DAS Drop-Outs

[FA-Bubba]

Attached are Log entries from 9:05:53 PM to 9:08:53 PM...

I think my network has brief, temporary drops, but I'm not sure, so I thought you might be able to see if there is any other explanation from the log.

Typically, a Group of speakers will go silent, and a few moments later the "connection sound" can be heard, and music resumes.

If you can suggest a network monitoring software, I'll give it a try.

IF it's my network, it could be any of the following:

• Provider's signal drop-outs
• The Provider's Gateway has a dropout
• My Mesh system has a dropout

• Something else...

  Every now & then I see a message from my browser that says "Your internet connection was restored"; other than the DAS drop-outs, though I don't notice anything else...

Based on the Log entries below, it seems to be less than 1 minute.

Thanks in advance...

Log-DAS-2021-05-30.TXT

[SamDel]

I see a lot of these lines: "A socket operation was attempted to an unreachable network 192.168.1.xx:8009"

Here's a nice article about that error, and things you can try. Most likely it's the desktop system or a dropout of the Mesh system.

[FA-Bubba]

Addendum to this... I recall at one point you mentioned that DAS required an Internet connection, but I don't recall why. Would it be possible to change that? I think the frequent audio drop-outs my DAS has are related to brief Internet drops (my service provider hasn't been much help). I've attached a screen shot of a monitoring App that shows a VERY stable WLAN, but poor Internet consistency...

My Home LAN is a Mesh system that shows excellent coverage throughout my house. It gets an Internet feed from an Xfinity Gateway via a cable connection. The Gateway also broadcasts a Wi-Fi signal on a separate SSID that I don't use. The screen shot shows my Mesh WLAN and the xFinity signal...

[SamDel]

I think you mean this thread/tests.

DAS doesn't require an internet connection, it only uses the internet connection (if available) to do a call to Github to check for a new version. The Chromecast device needs an internet connection after you turn it on (I don't know why).

Are the audio drop-outs at the same time as the Xfinity drop-outs?

[FA-Bubba]

More or less around teh same time...

I'm running DAS on two different PCs, each with a unique Group of Speakers selected.

The DAS drop-outs seem to be when the Xfinity drops are more than a few seconds -- I'm not sure how I would track that, maybe comparing DAS Logged drops versus the network monitor I have. I am wondering if there is a better network monitor than the one I am using...