Discovery across vlans
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It looks like it relies on UPnP/DLNA which won't work across subnets, for auto discovery at least:
You can also try to manually enter the IP address of the Marantz unit in the app and try to connect then to the unit. If this works, your network configuration may block some UPnP ports necessary for browsing through media servers, detecting units, etc. We then recommend to check again if there is some device in your network environment (access point, repeater, router) that does not forward UPnP commands.
There are some 3rd party apps you could try.
Steve
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@jahonix said in Discovery across vlans:
Which Marantz receiver do you have?
NR1504
@stephenw10 said in Discovery across vlans:
It looks like it relies on UPnP/DLNA which won't work across subnets, for auto discovery at least:
You can also try to manually enter the IP address of the Marantz unit in the app and try to connect then to the unit. If this works, your network configuration may block some UPnP ports necessary for browsing through media servers, detecting units, etc. We then recommend to check again if there is some device in your network environment (access point, repeater, router) that does not forward UPnP commands.
There are some 3rd party apps you could try.
Steve
Manually adding the IP to the Marantz APP also doesn't work, and that is actually the only way I see some sort of traffic from my phone to the Marantz.
I have a Mikrotik switch between the Wireless AP (which my phone connects to) and the Marantz (which is connected via LAN).
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Again, reverse engineering this issue without documentation as to what it is doing is probably not going to happen here. Maybe someone who has the same gear and got it working will chime in.
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@mtk Reading the online help system from Denon/Marantz I only found the obvious:
- Did you update/upgrade the receiver's firmware to latest available?
- Do you use a currently supported app (Marantz Consolette is 32bit and therefore incompatible from iOS11 onwards).
Marantz 64bit Apps are:
Marantz Remote App Marantz HiFi Remote App Marantz 2016 AVR Remote App Audyssey MultEQ Editor App HEOS AppBut I also read:
make sure all devices are on the same networkwhich means Denon/Marantz support will not help with your setup either. -
To be honest take your money elsewhere for such things. Why do these companies not get it that the age of flat networks in the home are at a end with the age of IOT and the need to segment devices with questionable security practices you can not just put everything on one flat network anymore.
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@johnpoz 99,9% of all Denon/Marantz users don't even know something like that exists (let alone what to use it for). They are happy as long as their network with the el-cheapo telco-AIO-router is working at all.
That's called a consumer.
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@jahonix said in Discovery across vlans:
@mtk Reading the online help system from Denon/Marantz I only found the obvious:
- Did you update/upgrade the receiver's firmware to latest available?
yes
- Do you use a currently supported app (Marantz Consolette is 32bit and therefore incompatible from iOS11 onwards).
Marantz 64bit Apps are:
Marantz Remote App Marantz HiFi Remote App Marantz 2016 AVR Remote App Audyssey MultEQ Editor App HEOS AppI'm using
Marantz Remote Appon both iOS and Android and there is a equivalent Denon App that is exactly the same just diferent (darker) theme, and supports the Marantz.
Both were working "ok" before I made the split into VLANs.But I also read:
make sure all devices are on the same networkwhich means Denon/Marantz support will not help with your setup either.@johnpoz said in Discovery across vlans:
To be honest take your money elsewhere for such things. Why do these companies not get it that the age of flat networks in the home are at a end with the age of IOT and the need to segment devices with questionable security practices you can not just put everything on one flat network anymore.
well, I agree, but I'm not planning to buy a new receiver just to solve that...
@jahonix said in Discovery across vlans:
@johnpoz 99,9% of all Denon/Marantz users don't even know something like that exists (let alone what to use it for). They are happy as long as their network with the el-cheapo telco-AIO-router is working at all.
That's called a consumer.
well, I do... and I'm trying to solve it on the network level, because I agree that Marantz was never good in technical support (specially non-audio related stuff)
But @jahonix, I'm curious, do you know any receiver that doesn't (or won't) have similar issues?BTW, all this still doesn't explain the inconsistent behaviour with Spotify Connect - working from the Macbooc and iPhone, but not the Android unless the Marantz is already playing (then I see it on my Android Spotify app)
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@mtk said in Discovery across vlans:
But @jahonix, I'm curious, do you know any receiver that doesn't (or won't) have similar issues?
Even though I do system integrations I do not know of such devices. Unless, maybe, they cost a fortune.
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@jahonix said in Discovery across vlans:
@mtk said in Discovery across vlans:
But @jahonix, I'm curious, do you know any receiver that doesn't (or won't) have similar issues?
Even though I do system integrations I do not know of such devices. Unless, maybe, they cost a fortune.
But to be fair, my work is primarily in the commercial and not the residential market.FWIW, I have a Yamaha A/V receiver that can be controlled by an Android app on my tablet or phone. However, it uses multicast, which is not normally passed by routers. So, I can control the receiver when I'm at home, but not elsewhere. I also wouldn't expect it to work on my test LAN that's on a different subnet.
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To be fair they at least allow you enter an IP manually which is more than many other similar apps.
Curious that it still doesn't work even then.
You might be able to do something with IGMP proxy here but it's status with VLANs is not certain AFAIK.
It's marked solved but some people are still seeing issues. Might be user error though.
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/6099Steve
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@jknott said in Discovery across vlans:
@jahonix said in Discovery across vlans:
@mtk said in Discovery across vlans:
But @jahonix, I'm curious, do you know any receiver that doesn't (or won't) have similar issues?
Even though I do system integrations I do not know of such devices. Unless, maybe, they cost a fortune.
But to be fair, my work is primarily in the commercial and not the residential market.FWIW, I have a Yamaha A/V receiver that can be controlled by an Android app on my tablet or phone. However, it uses multicast, which is not normally passed by routers. So, I can control the receiver when I'm at home, but not elsewhere. I also wouldn't expect it to work on my test LAN that's on a different subnet.
I'm not trying to access it from anywhere but my network, but yes expecting it to work from a different subnet.
@stephenw10 said in Discovery across vlans:
To be fair they at least allow you enter an IP manually which is more than many other similar apps.
Curious that it still doesn't work even then.
Let me repeat that - there are 2 issues probably (but not necessarily) related:
- The Marantz App, does allow manual IP, but still cannot access the device (and also does not discover it automagically) - all attempts posted above (i.e packet capture) where done when trying to access the Marantz from the app, by its static ip.
- Spotify Connect on the same Marantz, is not discovered by the Spotify app on my Android phone, but is from the Macbook or iPhone app!
You might be able to do something with IGMP proxy here but it's status with VLANs is not certain AFAIK.
It's marked solved but some people are still seeing issues. Might be user error though.
https://redmine.pfsense.org/issues/6099Steve
This doesn't seem to work either, no matter what/how I set the up/downstreams.
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Does your marantz allow you to put in a gateway? If not and you can put in the IP of the device you could source nat your traffic so the marantz thinks its being access from local IP, ie your pfsense IP in this subnet.
This is how you can access IP camera's for example that do not allow for a gateway. If the device is designed to only work on local network and not have any sort of internet access then it has no need for gateway.
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@johnpoz said in Discovery across vlans:
Does your marantz allow you to put in a gateway? If not and you can put in the IP of the device you could source nat your traffic so the marantz thinks its being access from local IP, ie your pfsense IP in this subnet.
This is how you can access IP camera's for example that do not allow for a gateway. If the device is designed to only work on local network and not have any sort of internet access then it has no need for gateway.
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Do you need something in the port there? Or that's probably for the proxy. nevermind.
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Does IGMPproxy appear to start and run without errors when using VLAN interfaces?
If you shutdown Avahi do the Mac and iOS Spotify clients also fail to find it?
I would guess they are using mDNS and the Marantz app is using UPnP.
Steve
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@derelict said in Discovery across vlans:
Do you need something in the port there? Or that's probably for the proxy. nevermind.
@stephenw10 said in Discovery across vlans:
Does IGMPproxy appear to start and run without errors when using VLAN interfaces?
It depends on how it should be set up - I played with the settings too much so at the moment, no it doesn't.
If you shutdown Avahi do the Mac and iOS Spotify clients also fail to find it?
Done & Macbook seem to still find it - Android still doesn't.
I would guess they are using mDNS and the Marantz app is using UPnP.
Steve
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@mtk said in Discovery across vlans:
The Marantz App, does allow manual IP, but still cannot access the device
As Johnpoz mentioned, if there's no gateway, it can't get past a router. Accessing devices on the local network is different from going through a router, as you're trying to do. If there's no gateway setting, that configurable IP address is used instead of automatic discovery.
When working only on the local LAN, the IP addresses is used to determine the MAC address, by using ARP. The MAC address is then used for the actual communications beteen devices. If the device is on a different network, that's recognized by comparing the remote and local addresses, through the subnet mask, to see if they're on the same network. If not, the packets are sent via the gateway address. However, for this to work, both a subnet mask and gateway are needed. With the method Johnpoz is describing, pfSense is acting as a proxy to pass the packets to another subnet.
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@jknott said in Discovery across vlans:
@mtk said in Discovery across vlans:
The Marantz App, does allow manual IP, but still cannot access the device
As Johnpoz mentioned, if there's no gateway, it can't get past a router. Accessing devices on the local network is different from going through a router, as you're trying to do. If there's no gateway setting, that configurable IP address is used instead of automatic discovery.
When working only on the local LAN, the IP addresses is used to determine the MAC address, by using ARP. The MAC address is then used for the actual communications beteen devices. If the device is on a different network, that's recognized by comparing the remote and local addresses, through the subnet mask, to see if they're on the same network. If not, the packets are sent via the gateway address. However, for this to work, both a subnet mask and gateway are needed. With the method Johnpoz is describing, pfSense is acting as a proxy to pass the packets to another subnet.
Did you see the image I provided, with the IP & gateway & mask?
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@mtk said in Discovery across vlans:
Did you see the image I provided, with the IP & gateway & mask?
Are those on the receiver or Android/iPhone apps? If the receiver then that's for Internet access for updates, etc., not remote control. That's how my Yamaha is set up. Those apps will require a gateway and subnet mask, if they are on a different subnet. That's in addition to multicast being used. Unless specifically configured or managed with IGMP, multicast packets are not passed by a router.
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@jknott said in Discovery across vlans:
Are those on the receiver or Android/iPhone apps? If the receiver then that's for Internet access for updates, etc., not remote control. That's how my Yamaha is set up. Those apps will require a gateway and subnet mask, if they are on a different subnet. That's in addition to multicast being used. Unless specifically configured or managed with IGMP, multicast packets are not passed by a router.
Those settings are on the Receiver (web management page) itself, and they set the internet access as well as the local device IP.
The Marantz (Android or iPhone) app, doesn't have the option to set a gateway, just the IP of the device you wish to connect to.
