Devialet wifi dropping

[Zappydev]

Hi all

I have exhausted my own knowledge limits and humbly seek advise from the experts please.

Scenario:
I have a D220 in my lounge which serves as my listening room. My iMac (core i5 Late 2013) as well as wifi access point is in the study right in the room next door (about 10 meters in distance from D220 to wifi access point). The music is on an external HDD connected to the iMac via USB and controlled via Roon. The Devialet runs firmware 10.1.0 and I have the latest version of Roon installed.

My problem is that the D220 drops the wifi after about 30 seconds of connecting to it. After about a minute it reconnects and then 30 seconds later it drops the connection again. I have tried DHCP both on and off but the problem remains the same. 

In a last ditched effort to attempt to find the issue, I replaced my router and access point (D-link DU2500 and Airport Extreme combo) with a relatively expensive Asus AC68U. Wifi reception has definitely improved across the house but the D220 issue remains unresolved. The D220 shows 4 bars of wifi strength on the display.

I have been using a little Acer laptop running as a Roon Remote (connected to the iMac server via wifi) connected to the D220 via USB before with no wifi issues. I would really like to use Air though.

I have no ethernet infrastructure in my house and laying ethernet will be a real pain in the behind and the wife acceptance factor of cables against the wall a big problem. In South Africa we have brick houses (so no dry walls allowing easy cabling inside the walls).

Words of wisdom will be appreciated.

Hello Drifter

I never had much success using the Devialet WiFi, but I have found that by using Powerline extenders I can get rock-solid Ethernet all over the house without needing to install new cables. There will be folk who say that this has a negative effect on sound quality, but personally, I can't say I have noticed. It's a cheap and easy solution to try, anyway.

Good luck