Why can’t I connect to my Sonos Bridge? When I first purchased it worked great. it was connected to a laptop that died. when i got a new laptop it seemed it was looking for the old. i also used iphone and Ipad, which worked great with old laptop. it now kept saying trying to connect to network devise. now i have brand new apple and new router, but can not connect. software says product not found. Move closer. What do I do...?
Bridges are ancient now and have a habit of failing PSUs causing weird problems. Suggest upgrading to a Boost instead (you’ll get a discount).
But why did you connect it to a laptop??
I don’t understand the connection to a laptop either - I’ve never heard of a Bridge being connected in that way.
But leaving that to one side, my personal experience is that it’s not easy to add a Bridge to a system that was originally configured without one. The recommended procedure is to start from fresh with the app (i.e. resetting it so that it “forgets” the current configuration without the Bridge), adding the Bridge and then adding the rest of the components. The slightly confusing thing there is that IIRC the current version of the Sonos app asks you whether you want to start by configuring a Boost, with no mention of the Bridge - just select the Boost option, as it seems to work just as well with the Bridge.
Temporary wiring to the lan port of the router is needed at times to get things moving.
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