Add one more Sonos Boost to improve performance in remote room

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November 18, 2020
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I am running SonosNet and has a Boost hardwired to my router. To my understanding, the Boost creates a mesh network (together with all the speakers - I have speakers in 4 rooms).

In the most remote room, the connection is poor with some dropouts. Would yet another Boost half way between the remote room and the existing Boost help?

The new Boost cannot be hardwired.

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Best answer by ratty

Ah, I was looking in the wrong place. Vardagsrum (LF,RF) is getting its connection via 5GHz off the wired Sub.

This is all wrong. Remove the wire from the Sub. As I’ve pointed out, you simply don’t need a wired connection into Vardagsrum. There’s an available wireless connection to the primary Boost at a good signal strength of ~50.

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StockholmRockerAuthor

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Thanks John B!

I guess the neighbours have a lot of microwaves… I can't find anything in my apartment, except for one security cam close to Kök R.

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John B

Better wait for endorsement by @ratty - just in case I have misinterpreted!

ratty

Good in parts, but still not right.

Kontor (R) is happier, but Kontor (L) is still connecting weakly to Vardagsrum (LF,RF), which remains wired to the powerline.

As I said before, disconnect it.

Vardagsrum (LF,RF) has a good wireless connection available, and Kontor (L) should stop trying to connect through it and switch to Badrum (hopefully).

As for Kok (R) and the intermittent interference, if it’s a security camera using a proprietary wireless protocol (not WiFi) that’s likely to be the culprit.

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StockholmRockerAuthor

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Thanks ratty,

Disconnecting Powerline will be next step. Will report back - probably in couple of days.

ratty

Just pull the Playbar connection from the Ethernet switch. You can still use the powerline for non-Sonos kit.

By the way, unless the powerline has a monitor app to report the state of the connection (e.g. with Devolo) you’ll be driving blind.

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StockholmRockerAuthor

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Yeah, but I use the playbar’s passthru to my TV and its all hidden and built in to a cupboard. Don’t want to mess with the missus’ Netflix binging

ratty

Ah, okay. If it’s easier to just get at the back of the Playbar you could always pull out both cables there and use an RJ45 coupler to patch them together.

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StockholmRockerAuthor

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Great idea. I had forgotten there is such a thing!