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Kos
Enthusiast II
March 30, 2022
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Trouble connecting Boost to Ubiquiti EdgeSwitch ES-10XP

  • March 30, 2022
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...is that to be expected…? Boost will connect to my router but not my switch? Also, ethernet light is orange, not green, on the back of the switch when inserting ethernet cable from Boost indicating something is wrong…? Some important settings in the switch maybe…?

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Best answer by ratty

Does the wire to the One simply run back to the same switch? If so you could move it to the Boost’s second Ethernet port. That way there’d be only a single Sonos device wired into the main network. Note however that if the One is via a secondary switch in the remote location then the above will restrict the connection for everything else on that switch to 100Mbps.

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KosAuthor
Enthusiast II
April 1, 2022

Visit http://x.x.x.x:1400/support/review where x.x.x.x is the IP of a player, not the Boost. Open the Network Matrix. Coloured cells in the body of the matrix indicate active mesh connections. Post a screenshot if you'd like comment. 

 

I fear the resolution is too bad…? If not: It seems my Boost is ‘hooked’ to ‘2. sal’ only whereas ‘Køkken’ takes everything else… or..? (Boost is wired to my router and Køkken is wired to Boost)

 

Kos
106rallye
106rallye
April 1, 2022

(Boost is wired to my router and Køkken is wired to Boost)

 

Not sure if you really did this, but you're not supposed to wire a speaker to a Boost. The connection between a speaker and the Boost should be wireless (Sonosnet).

KosAuthor
Enthusiast II
April 1, 2022

(Boost is wired to my router and Køkken is wired to Boost)

 

Not sure if you really did this, but you're not supposed to wire a speaker to a Boost. The connection between a speaker and the Boost should be wireless (Sonosnet).

Erhhh…. yeah… but ratty suggested this workaround (see above) using both Boost ports (maybe I misunderstood?)… system is playing better than ever…

Kos
ratty
ratty
April 1, 2022

(Boost is wired to my router and Køkken is wired to Boost)

 

Not sure if you really did this, but you're not supposed to wire a speaker to a Boost. 

Of course you can. The Boost’s internal switch bridges through to the speaker. The OP’s speaker is in a different part of the house, and the suggestion to switch through the Boost was to avoid problems wiring across the Ubiquiti switch.

ratty
ratty
April 1, 2022

Visit http://x.x.x.x:1400/support/review where x.x.x.x is the IP of a player, not the Boost. Open the Network Matrix. Coloured cells in the body of the matrix indicate active mesh connections. Post a screenshot if you'd like comment. 

 

I fear the resolution is too bad…? If not: It seems my Boost is ‘hooked’ to ‘2. sal’ only whereas ‘Køkken’ takes everything else… or..? (Boost is wired to my router and Køkken is wired to Boost)

It’s fine. The Boost is the root bridge (of the STP tree), which is normal. It would pick up the other players if they were closer, but Køkken is better placed to service those units. Their wireless ‘cost’ to Køkken is sufficiently low -- owing to better signal strength -- that they’re happy to go through that node. 

See how things go.

    KosAuthor
    Enthusiast II
    April 1, 2022

    Visit http://x.x.x.x:1400/support/review where x.x.x.x is the IP of a player, not the Boost. Open the Network Matrix. Coloured cells in the body of the matrix indicate active mesh connections. Post a screenshot if you'd like comment. 

     

    I fear the resolution is too bad…? If not: It seems my Boost is ‘hooked’ to ‘2. sal’ only whereas ‘Køkken’ takes everything else… or..? (Boost is wired to my router and Køkken is wired to Boost)

    It’s fine. The Boost is the root bridge (of the STP tree), which is normal. It would pick up the other players if they were closer, but Køkken is better placed to service those units. Their wireless ‘cost’ to Køkken is sufficiently low -- owing to better signal strength -- that they’re happy to go through that node. 

    See how things go.

    Thank you so much for all your help. The system is still working fine.

    Kos
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