Prolonged delay before Zenith connects to the network

[musician]

My Zenith seems to take noticeably longer to connect to the network than when I first bought it. I refreshed RoonServer by renaming the original folder (RoonServer_old) but it didn't make a difference. Can someone suggest another approach?

 

[mikehughescq]

The only reason I can think of for this would be if you’ve added an extender etc.

 

[musician]

Interesting observation. Please clarify why an extender would prolong the time needed to establish a connection.

 

[musician]

I scanned my network IP addresses and found that of the 11 active devices, the identity of the vendor was known in 3 cases and unknown in 8. Could the prolonged delay before network connection be due to interrogation of each "unknown" IP address until the relevant one is connected?

 

[mikehughescq]

Interesting observation. Please clarify why an extender would prolong the time needed to establish a connection.

It’s an issue I had until I figured out what was going on.

Sky router upstairs broadcasting wi-fi. Can’t connect my Zenith to that because complicated route, 30m of ethernet needed and much dismantling of office furniture and raising of carpets. So, wireless bridge installed in living room with a short run of Chord C-Stream to the Zenith. Same room also has a Sky Q bid which acts as a hotspot even though I don’t want it to. Wrongly set up the bridge as a hot spot all of a sudden devices like the Innuos have to decide which of the three they’re connecting to. Thus the delay.