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nialler
Contributor I
May 20, 2014

Sonos Network New Install

Hi Guys

I've installed 15 Sonos speakers and a bridge two days ago. Two connected buildings two storey over basement, old, lots of granite walls. Bridge in comms room and a selection of speakers throughout the building Play 5, Play 3 and mostly play 1. No more than 20-30 feet between any speaker.

On Sunday when I installed, everything worked perfectly and updated nicely. Speakers were all in a group, playing radio fine. Yesterday got a bit patchy after we installed spotify with speakers stuttering then stopping completely. Today nothing, in the Sonos App on a PC server I can only see four speakers and sometimes one or two will pop in and out. Really frustrating as the MD spent €2,500 on my recommendation.

If I were to wire the speakers using the ethernet port at the back of the speakers, would this allow wired networking as opposed to wireless which may be patchy?

I have also installed 9 ubiquity unify wireless access points throughout the building at the weekend so if they're on that there shouldn't be a problem, would really like to get this sorted.

Any suggestions are most welcome.

Thanks

Niall
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    niallerAuthor
    Contributor I
    May 22, 2014
    Thanks Buzz I had a fair idea that was the case. What then is the bridge, is that like a little wifi booster?

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    NoBoB
    NoBoB
    May 23, 2014
    A Sonos system requires one device wired to the network. If you can wire one or more players, you're all set. If not, the Bridge serves as the wired component without the expense of a full player. The Bridge is a Sonos unit without the audio components, just the networking.
    niallerAuthor
    Contributor I
    May 27, 2014
    Hi Buzz

    Thanks for the reply it's been a bit of a crazy week. It's always wise never to install 2 new wireless systems at once without proper testing.

    What I've done to get the system running was configure a spare port on the firewall with a completely different IP range giving it a direct route on to our 100mb fibre line and off the main network I'll also be putting the guest wireless on this network so kill two birds with one stone. I've also repositioned some of the units to make sure they're green across the board (one or two were red) in the monitoring port.

    Again thanks for all your help (Ratty, Buzz, NoBob).

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    the_lhc
    Avid Contributor I
    May 27, 2014
    Hi Buzz

    Thanks for the reply it's been a bit of a crazy week. It's always wise never to install 2 new wireless systems at once without proper testing.

    What I've done to get the system running was configure a spare port on the firewall with a completely different IP range giving it a direct route on to our 100mb fibre line and off the main network I'll also be putting the guest wireless on this network so kill two birds with one stone. I've also repositioned some of the units to make sure they're green across the board (one or two were red) in the monitoring port.

    Again thanks for all your help (Ratty, Buzz, NoBob).

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    You realise that anyone connected to the subnet that Sonos is NOT on won't be able to control or even see the Sonos system right? That may or may not be what you want, I've no idea.
    niallerAuthor
    Contributor I
    May 27, 2014
    Precisely what I want the_lhc, we'll run the controller on an iPad mini mounted in the Kitchen of the office so if users wish to play a certain song they can. They all have access to the collaborative playlist on Spotify.
    autocrime
    Lyricist I
    December 11, 2018
    i had a similar problem i have 3 cisco sg200-16 switches at home with ubiquity ap;s i did a speed test on a computer connected to the 3 switch and it was very poor. i was going crazy as to why. for some reason my two switches wired together with fiber were nit talking over the fiber. They were talking over the sonos backhaul for some unknown reason. It could not handle all the traffic i was putting through it. i don't know when it happened it was not like that at first.

    i had a bridge and a sound bar connected to two different switches. when i disconnected the bridge speeds went back to normal

    now i hope the sonos system will work ok.

    Either wire them all to the same switch. or only wire one central component.
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