Cannot connect system with Meraki switch and TP-Link Omada router

First question: Why the switch?

Suggestion: See my post on network maintenance 

Why is there a switch at all? Ethernet throughout quite a big house to various other devices (NAS, access points, a studio at bottom of garden etc).

OK….but why a managed switch unless you have a specific need. Typically an unmanaged switch will suffice in a home environment. Anyway Sonos devices like you own don’t play well via a switch. Furthermore using a managed switch can be tricky. BTW… you can wire a Sonos speaker for initial setup and then remove the Ethernet to let the speaker join your WiFi. 

You do not need to add the speakers to WIFI first in order to get them set up on your network. But there are a few settings you need to configure first in order to not create a broadcast storm and crash your network. I am not familiar with the configuration of the Meraki MS130-24P, but it should have mDNS, IGMP and STP/RSTP. Have a look at this page for settings you need:

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/search?q=STP+settings

You can just plug them in and they will get an IP address after you have made the changes.

It’s a good question AJtrek1, and I am considering changing to an unmanaged one. Short answer is that it’s what I was recommended by a former colleague who works in IT, but it does now seem to be a bit more than I need.

re: wiring the speaker, I have tried that – both into the switch and direct into the router – and have not been able to add. Sonos says that you need to add a unit to the system wirelessly before you wire it (I don’t know why).

I would be very happy to keep one unit ethernet-wired into the router, then connecting via Sonosnet to all the other units (i.e. not using the wi-fi). This is how I used to have it set up, and it worked great.

thanks

Thanks Pools, those are the settings I have been trying to follow but struggling with somewhat – some are clear, some called slightly different things, and some I can’t find in the settings at all.

The Sonos does get an IP address when connected, so I can ‘see’ it, as it were, but I cannot successfully add it to the system.

This is another possibility. A managed switch can Assign IP Addresses in certain configurations. I wonder if the speaker you can’t see in the App is attached to the switch where as your device is pointing to your WiFi. As a test I’d: 

1. Power off all Sonos.
2. Remove the switch; although doing so may cause you to lose other devices temporarily.
3. Reboot your router.
4. Plug in your Sonos and let them come back.
5. Open the Sonos app and select join an existing system.

If all is successful then I’d say the problem is the managed switch.

Thanks, I’ll give it a try. I’m just trying to add one Sonos unit at the moment to keep it simple, and have tried it 1. wireless 2. ethernet into switch 3. ethernet into router

Do you have any VLANs setup?

If so, do you have ACL configured to permit the main VLAN access to the Sonos VLAN?

My network is a mixture of managed and unmanaged switches and two WiFi networks. The wireless SONOS units can choose their own WiFi connection without any fuss.