mincedsalad
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Hi,
I'm hoping someone smart might be able to shed light on this problem. My Netgear DGN2200v4 has major problems with Airplay, ONLY when the iphone/ipad/ Macbook is sending the audio on the DGN2200v4 wifi (it will work fine on the two other Wifi access points on the same LAN, even with the sound passing through the DGN2200's ethernet).
The setup:
Netgear DGN2200 as main router (with DHCP, NAT, and connected to Cisco cable modem for internet). Wired ethernet connections go from DGN2220 to a TP-Link switch and on to two other routers being used only as wireless access points - a Netcomm NF5 and and D-Link.
The airplay devices - one is a Yamaha RX-V573 Receiver, wired directly to the main DGN2200v4 router. The other is a jailbroken ipod touch on Wifi to the Netcomm access point.
The problem:
- Airplay will often not even start. Phone will start counting seconds on the song, then stop, with no audio emerging. Mac will try to connect, and fail to do so (WMM on or off)
- Or it will start playing, with stutters, and receiver not knowing the name of the song, before failing after something like 20 seconds (with WMM on)
- Airplay icon will always show on my idevices, unless I turn on wireless isolation on the DGN2200.
Things I have already tried:
-I have updated firmware on the Receiver, the DGN2200, the other routers, and tried resetting and restarting all of them, AND all my idevices.
-Turning QoS on and off on the DGN2200
-Turning WMM on and off on the DGN2200 (when on, it works intermittently, and it doesn't seem to work at all when off).
-Checking for wifi congestion - There are no other AP's anywhere near channel 8 on which the DGN2200 is set - we are not in a congested area. Problem occurs even with only one device on that Wifi.
- Changing the wifi speed mode from 300 down to 150 and 54
- Changing the region from Australia to Europe (I'm in New Zealand)
- Changing the Wifi fragmentation length to 2304 and CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307 as recommended in another forum I found (I've since changed them back to default)
- Trying Wifi long/short preamble.
- Unchecking the WPS settings
- Turning uPNP on and off
Nothing has worked so far, except turning WMM off makes things worse. Airplay works really, really well over wifi on the other Netcomm NF5 and D-Link access points, to either the receiver or the jailbroken ipod, but has never worked reliably over Wifi on the DGN2200 since I installed this router. (Again, it works fine if say I connect the laptop via ethernet to the DGN2200 or WiFi to the other AP's).
I'm sure Apple's protocols are not without their flaws, but that doesn't stop it working perfectly fine with two other WiFi access points, one newer and one older.
Any help is much appreciated.
I'm hoping someone smart might be able to shed light on this problem. My Netgear DGN2200v4 has major problems with Airplay, ONLY when the iphone/ipad/ Macbook is sending the audio on the DGN2200v4 wifi (it will work fine on the two other Wifi access points on the same LAN, even with the sound passing through the DGN2200's ethernet).
The setup:
Netgear DGN2200 as main router (with DHCP, NAT, and connected to Cisco cable modem for internet). Wired ethernet connections go from DGN2220 to a TP-Link switch and on to two other routers being used only as wireless access points - a Netcomm NF5 and and D-Link.
The airplay devices - one is a Yamaha RX-V573 Receiver, wired directly to the main DGN2200v4 router. The other is a jailbroken ipod touch on Wifi to the Netcomm access point.
The problem:
- Airplay will often not even start. Phone will start counting seconds on the song, then stop, with no audio emerging. Mac will try to connect, and fail to do so (WMM on or off)
- Or it will start playing, with stutters, and receiver not knowing the name of the song, before failing after something like 20 seconds (with WMM on)
- Airplay icon will always show on my idevices, unless I turn on wireless isolation on the DGN2200.
Things I have already tried:
-I have updated firmware on the Receiver, the DGN2200, the other routers, and tried resetting and restarting all of them, AND all my idevices.
-Turning QoS on and off on the DGN2200
-Turning WMM on and off on the DGN2200 (when on, it works intermittently, and it doesn't seem to work at all when off).
-Checking for wifi congestion - There are no other AP's anywhere near channel 8 on which the DGN2200 is set - we are not in a congested area. Problem occurs even with only one device on that Wifi.
- Changing the wifi speed mode from 300 down to 150 and 54
- Changing the region from Australia to Europe (I'm in New Zealand)
- Changing the Wifi fragmentation length to 2304 and CTS/RTS Threshold to 2307 as recommended in another forum I found (I've since changed them back to default)
- Trying Wifi long/short preamble.
- Unchecking the WPS settings
- Turning uPNP on and off
Nothing has worked so far, except turning WMM off makes things worse. Airplay works really, really well over wifi on the other Netcomm NF5 and D-Link access points, to either the receiver or the jailbroken ipod, but has never worked reliably over Wifi on the DGN2200 since I installed this router. (Again, it works fine if say I connect the laptop via ethernet to the DGN2200 or WiFi to the other AP's).
I'm sure Apple's protocols are not without their flaws, but that doesn't stop it working perfectly fine with two other WiFi access points, one newer and one older.
Any help is much appreciated.
