNP setting in the router normally only allows a client to open a port in the router - not something needed for a local media server.
The UPnP settings CONTROL does (in general) allow both the discovery (again SSDP based), and the router IPv4 based NAT port forwarding.
Technically, DLNA system is made up from three components:
- Digital Media Player (DNR)
- Digital Media Server (DMS)
- Digital Media Controller (DMC)
Discovery and usage depends fully on SSDP. Port forwarding on the router is typically not required.
On a private home, or even on a small business network, having network devices discoverable can be very useful.
Most hone and SMB routers don't offer dedicated controls for UPnP Discovery and UPnP Port Forwarding.
The UPnP settings does (in general) allow both the discovery (again SSDP based), and the router IPv4 based NAT port forwarding.
The discovery works fine with my Orbi setup even with UPnP turned off. So AFAICT the setting doesn't affect SSDP (or DLNA generally).
FWIW, another user recently posted that mDNS also worked for him with uPNP turned off (but a different multicast address used by plexamp didn't work reliably on his wireless network)
