Advanced setups

It’s obvious that SONOS doesn’t has the awareness let alone the knowledge / experience to understand that home and business networks are increasingly more complex and thus are on a rapid pace to make themselves irrelevant in the market.  Privately, professionally and for my clients we’re no longer recommending Sonos. Not until segmented VLANS are supported via an advanced configuration option. There is NO technical excuse why this couldn’t / shouldn’t be made to work. 

I have a Sonos system that consists of two Play:5 (Gen 2) speakers, two One (Gen 2) speakers, and five One (Gen 1) speakers.The two Play:5 speakers are in a stereo pair and are connected to an Ethernet port in my wall that runs to a UniFi switch.The Sonos system is on a VLAN that is separated from other VLANs in my network via firewall rules.  The devices (phones and laptops) that run the Sonos apps are on their own VLAN.My Sonos system generally works well in this setup and always has.  Occasionally, it seems slightly slow or it loses connection to a Plex server on another VLAN.  Also, when I install an update via the Windows app, I always get a message that says the update failed, even though it actually succeeded.  But generally speaking, I don’t have any major issues.I’ve allowed all of the ports listed on 

I have a Sonos system that consists of two Play:5 (Gen 2) speakers, two One (Gen 2) speakers, and five One (Gen 1) speakers.The two Play:5 speakers are in a stereo pair and are connected to an Ethernet port in my wall that runs to a UniFi switch.The Sonos system is on a VLAN that is separated from other VLANs in my network via firewall rules.  The devices (phones and laptops) that run the Sonos apps are on their own VLAN.I’ve noticed that my UniFi network logs are full of entries (just about every minute) saying that one of the Sonos speakers was blocked by a firewall rule from accessing the PC that runs my Plex server.  Every Sonos speaker appears to be doing this.I’ve allowed all of the ports listed on https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/configure-your-firewall-to-work-with-sonos through my fire

Hi all,I have several VLANs in my network. Sonos (both a system on S1 and a system on S2) is setup with my IoT VLAN and the controllers (phones etc) are generally in the main secure LAN. I used this link to configure all the ports so that the Sonos devices in the IoT VLAN can talk to the controllers in the main LAN. For the S2 system this works flawless, but unfortunately not for the S1 system. Spotify connect does work for the S1 system with a controller in the main LAN, so this makes me think that the S1 app probably needs different ports that the S2 app. Is this assumption correct and does anyone know which ports to use then? Thanks!

Since the recent update I can not see my SONOS system. My Pllaybase and SONOS One surround  speakers work but I have no app control anymore. I have tried all of he normal things I have had SONOS since mid 2000s so som experience. Any ideas on how I get it all working again?

I bought an Era 100 about 18 months ago for use in a small flat. It’s an old building and we’re on the top floor so the only WiFi option is a mobile dongle-type device (basically a 4g sim). It works fine though and worked for 12 months with the Era 100…. then nothing at all. After a couple of hours wait time (I gave up several times!) I finally spoke to customer support today to be told that mobile networks like this are not supported any more. So, I now have a redundant Era 100… what a waste! Sonos, how do I get my money back? You have moved the goalposts and the product that worked when I bought it is now useless. Has anyone else had the same issue? Is there a solution?

Need some help with a networking issue. I have several Amps and speakers throughout the house, Amps and one Play 5 are hardwired. I'd love to hardwire my Arc that's paired with (2) Play 5s and a Sub in my Family Room as I experience cutouts at times. I added a 5-port switch behind the TV and hardwired the TV and Arc but immediately noticed it throttled every device to <5mbps. Immediately after unplugging the Arc, everything went back to normal. All my ports feeding Sonos devices have STP/CIST configured properly. Would configuring the port feeding the 5-port switch fix this while not causing issues for the non-Sonos devices?

wir wollen Sonos auf Reisen im Womo nutzen. Wlan/Netzwerk ist in manchen Ländern nicht vorhanden.Gibt es eine alternative Nutzbarkeit der 3 Lautsprecher ohne Wlan?

I have a Ubiquity Unifi network with a separate VLAN for my Sonos speakers. They all work perfectly fine (set on SonosNet) + a Roam on WiFi, except for the Era 100 (which is connected to ethernet with the Sonos Combo Adapter). I am unable to connect any device via AirPlay. When I move the Era back into LAN (same VLAN as other devices) it works instantly.

I have looked at the various answers in the forum and none resolve the inability to amend alarm times or set new ones. I will need a new system as I need an alarm and am realising SONOS has lost the art of innovation. 

Hi,I currently have a fairly comprehensive Sonos-based sound system in my apartment with about 6 different speakered rooms. In my living room alongside my Sonos arc and surround Ones, I have an old Zenith record player console. I use it to play old records and occasionally listen to the radio. I believe its possible to wire the console into my Sonos system in such a way that I can play my records throughout the house and use the console as a speaker for spotify streams etc. by using the “Tape” output setting and connecting RCA cables to the sockets on the back of the player, but I’m looking for some guidance on doing this in case there are any drawbacks or potential pitfalls. There is also another “external speaker” output on the back which I’m not sure about. I don’t currently own a Sonos Amp or Port (I’m not sure which I’d need) so I’d want to make sure it would work before I tried one. Alternatively if there was a way to do this that didn’t cost $700 that wo

I have a Samsung Serif with audio being output via HDMI eARC to a mic mixer. The mixer can take HDMI input and can output HDMI or optical. The SONOS Ray only takes optical input so my current attempt at a karaoke setup is Serif → Mic Mixer via HDMI eARC → SONOS Ray via optical output. This isn’t working and I’m not sure why. This setup worked perfectly with my $70 Onn soundbar.

Ive had an Arc, Gen 3 Sub and a pair of Ones as my rear for surround.  I recently bought a pair of era 100’s to add as fronts (thus finally have living room surrounded all around), but they’re adding separately as stereo and don’t play with the existing setup.  Apparently I’m a moron with this App. Do I need to delete my setup and start over with all speakers?? 

J'ai du mal à configurer ma paire Era 100 avec un beam gen 2 pour en faire des enceintes surround  Moderator Edit - Translation by Google:I'm having trouble configuring my Era 100 pair with a beam gen 2 to make them surround speakers

Hi allI need expert advice for improving my existing setup.Today, I own: 1 playbar, 1 sub, 2 sonos play:1. I also have a ProJect turntable.I just swapped my TV for a projector. The projector gets the signal from the TV set top box (decoder) (connected in HDMI). Both the projector and the decoder are far away from the wall where the audio has to be.Both the decoder and the video projector have bluetooth connectivity. I am ready to invest some money (not too much) to upgrade my system. I’d like to be able to play music also from my turntable.Here are the options today:I buy a Arc Ultra and cast the audio from the decoder to the arc through bluetooth, and I connect the turntable to the arc with an analog/digital converter and an optical cable I buy one ERA300 and cast the audio from the decoder to the ERA and I plug the turntable into the ERA with the Sonos Line In Adapter I buy two ERA300 and do the

So - With the new Sonos App Release in Spring 2024 there has been a number of challenges.   The most recent one for those of us that have used Sonos as a source for a Crestron controlled Home automation.  Discontinuation Notice: Sonos® App Support on Crestron Touch Panels- Update January 9th, 2025 - Crestron has discontinued the use of the Sono’s app in it’s panels - (This is due to the updated Sonos App and no warning to its partner Crestron that it would not work back in spring 2024) https://community.crestron.com/s/article/2986 So… having said that - Lots of expensive home systems (Thousands… 20K,30K+ systems) do not have a functional source solution -  Thanks Sonos!   My customers love me now! Any installers or users that have found a work around or another solutions?     I will not be recommending Sonos to customers now - h

I have 2 internet providers coming into my house - SKY and AIRBAND. Most of my Sonos components are wired via Ethernet to the Airband router. The WiFi on both routers are on.  The IOS controller shows all components whether I am connected to the Sky or Airband WiFi but the list of services won’t load and I can’t control the music/volume.In the app the Sky WiFi is shown under manage my network - if I try and delete it it reappears after a few seconds. Any advise on how to set this up correctly? I would like Sonos wired for reliability but if I turned off Airband WiFi could I use Sky WiFi to control the system if it’s wired into the Airband router? Most of the units are close together except for a couple.   

What channel is best to use to lower interference from other WiFi products? I use a google fiber modem and service and how do I go through this process of switching my Sonos system to a different channel? Thank you 🙏 

This post applies mainly to ASUS routers that incorporate AiMesh setup; but may be applicable to other brands. I have three (3) Asus ZenWiFi Pro ET12 WiFi 6 routers configured in AiMesh via wired backhaul.I’ve seen posts indicating that WiFi 6 and WiFi 7 routers lend connectivity issues with Sonos. It’s been recommended to disable the WiFi 6 or WiFi 7 bands. As you can see from the screenshot below I have all three (3) bands active. I have WiFi 6 Apple products that use the WiFi 6 GHz including this iPad Pro 13 inch I’m currently using to pen this post. I have devices (cameras, Alexa & Google, TV’s, Apple TV’s, washer & dryer, dishwasher, microwave, lights_ Phillips Hue & Wiz, security system, Android tablet, Apple cell phones, tablets & computers, HVAC system and 31 Sonos products) that use 2.4Ghz, 5Ghz and as mentioned the 6Ghz band. The difference that allows my network t

So I had to replace my network switch as it failed. I have 4 Sonos Connect devices (one Connect Amp and 3 Connects). Historically I had one connected to the Switch and then the other 3 daisy chained via cat5 cables. All was well.  Now my system “isn’t found” on the network. After trying a bunch of things I decided to hard reset each device (pressing mute/volume up button when powering on until orange light flashes and eventually solid green). I then reset my app and started from scratch with just one device at a time. However it is still unable to find my device.  I can see on my Router that the Connect Amp has an IP address so know it is connected.  But adding a device via the app and going through the “power on” just keeps saying no device found.  Any ideas?

I've just bought a Beam, a Sub Mini and two Era 100s. The two Era 100s are configured as the Beam's surround and it works fine. But I also want to listen to music only on the Era 100s in stereo (without using the Beam). No matter how hard I look, I can't find a way to create a second configuration that allows me to do this. Do I need to create a second room in the application? Or should I link the two Era 100s in Bluethooth? I'm at a loss.   Thanks for your help.

You can find a complete writeup of how I got Sonos & UniFi to play nicely on the UniFi forums: Sonos & UniFi - Instructions for how I get them to play nice | Ubiquiti Community

I’m posting this because of the repeated problems I’ve had my Sonos network and components working then falling off of my system. This is potentially a fix for many people out there.  I have an Asus router, but many routers will use the 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz bands simultaneously WITH THE SAME SSID NAME. This will confuse your Sonos system, as well as many other WiFi connected devices. For me, my Arc would connect to the 2.4Ghz band and my 2 Era 100’s would connect to the 5Ghz band. While the components were all connected to the router, the fact that they were on different bands did not allow the Sonos network to connect to all 3 of them. What’s more infuriating was that if all 3 coincidentally connected to the same band and were set up on a Sonos network, the router may move 1 or 2 to another band at a later time and the Sonos network would show those components as disconnected or missing or in Sleep Mode or powered down.  THE FIX:Find the WiF

I used to use raspberry pi + digi+ coax out connect into DAC using Volumio… and i am quite happy with the setup… my music server got lots of FLAC at up to 24/48.kHZ and can play HDCD out of my FLAC.. how do i know because i am using Parasound D/AC-2000 and it show the output at 44/48 and HDCD…recently i got a Sonos Connect Gen 2… perfect for Sonos Apps S2…. and i found out in Line Out Level for Sonos Connect got 3 options, Variable, Fixed and Pass-Through… what is the best setting ? and can i stream my FLAC at 24/48kHZ or even got HDCD decoding on it ?  

System - 1 Amp connected to a pair of Emotiva ERT 8.3’s, 2 Ports, one connected to a Denon 4311ci (13.2) via Coax and the second connected via coax to a Musical Fidelity V90-DAC, connected via Analog RCA to a HK3490.I was an early adopter of the Amp and Port when they launched, and despite some issues with my Unifi AP’s, I had them working prior to the update by wiring one to Ethernet and leaving the rest connected via Wifi.Like everyone else, the big updated forced me to reset all the devices and re-create my network and this is when I noticed that no matter what I did, I can’t get my AMP to play music.  It shows on the app that it’s playing, but no sound...however it will control the rest of the group playing music on the Ports from the touch controls just fine.Apparently, one of the recent firmware updates killed the wired ethernet ports on the back of BOTH ports, they don’t even light up on the back anymore (neither ethernet port lights NOR the setup button