Solved System 'Offline'

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Stephen Healy

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We have had a handful of reports after 3.3.3 update that the Innuos system then seems to lose an active internet connection, prompting to 'Stay Offline'.

This is happening because the network router is not allowing the system to cache a full DNS resolution.

The reason this is occurring is we made a change in 3.3.3 that the DNS resolution must be cached, meaning this process only needs to occur once, and not repeatedly. This would have greatly helped a wide number of generic 'network issues' like slow connection response, disruption to streaming services, etc, so would have given a smoother experience for many users.

However, support feedback has shown that a very small number of routers are simply not allowing this. The only solution for affected users is to contact our support and we will quickly fix this via remote session.
Do note this will only affect users with certain routers. The vast majority will be working fine, but nonetheless we will need to reverse this feature in a 3.3.4 hotfix due imminently so that it will not potentially affect other users.

For those who have already contacted support, we will begin arranging sessions to resolve this. Anyone who has been affected and not yet contact support, please do so now and we can resolve the problem for you.
Equally, for anyone affected who might have a spare alternative modem router to hand with which they can replace the current one, this could likely solve the problem - although not if it is exactly the same make/model from the ISP.

Also, for those have have had this issue, it would be very interesting to know who the Internet Service Provider is, and the make/model of router being used - this would be very informative to us to try and identify a trend/pattern.

We aim to release 3.3.4 ASAP, potentially today, which should also include the fix to Spotify Connect.
 
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I also got the "System Offline" message before updating to Sense 3.3.4. I'm using an Eero Model JO100001 per the label on the device.
 
Hi Stephen

I am having similar issues

My.innuos.com is fine
Sense app will not link
Zem mini can be seen by Tidal but can not be played to

Internet providers is Telstra with Telstra router DJA0231 smart router gen 2

Have reset the router a few times
 
Hi Stephen

I am having similar issues

My.innuos.com is fine
Sense app will not link
Zem mini can be seen by Tidal but can not be played to

Internet providers is Telstra with Telstra router DJA0231 smart router gen 2

Have reset the router a few times
This might be a slightly different issue, especially if the system is on 3.3.4 which resolves the original issue described at the top of this post.
Are you on 3.3.4 and the system sets its Offline with no internet connection?
 
This might be a slightly different issue, especially if the system is on 3.3.4 which resolves the original issue described at the top of this post.
Are you on 3.3.4 and the system sets its Offline with no internet connection?
Hi Stephen

Thanks for your response

I have accessed sense through my.innuos.com … didn’t know I could tap the unit from there to access it. I thought it just showed the unit is “there”…

Updated to 3.3.4 now and seems OK

Cheers and thanks for timely response!
This might be a slightly different issue, especially if the system is on 3.3.4 which resolves the original issue described at the top of this post.
Are you on 3.3.4 and the system sets its Offline with no internet connection?
 
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I have the same issue. The issue may be solved by asking to my provider to set our router to allow the DNS resolution be cached ?
The router is FRITZ!Box 7530
 
Thank you for your reply. Software version 3.3.3
Okay, so there would be a few options here to resolve;
- Try enabling the router to allow DNS cache, as mentioned.
- If you have a different modem/router spare, you could try installing that instead and see if that gets the Innuos back online (reboot required). If it does, then it can download update 3.3.4 which in turn would allow you to use the FritzBox again.
- Contact our support and we can arrange a remote session to solve this, which can be done quickly.