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SONOS and STARLINK Mesh Challenges - Anyone figure it out?

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Hi there, I’ve seen a thread that covers off my challenge - but it was started years ago, and regardless, never seems to have been resolved. Given the adoption of Starlink as an ISP, it might be time to revisit.

SITUATION: I’m using the Starlink Mesh - 2 nodes - router and mesh (yes I’ve seen some challenges using Starlink with SONOS, but I’ve run into no problem- and generally it works ‘great’), but when I try to tie SONOS units together ‘play everywhere’ or attempt to join in units in other parts of the house - being serviced but the mesh node - I'm presented with the “Wireless range extender” error. Those units connected to the mesh node do not play.

I live in a large house, with plaster and lathe walls, and NO consumer router can provide enough coverage - hence the mesh. I did previously use the Google Mesh - but with the change in ISP, would prefer just to use the OEM router and mesh system.

QUESTION: Does anyone know if there’s a workaround/solution to this (other than using cables to all units - why would I buy SONOS if I had to do that)?

I’d take any suggestions - and if I need to buy a new Mesh - irks me, as it’s silly, but I will.

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Lyricist III

I meant boost when I said bridge. Lol. Thanks for the response.
Wiring up the boost this weekend.

When you say wire up a player? What do you mean “player”. A speaker?

Thanks

I absolutely would not use a BRIDGE, under any circumstances. As suggested by @buzz , if I had to, on an S1 system, I would use a BOOST.

Bruce

Grand Maestro

“Player”, “Speaker”, they are all the same in this context. Examples of “player” would be ZP80, ZP90, CONNECT, and PORT. A BOOST is simply a SONOS unit with the audio section removed in order to reduce cost.

Lyricist III

That is good to know.
So I can just use the speaker I already have in the room and connect it to my Ethernet cable and get the same result correct?

Sorry. Im a lil new to this system.

Grand Maestro

Right, you can replace a Bridge or Boost by wiring select Sonos devices/speakers to Ethernet.

The actual challenge isn’t connecting the Ethernet cable to the Sonos, but to StarLink ;)

Bruce

Lyricist III

Right.
So the adapter Starlink sells should allow me to do that as I understand.

I’d agree…and am anxious for you to be a test case for me :).

Bruce

Lyricist III

I’ll report back.

Honestly, my temptation would be to run a ‘normal’ router off that connection, and yank all Wi-Fi connection from the StarLink, making it just a ‘modem’. I’ve still not seen a way that I can get in to StarLink and assign reserved IP addresses. While I often agree with ‘simple is better’, it doesn’t always serve my particular needs.

Bruce

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