Difficulty Setting up Node (N130) in Network

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Pierre Martinez

My main goal is to stream from the Node music in my NAS, Qobuz and Amazon Music via  the wired Ethernet connection.

My main questions to you:

  1. Do you have to set up the Node via Wi-Fi first and not Ethernet connection when it is brand new?
  2. Are the steps below to set up a brand new Node expected or did I go through a more difficult path?

 

These are the steps I took when I received my BRAND NEW Node and proceeded to set it up. (I have had a N100 and a Node 2i before)

  1. I have a home network with a Ethernet wired connection
  2. Within my home network, I have a wireless router that I set up as an access point for Wi-Fi
  3. I took out the Node from the box and connected it to the network via the Ethernet cable
  4. The LED on the Node was blue: connected to the network.
  5. I went to my Windows PC to set up the Node; this PC is connected to the network via Ethernet, NOT Wi-Fi
    1. My PC found the player
    2. I tried to connect my NAS to the Node, but it would not work. The Node simply could not see the NAS even after I manually entered the name of the share and the credentials to get into it. (it has worked before with the N100 and the Node 2i)
  6. The BlueOS App on my Android phone could not find the player
  7. So I decided to proceed the Wireless way
    1. I disconnected the Ethernet cable from the Node
    2. I disconnected the power cable from the Node
    3. O powered the Node: the LED was green (hot spot mode) when the power was back on in the Node
    4. I went through the phone app menu prompts to set up the player and it failed to complete
    5. I reset the brand new Node to factory default
    6. I proceeded again using the phone app and the Wi-Fi connection using the Node as a hot spot just like I just explained above.
    7. This time the app went further and got to the point where the player was upgrading
    8. I waited like 15 or 20 minutes and the process completed
  8. I went back to the PC and the PC could not find the Node: the Node was not connected via Ethernet
  9. I connected to the network via Ethernet, and the PC found the node
  10. I attempted to set up my NAS again via the PC and this time it WORKED!
  11. I proceeded to re-index my music in my NAS share in the Node player
    1. It worked
  12. All was good after this and I can play music from my PC and from my phone like before.
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    Tony W.
    Product Support Manager

    Hi Pierre

    12. All was good after this and I can play music from my PC and from my phone like before.

    Glad you got it working but it sounds like you went a long about way; www.bluesound.com/setup...

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  • Pierre Martinez

    Hello,

    I see my post marked as Answered, but I do not see a comment from Bluesound.

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