I finally got around to hard wiring the new Sonos:CONNECT. I daisy chained 2 CONNECT to the router, and initially let the other CONNECT and PLAY-1 use the sonos wireless network. I then ran a new Cat6 line to the 3rd CONNECT that isn't located with the other 2, and tested the line. The hardwire line worked great with the computer, but as soon as I plugged in the 3rd CONNECT, the whole network crashed. No WiFi or internet anywhere.
After lots of trial and error, I discovered that if I connected this new Cat6 network as a daisy chain from the basement CONNECT, and NOT directly from a port on the router, it worked again (after rebooting the router).
What is going on? May best guess is that the Sonos:CONNECT have a very high bandwidth demand between them, and as long as they are all daisy chained together they can operate without involving the rest of the network. However, if I have two or more Sonos plugged into the router itself, then that network traffic would go through the (old slow) router which can't keep up and crashes. Right?
I have several other Sonos systems to go, and can't keep daisy chaining them together. I wan't to understand what the requirements are.
Do you need a 10GB hub to connect the Sonos? Other suggestions?
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