Enable IPv6

Does anyone know if the chipsets in the speakers even support dual-stack?

FYI
The layer 3 protocols should largely be independent of the hardware which is at layer 1 and 2. Even if there were some dependencies, I doubt there are any chipset manufacturers who would make something that didn't support IPv6 these days.

In other words, there shouldn't be an issue.

Sometimes (e.g. Wiznet chips) the IPv4 stack is baked into the chip.

However, I think we can focus on Sonos implementing IPv6 in future product releases and on their website and services as a first step. Existing hardware is a nice to have, but at least stop producing new stuff that won't work with the modern internet.

My somewhat-snarky response to their support team was that nowhere in the system requirements does it talk about IPv4 as a must-have.  Google Play Music supports IPv6 streaming, which is the only streaming music service I use :) 

There is a lot of news around IPv6 lately, and some interesting articles, thanks for sharing MikeV. When it comes down to Sonos and IPv6, keep in mind that we only connect to an incredibly small slice of the Internet. Sonos players only connect to our home servers, music services, and Internet Radio streams. That’s about all of the net which our devices will ever see. Those locations are all major and will, in all likelihood, remain IPv4 accessible long into the future.

Your local network will remain on IPv4, as the home is never going to have enough devices that you need to go to IPv6. Again, the players will continue to function perfectly fine.

We are constantly monitoring the market and technology trends that are important. Should there come a time when Sonos players need to connect to an IPv6 server, we’ll make sure that you can continue to listen to music in your home. Whether this means making players IPv6 compatible, or finding a solution which will work somewhere in the middle.


I'll disable all IPv4 as soon as 90% of the services are IPv6.
NAT is horrible tech and needs to go extinct.

I've never seen a company that stated out so innovative end up so far behind.
Did your developers run away, and only the marketing team is left behind?

Besides traffic leaving the boundaries of the home, also within the home IPv6 will get mote popular looking at some IoT addressing schemes. I am almost ready to kick v4 out of my home - if there was not this sonos system 😞 - OK, no worries, there is also some not so smart smart TV 😉

Just thought I'd point out the wonderful irony that this new community site is accessible via IPv6. :)

Just out of curiosity sake... if Sonos finally makes an IPv6 item, perhaps a Bridge, Boost, or a speaker that is hardwired to a router, that would then make the whole Sonos setup good to go for IPv6 services? That seems like the easiest way to fix the issue if this is true, but I definitely feel sonos should start making improvements before it's too late. To many competitors exist today to be selling 10 year old play 5s that still cost a fortune and haven't had a single improvement. I don't want them to re-invent the wheel but it's hard to justify buying expensive new electronics when I already feel they're on the verge of becoming antiques.

Just out of curiosity sake... if Sonos finally makes an IPv6 item, perhaps a Bridge, Boost, or a speaker that is hardwired to a router, that would then make the whole Sonos setup good to go for IPv6 services? That seems like the easiest way to fix the issue if this is true, but I definitely feel sonos should start making improvements before it's too late. To many competitors exist today to be selling 10 year old play 5s that still cost a fortune and haven't had a single improvement. I don't want them to re-invent the wheel but it's hard to justify buying expensive new electronics when I already feel they're on the verge of becoming antiques.
Every Sonos device on a network has its own IP address. If Sonos were to continue operating in this fashion, then every Sonos device would need to support IPv6.

I'm not worried about the fact that it's 5 or 10 year old hardware... IPv6 is something that would be added in software/firmware. And Sonos continues to support their old and out-of-production devices with software updates, even years after they stopped producing them.

very disappointed in Sonos backward statements here, you'd expect better. I too bought 5 or 6 zones a few years ago as it was all very innovative and new. Now I'm not so sure, I haven't seen any new features whatsoever lately, just more and more music services. Meanwhile the PC and MAC applications are a complete mess and have very disappointing features (try drag and drop between players), so simple to implement.

I'm going to be moving to Crestron SWAMP now, gives me more central management capabilities and complete control via the Crestron Software.

Such a pity. this could have been great.