MinimServer & Synology Link Aggregation Issue

[dmormerod]

Hi

I've been posting on the Computer Audiophile forum about issues with MinimServer & LAG and it was suggested I post my findings here.

I've been running Link Aggregation on my DS415+ across the 2 ethernet ports using a NetGear managed switch. This weekend I installed MinimServer for use with an Aries streamer. The issue I was having was that MinimServer was only showing as available within the DS Lightning App for a few seconds after start-up and then it would disappear. It was suggested I try Linn Kazoo on my MAC and that had the same issue. The strange thing however was that MinimWatch appeared to be behaving as expected, I could stop & restart and there was nothing that looked untoward in the log.

After much playing around I changed the networking option on my NAS from LAG to 'Adaptive Load Balancing' (which is a new feature in DSM 5.2). As soon as I made this change the MinimServer became available on both the Aries & Kazoo.

Since making that change yesterday, I've had no further issues seeing the MinimServer. I have no idea what's going on at the network layer to cause the issue with LAG, but just in case anyone is running the same config and having issues, this maybe something to try!

Thanks

Mike