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samuelward
samuelward
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May 30, 2021
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Setting up Sonos acress an access point

Hello,

I am trying to understand if something is possible before buying the equipment. I am trying to set my parents house up with Sonos across the house and an outbuilding.

 

House is working great, obviously very easy and pleased how it’s all working.


Now for the outbuilding I was thinking of running an Ethernet from the house Virgin router to an access point (AP) in the garden building. Something like an Archer C6 AC1200, for context this is about 35m away.  Reading online this should ‘extend’ my wifi to the garden building. I had previously considered a PowerLine Adapter, but I suspect this will have issues because the outbuilding is on its own Consumer Unit...
 

I am assuming that if the AP has the same ssid and password, setting up a new Sonos or two would be simple enough, and I’ll be able to see and control them all together?

 

(Bit of an amateur when it comes to home networks)

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Corry P
Corry PAnswer
Sonos Staff
June 3, 2021

Hi @samuelward 

The Archer C6 would be fine - you’d just need to put it into Bridge/AP mode. For ease of use, configure the WiFi credentials to be the same as your VM router. You will need to run an ethernet cable over to it though.

Powerline isn’t supported.

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Kumar
May 31, 2021

If you have a Sonos with a pair of Ethernet jacks...end the ethernet wire run from the home at one jack and use the other jack to wire to an access point to extend wifi into the outbuilding.

    106rallye
    106rallye
    May 31, 2021

    If I remember correctly that would limit the speed of the connection to 10/100 Mbit? 1000Mbps Gigabit Ethernet ports | Sonos Community

    This does not have to be a big problem of course….

    Kumar
    May 31, 2021

    I get 40 Mbps internet access consistently via this scheme and that is enough for my most demanding use case: HD video streams. 

     

      samuelward
      samuelwardAuthor
      Avid Contributor I
      May 31, 2021

      Thanks @Kumar, I did think that this might work but then you’ll only have SonosNet down the cabin. Meaning you cannot then control the app from outside the house wifi zone.

       

      I tried a power line today, as I suspected this did not work so back to the shop it goes…

       

      I will have to run a 50m Ethernet to the cabin, now just a matter of working out the best access point configuration/ hardware

      Kumar
      May 31, 2021

      The second wifi from the second ethernet jack to the access point will create the wifi presence needed for the Sonos app to work to control the extended Sonos net based units in the outbuilding. Mine has the same ssid and password as the router established one, for convenience and easy automatic switching of the phone from one to the other.

      Corry P
      Corry PAnswer
      Sonos Staff
      June 3, 2021

      Hi @samuelward 

      The Archer C6 would be fine - you’d just need to put it into Bridge/AP mode. For ease of use, configure the WiFi credentials to be the same as your VM router. You will need to run an ethernet cable over to it though.

      Powerline isn’t supported.

      "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
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