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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?

Is the 5 port switch a managed switch? If so you will need to configure STP and make sure it has the right Priority set.


Is the 5 port switch a managed switch? If so you will need to configure STP and make sure it has the right Priority set.

It’s not a managed switch, so therefore should I configure STP on the port feeding this switch?


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