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Connect ReadyNAS Pro 6 to WLAN
For several years I have happily and successfully used a NAS, most recently a Netgear ReadyNAS Pro 6 with RAIDiator 4.2.26, mainly to store the library for iTunes and a Sonos music system (a Mac with...
espri wrote:
I am a bit concerned about being limited to 10 clients, for I have several Sonos amplifiers as well as the computer, NAS, iPad, etc.
I was afraid of that, and that probably rules out only adding an extender. You could switch to a more capable LTE router, or you could try connecting a second router behind the E5577Cs-321 (so it only sees one connection). Since the E5577Cs-321 seems to be having other issues, perhaps replacing it is a better option for you.
espri wrote:
BTW, Amazon mentions the Netgear EX6150-100PES as being a newer version of the WN3500RP. Would that do as well, be better?
The E5577Cs-321 only supports basic 802.11N - what was why I suggested the older WN3500RP. Netgear has faster extenders, the high-end is the EX7300. The full product line is here: http://www.netgear.com/home/products/networking/wifi-range-extenders/ The newer extenders should still work with the E5577Cs-321, but they won't give you any speed advantage with the Huawei router (because it doesn't support 802.11ac).
espri wrote:
I presume a router with multiple Ethernet sockets would let me have everything on the one subnet, as I had with the MBR624GU.
Yes. You definitely want to fully bridge the two networks into a single subnet.
At least one LAN ethernet socket will work (connecting that to an ethernet switch). Though if you want to follow the Sonos advice, you'd need at least 2 LAN ethernet sockets in the router.
Thanks for the further information which is helping me understand the situation better.
I will probably buy another router. I have been thinking of the Huawei E5186S (to be set up for the future). Does Netgear have anything similar?
One further question: if I buy a new router, is there a risk that it will not work with my current SIM (from T-Mobile Austria)?
espri wrote:
I will probably buy another router. I have been thinking of the Huawei E5186S (to be set up for the future). Does Netgear have anything similar?
I don't work for Netgear, so I don't have any special info there. Most of Netgear's LTE routers/hotspots seem to be sold through service providers, not to end users.
espri wrote:
One further question: if I buy a new router, is there a risk that it will not work with my current SIM (from T-Mobile Austria)?
I don't think it would be locked, But the one you are looking at says it needs a micro-SIM card.
Where I live most providers are happy to swap over a SIM for a different size SIM if that's required. Not sure if that's the case where you live but you could ask T-Mobile Austria
Thanks for the tip!
I shall probably go down the new router route in a week or two and I'll report once I have a solution working. Thanks again.
I can report now that I have found a solution for my problem - well, a partial one : I can play music over my Sonos system again. And that was without (yet) buying a new router.
I enabled a DHCP server on my Mac (having installed OS X Server). I set the net mask as 255.255.254.0 to allow access to my wired and wireless networks. With that Sonos devices have been able to access my local network (192.168.2.0) with my music library. I suppose Sonos now looks on my Mac as the router, though my Internet access is still via the Huawei router (on 192.168.3.0).
During the process of setting this up there was one strange effect which I don't understand. At first the Sonos CR100 controller in my living room could only access the ZP90 Zone Player in the same room, all other controllers in other rooms showed a list of all players except the one in the living room. After struggling for a while and running Sonos setup again for the living room player, suddenly all controllers listed all devices. Don't ask me why! I only see that my Sonos system can access my music library on NAS and play music from there, at least from my CR100 controllers and the desktop controller on the Mac - the controller on my iPad doesn't find the players.
However, my joy isn't complete, for, although I can ping sonos.com from my Mac, I cannot execute Sonos software updates (Update Problem: error code 1101) or access radio channels via Sonos (as well as the failure of the iPad's Sonos controller mentioned earlier). I suspect that although I can send messages outwards, they are being lost coming into my networks. I would love to hear any explanation of that that anyone can offer.
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