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Bridge update issues

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May 25, 2021
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A minor question: in applying the latest update to my twelve unit S1 system, I ran into a problem that was resolved once a bridge was powered off per Sonos troubleshooting advice, which also recommends permanently deleting the bridge. I managed to get all units updated by some further antics, and now all - including both bridges - are on the latest S1 version. Why though is the bridge in such disfavour? I find that my bridge units, one of which is also the root bridge, work fine and serve a purpose...and when they don’t if hardware fails, I won’t complain. But till then?

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Best answer by Kumar

You may consider whatever suits you, but some of us are still able to live our lives with old equipment, including in my case, a 2011 Apple router. For people such as I, has Sonos net suddenly become obsolete to the extent it is no longer a preferred set up? I refuse to accept this blanket statement.

And the Sonos impugned bridge is presently working fine updated to 11.2.9. Just because the system update applied in the way it usually works failed, does not necessarily mean there is a problem with the bridge.

And fyi, the bridge is now working fine in a 12 units 6 zone system. In 11.2.9.

Life isn't just about selling the latest greatest kit.

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KumarAuthorAnswer

You may consider whatever suits you, but some of us are still able to live our lives with old equipment, including in my case, a 2011 Apple router. For people such as I, has Sonos net suddenly become obsolete to the extent it is no longer a preferred set up? I refuse to accept this blanket statement.

And the Sonos impugned bridge is presently working fine updated to 11.2.9. Just because the system update applied in the way it usually works failed, does not necessarily mean there is a problem with the bridge.

And fyi, the bridge is now working fine in a 12 units 6 zone system. In 11.2.9.

Life isn't just about selling the latest greatest kit.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Looking way back:

The Boost uses SonosNet v2.0 while the Bridge is using SonosNet v1.0

SonosNet 2.0 integrated MIMO on 802.11n hardware versus G on SonosNet v1.0

From the look of things you’d be better off wiring any (non-surround) SonosNet v2.0 device than using a Bridge.

Question: Does having a SonosNet v1.0 device in your Sonos mesh network slow the network or reduce throughput compared to all devices being v2.0? Not thinking of the Bridge/Boost here but the really old ZPs that used SonosNet v1.0.

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KumarAuthor

In the matrix my bridge always shows a green boxed connection to a Connect Amp in the same bedroom, while itself remaining between green and yellow in the first column. And it also does the job of extending a wired connection from the router in another room to a cheap TP Link wired access point in said bedroom, flawlessly.

More to the point: both the WiFi and music play in the bedroom are of the same speed/quality as in the open central space where the router and Boost are installed.

I don’t see a ghost of a reason to trash it.

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