Squeezebox Radio connects and the freezes after about 1 minute

[Whenever]

Hello:

I've had 5 squeezebox radios working fine for many years. I started getting strange disconnections, so I upgraded my wifi a few weeks back, then this Monday 2 of the 5 Radios started Freezing after a few minutes of connections. They would start up fine and connect to my LMS and even play then after about a minute they just freeze. I've reset to default and removed them from the server.pref file and from the my.squeezebox.com. so that when I restart them they are clean. but the same thing still happens. If it was just one device, I would write it off to hardware failure due to age, but 2 on the same day, while 3 identical radios work fine.

Any thoughts. Is just rotten luck that 2 radios had the same hardware failure on the same day? is there a way to reflash the firmware?

Thanks

John

[Paul Webster]

New WiFi6 device in the area?
Do they fail if you move them to a different location - eg next to one that is not showing the symptoms?

[Whenever]

Hi Paul:

The 2 failed radios fail no matter where they are, and I have replaced one of the failed ones with one of the working radios.

Failure is consistent to the individual radios themselves.

thanks

John

[bpa]

The 2 failed radios fail no matter where they are, and I have replaced one of the failed ones with one of the working radios.

Failure is consistent to the individual radios themselves.

There was a recent thread where a user had a radio in the bathroom and it always failed. I think they switched Radio and still it failed in bathroom - I think conclusion was wifi related issue.

As a test, do these radios fail when wired ?

PSUs fail in strange ways - have you considered swapping PSUs with a working Radio ?

[Whenever]

Hi BPA:

Both failed radios, fail in multiple places and places where a good radio works fine. Plugging them into ethernet is a good idea and I tried that and they do work fine when hardwired. This is a possible workaround, although I will be trying to acquire backup Squeezebox Radios as I certainly have not found anything close to these and the trend seems to be moving to the various Alexa type services which I have no interest in, I really like having radios I can walk up to push a preset button and adjust the volume with a knob.

Thank you for your suggestions

John

[Redrum]

PSUs fail in strange ways - have you considered swapping PSUs with a working Radio ?

+1 - try swapping PSU, I have seen this, and a cheap fix.

Also, do any/or have batteries? If so, does it happen on battery power?


Jim

[bpa]

Both failed radios, fail in multiple places and places where a good radio works fine. Plugging them into ethernet is a good idea and I tried that and they do work fine when hardwired. This is a possible workaround, although I will be trying to acquire backup Squeezebox Radios as I certainly have not found anything close to these and the trend seems to be moving to the various Alexa type services which I have no interest in, I really like having radios I can walk up to push a preset button and adjust the volume with a knob.

The Radio is a good device, together with LMS better than modern internet Radio.
So Problem is wifi - PSU can still be the culprit.

I suspect some components are getting a bit old and out of spec. If wifi card is failing/become sensitive, on another thread - users have found a small wifi/ethernet adaptor that can be plugged in line in Radio PSU and into Radio Ethernet socket.

[bpa]

on another thread - users have found a small wifi/ethernet adaptor that can be plugged in line in Radio PSU and into Radio Ethernet socket.

Vonets dongle - detailed in this post - which is generally about Radio wifi failing/unstable
https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...l=1#post932270

[Whenever]

Just a quick update:

A third device failed on WIFI, so I reassessed the cause and went back to my old wifi router. All devices still work fine on it, so I think it has something to do with the new router which is an ASUS RT-AX86U which is the latest generation and has WIFI-6 as well as Asus' air mesh. I think some of the "advanced features" are not quite as backward compatible as you would like and I'm not about to fiddle with wifi settings that I don't understand, despite my tendency to see every switch, button and setting as something to play with. Anyways, since my old router is also the ISP's router so still in place, I will keep its Wifi turned on and have my LMS plugged into both networks.

Thanks

John

[bpa]

A third device failed on WIFI, so I reassessed the cause and went back to my old wifi router. All devices still work fine on it, so I think it has something to do with the new router which is an ASUS RT-AX86U which is the latest generation and has WIFI-6 as well as Asus' air mesh. I think some of the "advanced features" are not quite as backward compatible as you would like and I'm not about to fiddle with wifi settings that I don't understand, despite my tendency to see every switch, button and setting as something to play with. Anyways, since my old router is also the ISP's router so still in place, I will keep its Wifi turned on and have my LMS plugged into both networks.

For Asus mesh Wifi 6 router causing problems on Tohch & Radio - check out this thread. https://forums.slimdevices.com/showt...e-Radios/page2