Airplay incommunicado

[Balthazar B]

Ran into an odd Airplay issue. I've reported it to WiiM, and now sharing it here for thoughts/suggestions:

• Have two WiiM Pros, and starting out one (Dee) was on WiFi, the other (Dum) on Ethernet.
• From the Music application on a Macbook, could see both WiiMs as Airplay devices. The Mac and WiiMs are on the same network/VLAN, and all on current OS/firmware releases.
• I could direct music to Dee successfully, but got a connection failure warning when trying to select Dum (cannot connect to Dum, unable to play audio).
• So hypothesizing that Dum's Ethernet connection could be the issue, I turned on WiFi on Dum, disconnected Ethernet, and rebooted.
• Dee, Dum, and Mac now all on the same network/SSID.
• In the WiiM Home app, I did need to re-establish the connection to Dum, but its settings were as before. On both WiiMs, IP6 is set to On.
• But now from the Mac, while I can continue to see Dee in the Music app, Dum is nowhere to be found. Rebooting the WiiM, Mac, etc., doesn't fix the issue. I can see all the devices connected to my WiFi in the router's control screen.
• Unfortunately, I don't have another Apple device on hand to see if the issue can be isolated to the Mac.

Questions? Suggestions on other troubleshooting steps to try?

Cheers!

 

[Exile72]

Do both Wiim's appear online in the Wiim app?

 

[Balthazar B]

Do both Wiim's appear online in the Wiim app?

Yes. They're identical in all respects in terms of configuration, etc. (including WiFi to the same AP), so it may be a subtle fault revealing itself with one of the devices. I've tried a bunch of things to try and narrow down the root cause and updated WiiM, but have found nothing definitive. I'm still waiting for someone from @WiiM Support to get back to me (WiiM folks, the ticket is #7466 if you'd like to take a look).

 

[daniel.jay]

I just found this thread. I just posted about an issue I'm experiencing from MacOS that I can see, but not connect, to my Wiims from the Music app. However, as a workaround, Airfoil works flawlessly to stream to all devices. Of course this only intensifies my confusion.