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msskov
Contributor I
August 16, 2024
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wifi and two ethernet ports

  • August 16, 2024
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Hi

Got a Sonos Connect.

It is currently connected via wifi. Will both of the ethernet ports in current setup works a a switch?

I mean, can I connect two computers using ethernet cable and connect to internet?

The wifi is then acting as an uplink to the router.

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Best answer by Stanley_4

That may “work” if you don’t mind the ancient slow speeds it will provide or your connected equipment hogging the connection dropping your music.

Considering a Gigabyte Ethernet Switch is around $20 it seems hardly worth trying.

8 port is cheaper than the 5 port.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A121WN6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

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Stanley_4
Stanley_4Answer
Grand Maestro
August 16, 2024

That may “work” if you don’t mind the ancient slow speeds it will provide or your connected equipment hogging the connection dropping your music.

Considering a Gigabyte Ethernet Switch is around $20 it seems hardly worth trying.

8 port is cheaper than the 5 port.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00A121WN6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1

    msskovAuthor
    Contributor I
    August 19, 2024

    Thanx

    Corry P
    Corry P
    Sonos Staff
    August 23, 2024

    Hi @msskov 

    Welcome to the Sonos Community!

    Just to expand on @Stanley_4’s sound advice, what you describe used to work, as long as the device with the ethernet ports was connecting wirelessly to SonosNet (not WiFi). Whether it would still work these days, I’m not so sure, but I think so.

    It does make far more sense to use a switch, as suggested - Sonos ethernet ports are 100Mb maximum, and Sonos systems generally do not take kindly to other devices using up their bandwidth (audio doesn’t take much bandwidth, but other uses can).

    I hope this helps.

    "Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein
    msskovAuthor
    Contributor I
    August 23, 2024

    Hi Corry P

     

    I will use a switch.

    M

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