Feature request: support RSTP

I said this elsewhere earlier but I too would like a few wired Sonos but without enabling Sonosnet so they and rest used my WiFi instead.

I think the Era 100/300 do that now if you add the Ethernet dongle.

Becoming less of an issue. Issue is only for users who still use Ethernet and have STP enabled on their network. The Ethernet connected devices will diminish over time as more users install whole home WiFi as part of their upgrade home broadband package. There may be instances of Ethernet requirement for pro installs. Consumers don’t tend to install Ethernet for their 4k Netflix/Amazon/Disney video streams to their TVs, tablets, phones, so why would they do this for just audio?

I built a house in 2005 (almost 20 years ago) and the engineer tried to convince me not to pass Ethernet cables at the time with this same argument. I didn't listen to him and I am very happy with that. You can ask my son who plays PS4. I connect everything that I can to Ethernet, specially my 4K TVs.

Additionally, I do have a mesh Wi-Fi network covering the whole house. But this is used by smartphones, moving laptops, IoT without Ethernet ports, etc.

I can't see I would be moving away from Ethernet (or perhaps fiber) in the future. 

BTW, the router and the mesh Wi-Fi nodes are all connected between them via Ethernet.

You heathen!!! 😉

Of course, wire APs. Do you connect your Sonos devices to Ethernet?

Yes for the soundbar. Specially, because the soundbar can't connect to 5Ghz Wi-Fi. No other speakers are connect to Ethernet, to avoid network storms, but I'd love to do so if I could turn off SonosNet.

Have you tried a wireless configuration? Previously I have used SonosNet in wired config for a fair number of years, since early 2023 its a wireless configuration, and I haven't had any issues with streaming lossless, even the 48/24 streams from Apple Music. You maybe surprised.

With a semi wired SonosNet configuration, ie not all devices wired you will have multiple hops, and find the latency of network is worse than a wireless configuration.

I understand what you're saying, but there are two points here:

• Even connecting everything to Wi-Fi, I'll have multiple hops, as the speakers will connect to different nodes of the Mesh Wi-Fi.
• Sonos soundbars don't connect to 5Ghz Wi-Fi. And I try to avoid 2.4Ghz as much as I can, because of interference with microwaves, cordless phones, neighbors, etc.

If you wirelessly connect your soundbar, no ethernet, then for all your other Sonos gear (except portables and Era’s) you can ethernet connect each one, one at a time and then disable WiFi in the app, and reboot it to verify. As pointed out above, the soundbar needs WiFi on so it can use the 5GHz to bond the satellite speakers. And with Wifi on, and an ethernet connection, you get Sonosnet which makes plugging in the other stuff trickier.