Hello folks
I seem to have a horrific experience of keeping my 5 sonos devices visible to whatever UI I am using. I’ll try and list out the situation here and see if any of you kind souls have any ideas.
Devices: 3 x S1, 1 Playbar & Sub (not used with any of the S1’s)
- Home WIFI is dualband with seperate 2.4 and 5Gh networks
- SONOS is aware of the 2.4 GH network
- SONOSNET is active (I have 2 devices on ethernet, all devices show as WM:0)
- S1 on ethernet (Hall)
- S1 on ethernet (Bedroom)
- This is a powerline type solution rather than a single run of ethernet from LAN to room (so it is router to powerline - then over wiring to powerline receiver - then ethernet to speaker)
- S1 on sonosnet (Dining room)
- Playbar and Sub on sonosnet (Lounge)
- On Sonos Desktop App (windows)
- I can see Hall, Dining Room and Lounge. I am currently playing on the Hall
- On Sonos Android App (2)
- On 2.4 network
- I can see devices depending on where I am in the house.
- Standing in the middle of the house now - I can only see dining room and lounge devices, it cant see the Hall despite it playing right now started from the desktop. Can’t see bedroom.
- If I go to bedroom - can see bedroom only mostly
- Occasionally other rooms will appear, but simply not in any kind of reliable, predictable and therefore usable manor, including the other ethernet connected speaker..
- Wait for the zinger - On Spotify App
- I can see all the Devices and route audit via play on device - does not matter where I am.
So here are some of my thoughts and confusions:
- Its a big house, and old and the bedroom is a real issue for sonos signal. So I get that signal strength is an issue here. But I thought by using ethernet then that should really make the device visible everywhere - surely the sonosnet and LAN are bridged in some way? This fundamentally seems wrong, is the Sonos App tied to wireless only?
- Do the devices connected to ethernet only do so to allow music services to fetch music, is it a one way thing and my notion of a bridged network just wrong?
- What happens if I ethernet everything, would the android app see devices then or would sonosnet still play a part or does the mobile app just see it all because its part of the router, and the mobile is wifi connected?
- Whats with spotify seeing things when Sonos App can’t, from the same device - this would be a modern samsung mobile
- I keep all software up to date
- It was never this flakey on Sonos App 1, and I no longer have any devices that are not Sonos App 2 compatible.
- Is disabling wireless on the ethernet connected speakers going to help?
- Seemed stable for a bit but always felt spotify and sonos apps where fighting each other - I tend to send podcasts straight from spotify’s app to the speaker, then sonos getting back hold of it seems a struggle.
Any thoughts here on solutions?
- I can quite happily buy an expensive mesh wireless product and take my router wifi and sonosnet out the equation, but will it actually work - I guess everything would be in WIFI mode then?
- I have read good thing about modern powerline solutions that incorporate a mesh network (devolo kit) but not specfically about use with SONOS.
- Aint cheap but its cheaper than a mesh WLAN business product.
I’m going to rip it apart this weekend and see what I can find out but any experience and ideas welcome.
Thanks folks ;)