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SarahN
SarahN
Local Superstar
March 31, 2023
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UK BT Mesh System (WiFI disks)

I have a BT UK router and I am thinking about getting one of their WiFi disks to help extend the WiFi upstairs, does this work OK with Sonos? Or are there issues?

To be clear, I don’t want a possible mesh BT WiFI disk for Sonos, just for a TV upstairs that has poor WiFI connection sometimes. Most of my Sonos is on SonosNet and my portable speakers seem to do fine on the WiFi.

If I got a BT Disk, could this upset Sonos?

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TravellerAnswer
March 31, 2023

I have 2 BT Wi-Fi extenders, as the house has metal door supports which impede Wi-Fi!

They work fine with Sonosnet  - I have Beam attached to the Bt router, 2 BT discs, and Sonosnet in use. The matrix grid is green, with one yellow, so all OK.

So, certainly in my case, the discs do not interfere with Sonos at all.

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controlav
controlav
Lead Maestro
May 25, 2023

I have been using the BT WiFi extenders for some time now, and as someone noted above, this seems to work fine if the speakers are on Sonos Net. Things seem a bit more messy though if the speakers are connected directly to the WiFi.

When I introduced the additional WiFi discs, most other systems on the network worked fine, but I noticed that some of my speakers kept disappearing from the available list on the S2 app.  This had never been a problem before going to a mesh network.

The solution to these dropouts initially was to move the speakers over to Sonos Net, by plugging one of them into an Ethernet cable.   The app now sees all speakers consistently apart from Roam, which doesn’t support Sonos Net.

TL;DR avoid BT WiFi entirely, use SonosNet.

Solid advice given BT’s track record here. Except the newer Sonos devices can’t use SonosNet, its as if Sonos are not familiar with the torrid history of BT wifi routers.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
skullc
skullc
Prodigy III
May 25, 2023

@controlav  just so you know most isp routers suck for Wi-Fi not just BT 😊

Network= livewire cpe pro 3 +eero 6 pro wireless
controlav
controlav
Lead Maestro
May 25, 2023

@controlav  just so you know most isp routers suck for Wi-Fi not just BT 😊

True, which is why I haven’t used one in about a decade, but BT still seem to have a near-monopoly in the UK so their crappy routers have an unduly large blast radius.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.
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