There are certain users, who don't utilize multi-zone capabilities, since they've picked up just a single Sonos player - be it Connect or Play - for one-room music experience. Naturally, those users don't need to keep the built-in WiFi in always ON state. Please, consider adding an option to disable WiFi, when it is not required. This will reduce power consumption, interference with other wifi sources, and keep the environment clean and free of extra EMR.
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I agree, it should be possible to turn off Wifi if needed
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Mike C,
I have one Sonos Play5. I would like to expand on the one devise, but that will not be happening until a user friendly WiFi switch off is available
I've had to disable wifi connections on several of my sonos boxes to get the network stable.
Works a treat.
https://bsteiner.info/articles/disabling-sonos-wifi
Hi Everyone,
This is an interesting conversation, but I would like to add a little note.
The steps on this website aren't officially supported by Sonos and we wouldn't advise disabling the WiFi on a Sonos device.
You guys need to design a better solution. I agree that there needs to be a "Supported" wifi off option. And why are you bridging traffic anyways between Ethernet and Wifi... Because you guys obviously suck at networking. You do not seem to play with other network switches with RSTP or STP... And given that homes are becoming smarter and more networked (meaning that they are more advanced) you guys seriously need to do a better job of not killing your client's home networks with your speakers. If you need to bridge traffic do it only for the SONOS MACs that are part of the home network. Do not bridge everything!
This problem will only become more of an issue over time and obviously the current design does not cut it for smart homes. I have 5 play1s and a playbar now. I was tired of hearing my TV frame vibrating on certain sounds... The sounds is great. Your networking design needs improvement. Perhaps I should work there to help you guys redesign something better... 🙂
Simply search "sonos turn off wifi" on google. Good tutorial by Benoit Steiner shows you how to turn off wifi.
I have 9 sonos connect and connect:amp all hard wired and wifi turned OFF. All rooms sync beautifully over ethernet and it has been much solid setup than relying on wifi-mesh network. If you have noisy wifi environment (I have multiple APs with 2.4GHz and 5GHz plus Guest Network at home), turning off wifi mesh network of Sonos also has additional benefit.
I have 9 sonos connect and connect:amp all hard wired and wifi turned OFF. All rooms sync beautifully over ethernet and it has been much solid setup than relying on wifi-mesh network. If you have noisy wifi environment (I have multiple APs with 2.4GHz and 5GHz plus Guest Network at home), turning off wifi mesh network of Sonos also has additional benefit.
I've had to disable wifi connections on several of my sonos boxes to get the network stable.
Works a treat.
https://bsteiner.info/articles/disabling-sonos-wifi
Hi Everyone,
This is an interesting conversation, but I would like to add a little note.
The steps on this website aren't officially supported by Sonos and we wouldn't advise disabling the WiFi on a Sonos device.
The following may be of interest.
I've had to disable wifi connections on several of my sonos boxes to get the network stable.
Works a treat.
https://bsteiner.info/articles/disabling-sonos-wifi
I've had to disable wifi connections on several of my sonos boxes to get the network stable.
Works a treat.
https://bsteiner.info/articles/disabling-sonos-wifi
Thank you Ratty for your advice. I did it.
but as "Azur - Sonos" a Sonos employee wrote before in this forum : "You are welcome to vote on this feature in this thread."
That's what I am doing and I would really appreciate that Sonos enabled and supported this as an option : wifi on/off. It would be great !
but as "Azur - Sonos" a Sonos employee wrote before in this forum : "You are welcome to vote on this feature in this thread."
That's what I am doing and I would really appreciate that Sonos enabled and supported this as an option : wifi on/off. It would be great !
Thanks
It's not officially supported but Google is your friend.
I just bought 6 sonos speakers and am really dissapointed they do not have the obvious and easy to implement function to disable wifi. I would love to see the option to simply turn off wifi for a speaker that is connected through wires, but also the possibility to turn off wifi at night. Cause why keep all that radio on each and every night?
I am convinced this would bring more buyers (lots of people prefer sleeping in an environment with a little radio as possible: they pout their phones on flight mode and turn off their router or the wifi on their router through a schedule).
I am now looking to see if I can simply put clocks on the power outlets that turns them off at night and on in the morning, but if this doesn't work I will return them.
I hope you'll consider to add this feature!
Thanks.
I am convinced this would bring more buyers (lots of people prefer sleeping in an environment with a little radio as possible: they pout their phones on flight mode and turn off their router or the wifi on their router through a schedule).
I am now looking to see if I can simply put clocks on the power outlets that turns them off at night and on in the morning, but if this doesn't work I will return them.
I hope you'll consider to add this feature!
Thanks.
Do you need to turn on off frequently. You can turn off fairly simple via web browser.
Sonos devices DO support STP, but not RSTP. If you have switches that use STP, you need to have "Classic STP" enabled, and use short path cost values. If you have "smart" switches but don't have STP enabled on them, then you should have the switches set to flood BPDU packets so that Sonos devices can pass their STP packets without interference by the switches.
And they need to bridge everything... because you could plug a non-Sonos device into the Ethernet port on a Sonos device that is wireless to the rest of the network. If they only bridged Sonos traffic, then you wouldn't be able to do that. It's not a commonly used scenario, but it is used.
Chris,
It appears switching the HiFi is not permanent. My understanding is after each power down it reverts back to WiFi
I also would like to see a wifi on/off switch in the App. What would be even better is to be able to configure when the wifi is on and when it is off. For example, it should be off automatically after 11pm until 7am.
Note that the reduced energy consumption also helps to get closer to EU regulations concerning energy efficiency.
I bought my wife a Connect based on it having a simple setup and interface, I have no issue with my Logitech Squeezebox Touch, and find that I'm having to do more low level stuff with the Connect than I've ever had to do with my Touch. If a simple tweak can turn off the wifi, why won't you consider updating your app to give a switch that submits that tweak? I could see putting it off if it was a complex change but the underlying structure already gives you the capability so why not provide this straightforward change?
I would probably say the people that purposefully lookup and are knowledgeable enough to figure out how to do it are the only people they would want doing it.
I can't venture to say - probably would cause support headaches. I can't say what the possible implications are ... they probably know a lot more than we do what it effects.
I know. That's what I am doing. But this is a tweak, not a usable feature. It should be possible through the controler's interface, without geeky tricks. Actually, if this is possible via customised URLs, it shows it would be a simple option to integrate in the controler's interface... So why not doing it?
do a simple google search for disable sonos wifi
I'm not a competent Sonos installer but I am able to read instructions. Set up is a piece of cake especially if you avoid overlaying what you think should happen.
Yea google of disable Sonos wifi will give you the answer as top result.
It's now possible to desactivate wfi if all devices are RJ45 connected ?
Thank's
Google for the instructions. Sonos don't officially support disabling the radio.
Hello,
It's now possible to desactivate wfi if all devices are RJ45 connected ?
Thank's
It's now possible to desactivate wfi if all devices are RJ45 connected ?
Thank's
Yes, a waste of everyone's time. At last something we can agree on.
Finally an intelligent response, actually Ratty's response was intended to be useful too but I'm well aware that Sonos can operate on wi-fi instead of SonosNet and that even when using SonosNet it can be managed by knowing the RF channel it uses and what the nearest AP uses and changing channels as necassary to minimize interference when things are mostly stationary. My OP was just me asking operational questions regarding Sonos and my belief that if the devices can be wired they should and if they are wired there is no reason why the radios should be left on since it should provide no real operational benefit and accually pollute the RF spectrum which others interpreted as network chatter which is something entirely different but some choose to chatter up the forums without thinking or knowing facts. Again I don't need a hand setting up Sonos or configuring STP on my Cisco switches to accomodate Sonos, I have all the docs needed from the various network manufacturers I use to deal with the bridging created by multiple Sonos devices wired to a network. I also have the http command to turn off the radios and I could also open wireshark to see how they broadcast across my network but isn't anything I wanted answers to. I think I'd be better asking questions on a professional forum and ask other system integration experts what the fat and skinny is when using Sonos on enterprise class networks and have to deal with customers who buy these things and wonder why their networks crash. I think too many here are in denial or are just famialr with their own installation on a simple single AP network and aren't concerned about optimizing wi-fi and their network as long as they got Sonos working. Anyway this discussion has yielded no useful information and was basically a waste of my time. Take care!
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