How well does your internet work with wireless Sonos products?

Kicking this off with my own info

1. UK
2. Rebel Internet
3. HT-178AX-V2-Rebel
   1. Hours - but just experimenting because nothing works
4. Roam & Roam 2
5. I have to keep updating the Internet because every 20 minutes they disappear from the app
6. I will once I get this working

1. USA, Tennessee.
2. Xfinity.
3. XB8 Gareway.  No time spent on settings.  Reserved IP does not hold.
4. Arc-Sub 3-300s.  Port.  Beam 2-Sub Mini.  Move stereo pair.
5. All work well.  No issues.
6. NAS, SonicTransporter i5.

Where you are (so that people know what providers are available to them)

-- Arizona, US

Who your internet provider is

-- Quantum Fiber previously Cox Cable

What router you have

-- pfSense / Netgate SG-3100 and SG-1100

-- Ubiquity Access Points, AC-Lite and U6 Pro

How much time you had to spend changing settings to get the speakers working

-- About 10 minutes to reconfigure the Ubiquity AP defaults to be Sonos compatible

What speakers you have

-- See my profile

How well your speakers work - What issues do you face?

-- Speakers are working fine, minor App aggravation issues.

-- In the past I have had IP issues, solved by setting static/reserved IP addresses.

-- Couple vexing interference issues, Sonos support helped sort both out.

Are you using a NAS or something similar to play your own music - hows that going? 

-- Using a Raspberry Pi running Samba to provide the music library. No issues, other than the new App related ones. Easy to configure for both S1 and S2 access. Didn’t cost $200!

You have moved, probably got a new router and now your Sonos system does not work - correct? Sonos works well but with some Routers / Wi-Fi system it is either incompatible or needs settings adjusting and without this info users in this community forum won’t be able to really help. It’s unfortunately very easy to blame Sonos especially when other deceives on your network work. Sonos is much more complex with “chatter” talking between devices for timings and also communicates in a different way to say your phone or tablet do.

e.g, if you have the latest or even the previous incarnation BT / EE Router then it’s best place is the bin, actually any BT router is best in landfill.
 

Where you are (so that people know what providers are available to them)

UK

Who your internet provider is

YouFibre, with the same hardware / results below have been with Aquiss, AAISP & Zen. 

What router you have

Synology MR2200ac and Fritz!box 7530 but mainly the Synology. Wi-Fi is a mesh system by Plume. Youfibre uses DHCP for the connection the other ISP’s were PPPoE.

How much time you had to spend changing settings to get the speakers working

Absolutely none.

What speakers you have

ERA100 x4 / 300 x2 & Beam x 1 & Sonos One x2

How well your speakers work - What issues do you face?

No issues at all only a few things missing from the App but that’s a case of waiting on development. Beam is connected by Ethernet with Wi-Fi disabled, all other speakers connect to Wi-Fi.

Are you using a NAS or something similar to play your own music - hows that going? 

Yes, a WD NAS (old now but fully working) and if using the Synology Router it shares out a 512Mb thumb drive and the WD is turned off.

EDIT

PS of course a recent Sonos firmware update could be the culprit.

1. Canada

2. Bell Fibe

3. TP Link DECO X50 Pro

• About 30 minutes, however, they were always working - I wanted to fine tune the environment as there were drops initially after the May update - as @Stanley_4 indicated, changes made to set IP's as reserved - I also ended up plugging 3 of my speakers into the network directly (also turning off Wi-Fi on these units via the Sonos App)

4. Play 5 (GEN 2), Beam (GEN 1), Move (GEN 1), 3 Sonos One’s (GEN 1) & Connect (GEN 2)

5. No issues

6. NAS – an old Western Digital (WdMyCloud – 3TB) - no issues

1. Charlotte, NC, USA
    
2. Spectrum Cable Internet
    
3. Motorola MG8702 - Easy setup - I disabled band steering, wired my Play:1 to the router with an ethernet cable, and changed the SonosNet channel in the Sonos App.
    
4. 17 total devices - Arc Ultra, Sub 4, Sub 3, Era 300s (x2), Era 100s (x2), Sub Mini, Play:5 Gen 2 (x2), Amp, Sonos Architectural Outdoor (x2), One, Play:1, Move 2, Roam, Ace
    
5. No issues other than occasionally one Era 100 on my stereo pair will not play audio. This is due to the distance the speakers are from my router. It works again after a speaker reboot.
    
6. I have my music library (full of lossless ALAC files) saved on an external SD drive connected to my router’s USB port. I have no issues. Streaming my music library is more reliable than streaming Apple Music from the Sonos app.

Where you are (so that people know what providers are available to them)

USA

Who your internet provider is

Starlink

What router you have

Netgear Orbi 850 mesh (2 satellites)

How much time you had to spend changing settings to get the speakers working

None. Ran the Sonos app setup and that's it

What speakers you have

4 Era100

Beam g2

sub g4

How well your speakers work - What issues do you face?

All's good. Minor app glitches but not enough to set my hair on fire

Are you using a NAS or something similar to play your own music - hows that going? 

Not yet, it's on the list