Make Sonos work without internet

I was playing music downloaded to phone via Spotify within Spotify app ceiling speakers disappeared and I couldn’t connect to Sonos One speakers around home too. Music would play fine on phone eventually I AirPlayed the Sonos One’s. Even on Sonos app although rooms were listed couldn’t play anything even the queue listed from last played via Spotify which was downloaded to phone.

I have a hub basically modem and router in one

I was playing music downloaded to phone via Spotify within Spotify app ceiling speakers disappeared and I couldn’t connect to Sonos One speakers around home too. Music would play fine on phone eventually I AirPlayed the Sonos One’s. Even on Sonos app although rooms were listed couldn’t play anything even the queue listed from last played via Spotify which was downloaded to phone.

Songs downloaded from Spotify cannot be played on Sonos due to DRM protection. Has nothing to do with internet and everything to do with Spotify not willing to license their DRM encryption to a third party.

Then you were streaming from the internet, as downloaded Spotify content cannot be played on Sonos

Cheers John bit of a pain that you have to download to two locations as obviously when out and about need it downloaded via Spotify

You can thank the lawyers for that pain. They're the ones who cause all these companies to enforce the laws around music copyrights and musician payments, as well as multi country agreements. Having dealt with trying to get music clearance for video games in the past, I can assure you, it's a black hole of life sucking complexity. But I guess at the end of the day, I do want the creators of the music to get their monies.....but it does seem to me that the lawyers seem to get a fairly large share.

Cheers John bit of a pain that you have to download to two locations as obviously when out and about need it downloaded via SpotifyYou aren't really downloading a second time. Spotify does not allow downloaded content to be played on Sonos. So each and every time you play the track you stream it from the internet. That is why the music stopped when the internet went down. In effect, as far as Sonos is concerned, downloaded (but not purchased outright) music is not a locally-stored source.

I would just like to play the music from my media server over my Sonos speakers without having to have a connection to the internet.
As long as your router is broadcasting IP addresses, you should be fine.
I have a separate modem and router. A few weeks ago I had to switch off the modem for a full day to do some maintenance on my network, meanwhile SONOS was playing my music from the NAS without interruptions, and could be controlled via the iPad and iPhone without any issue.

I am wondering if someone could explain how to set up two routers, one connected to the internet and one only to my home network while being able to either stream from the internet or listen to my iTunes library. Help would be greatly appreciated.

-Jp

I'm not understanding your question, why do you want two routers and networks?

You realize Sonos will only connect to one or the other?

If you don't hook one router behind the other your ISP is likely going to charge you more for two connections.

That piggy-back setup can cause much frustration if you aren't very good at networking.

@jkpalmer52

I don't know to whom you've been talking to but I think they have you a bit confused. First of all any router used to connect to the internet or just generate a Wi-Fi signal is your HOME network. In theory you don't need a connection to the internet to have a home network.

You could have a router that generates a Wi-Fi signal and move files between computers or any device capable of locking on to the wi-fi. However, without an internet connection you won't be able to send or receive emails or perform any task that requires the internet.

Here's the other fun part...after you have setup Sonos you could disconnect (remove) the cable that brings internet into your home and still use Sonos to play music that you own that is resident on your iOS or Android device as well as a Windows or MacOSX PC.

There's another form of isolated communication between devices called "peer to peer". Guess what...it doesn't require a router!

Having said all the above...just what is it you want to do? You'll have to be more specific. As Stanley_4 said you may cause yourself a lot of frustration if you aren't adept at networking.:?

Cheers!