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Sonos kills wired network

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January 26, 2022
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My current set up is ISP modem (in bridge mode) to Google Wifi, to network switches. I have ethernet throughout the house so I have a number of devices wired to the network. This includes one Sonos Connect.

The Connect seems to kill only the wired network. I’ve done plenty of rebooting, unplugging, replugging, etc. If I leave the Connect off the wired network, everything seems fine. If I plug it back in, anything with a wired connection eventually either loses network connection or fails over to WIFI. WIFI still works fine.

I assume this is something to do with STP but I can’t change that setting in Googile or the switches. Is there anything else I can try?

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Ken_Griffiths

Yes, wifi is off on the ISP router. It acts as a modem only.

I would just wire the Boost, as planned, to the main Nest Hub. Try SonosNet on a different channel in the Sonos App network settings and providing you have no portable Sonos devices (Move/Roam) also ensure that you do not have any WiFi credentials are stored in the Sonos ‘Settings/System/Network/Managed Networks’.

If you do have Sonos portable products, then I suggest putting those on the 5Ghz Band only (that’s if the Google Nest WiFi allows different SSID names for the 2.4Ghz/5Ghz bands).

Reserving the Sonos IP addresses in the Nest Routers DHCP reservation table is also worth considering.

ratty

To clarify the topology, is the Connect wired thusly?

modem → Google primary node → switch → Connect

If so, what happens when you temporarily wire it like this:

modem → Google primary node → Connect → switch

(This is only for test purposes. The Connect’s ports are 10/100 only.)

And there really are no other Sonos wired devices?

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jnakAuthor

Prominent Collaborator I

So it turns out my Boost is old and S1 only. I will try reserving sonos IPs in the Google wifi.

@ratty yes, that is correct in the topology. I have not tried wiring the Connect before the switch because the switch is in my utility room and the connect is not.

I might just leave the Sonos running on wifi. Everything is working fine this way. I just figured using Sonosnet would be better for my overall network but maybe that’s just not the case here.

I appreciate all the comments!

controlav

Lead Maestro

So it turns out my Boost is old and S1 only. I will try reserving sonos IPs in the Google wifi.

Boost can run on both S1 and S2. Do you actually have a Bridge, which is S1 only?

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J

jnakAuthor

Prominent Collaborator I

No, it is a Boost. When I plugged it in, it said it was incompatible

Airgetlam

As @controlav states, if it is indeed a BOOST, it can be updated to S2. The older BRIDGE, which looks somewhat similar, can not be updated, and will only run S1.

Bruce

Ken_Griffiths

Maybe the Boost needs updating… Anyhow, here is something that should assist to clarify the type of device: