Troubleshooting question

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Simon, thanks. Yes, I have tried the "eliminate one thing at a time" and until now have not found a candidate. I may have found one.

I successfully installed Minimserver (and Java; realized I had no Java on my WS2012 AO pc) on my CAPS server. And now, via my Signature Rendu, which thankfully continues to be seen on Kazoo as OpenHome via either Minimserver library instance (Caps or NAS) even though BubbleServer is installed on NAS...guess it works for whole LAN.....I can now pick either library, my mini-library that sits on the CAPS local USB, or my large NAS library. I choose, first, to listen to some 24/192 and DSD64 stuff via CAPs and there was no buffering at all, quite glitch-free. Nice! The same tracks, played back from the NAS library, buffered every 20 seconds, sometimes for a few seconds at a time. Both libraries are accessed via the same router, same gigabit switch (fiber in fact), etc.

My small brain tells me I have a NAS issue. I will again contact Synology and try to troubleshoot. Any ideas? I don't think I did anything different with the Synology from earlier this year to November, but maybe a DSM firmware update did something, but both I and they doubt it. Their customer support confirmed, this past Friday, that my network setup was correct (IPv6 turned off, etc etc). There is clearly a kink in this large hose somewhere.