I am trying to find a way of playing music from my iPhone via my Sonos One speaker at a location where cellular data is available but there is no LAN or internet connectivity available via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. Is it possible to use a Sonos One on a closed network without internet connectivity? Or does Airplay necessarily rely on being able to connect to the Sonos cloud? If so, exactly what hardware do I need to create a Wi-Fi signal that I can use to connect to the speaker via Airplay? Or is there a way I can turn a cellular data signal into a Wi-Fi signal and for it to behave like a regular local area WI-Fi network?
Airplay to Sonos One speaker with only cellular internet connectivity available
Best answer by Ken_Griffiths
You need two mobile devices to do this, one mobile device needs to be setup as a WiFi Hotspot/Router and the other is used with the S2 Sonos controller App.
Connect the controller device to the WiFi Hotspot and either add another wireless network to the Sonos Controller App or ‘factory reset’ and setup the Sonos speaker on the nearby broadcasting WiFi Hotspot signal. Note when you factory reset a device for use in this way it will lose all previous settings and services.
To add an additional wireless network you can do the following steps:
- Ensure the mobile device is connected to the new WiFi network (Hotspot).
- Open the Sonos app and wait while it searches for your existing Sonos system.
- If the app shows “We can’t connect to Sonos,” tap This isn’t working.
- Tap More Options, then Update Wi-Fi Settings.
- Follow the instructions to connect your previously setup speaker to the new WiFi network.
Some Sonos products, can remember the credentials for up to 16 wireless networks. When you bring your speaker back home, it may automatically reconnect to your WiFi network.
It’s often easier to factory reset the Sonos product for mobile setup and use in this way.
Once the speaker setup is complete on the Hotspot, you can then either use the Sonos App to play music etc. to the speaker or use other Apps on the controller device to ‘Connect’/‘Airplay’ to the speaker too.
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