PASSWORD!
Thanks for the feedback!
I was just trying to convey the fact that a Guest network (which is not complicated to set up at all) provides far greater protection to far more sensitive materials than your music system.
Plus, it is available to you now, whereas passwords on Sonos have been requested for years, and have never (and probably will never) come to pass.
Guest networks solve a lot of problems and offer your network and gear a bit more protection while still allowing guests full Internet access.
But that's just a wild guess. I don't really know what issues Sonos is dealing with that would make this a challenge. I'd assume if it was as easy as you suggest it is, they'd have already done it.
Difficult enough to not have done it for the past 13 years it has been requested. The only discussion of this with Sonos brass was a few years back when the (then) CEO said they were against passwords on the devices because it reduced time to music and cluttered up the experience.
Also, Sonos goes to great lengths to not retire even the oldest of equipment, The old ZP units are very strapped for both memory and storage, to the point where they cannot incrementally index a library any more. I'm sure implementing a proper password scheme, since all data is stored on the Sonos units, would be quite difficult given the limits on these older units.
Either way, I highly doubt you will see this any time soon.
I imagine he'd be much more enthusiastic about having you arrested for trespassing.
And honestly although a password might protect you from the your friends playing tricks on you through Sonos, they surely would then discover other ways to torment you. You'd only be putting a band aid on what appears to be a much larger problem.
I'll fix it for you:
I'm happy to add your name to the list of folks who will be disappointed if they knew that we never intend to fix this. Let me give you some suggestions that will cost you more money (another separate network) that you'll have to SWITCH NETWORKS in order to use the system, but because they are separate, you'll not be able to browse the internet. I'll also suggest locking your WiFi with a password (disregard that it is called a passphrase or WPA2 shared key) even though almost every modern router requires the user to setup a passphrase/key and you've probably already done that.
In regard to the problem of wanting simple network setup while having some small gateway like a pin to access the Sonos - we're not going to do that ever, but we're going to make excuses like "more time to music", "bad user experience", etc.. - you know.. because all those Apple TV users piss and moan when they have to enter a PIN on their TV - such a bad user experience - and so difficult to do.
Call me cynical, but a company that ignores their customers requests for a SIMPLE feature over 13 years that you wouldn't even have to enable - it could just be .. I don't know.. a slider in settings like "require a PIN" - they ain't going to do it.
Please add a password to Sonos for all of the reasons above. Our Comcast router only allows one network (so guest network not possible) and our guests use our WiFi for internet and printing. This gives all of them access to Sonos. It is the only app we have that has this problem. They can’t access other personal apps. Thanks!
Lets say this happens. What happens when you forget your Sonos password? Do you have to factory reset your system? That would be super annoying. Or is there a backdoor that lets you reset the password? Well then anyone on your network can do that as well.
Device passwords will be a support nightmare IMHO. Much easier to use your router’s existing security features (eg Guest networks, VLANs) to keep people out of your business. My network has a lot more valuable data on it than my Sonos system, and I do my best to keep everyone off of it.
+1 for passwords on Sonos devices.
Just received a One SL and am returning it because of the inability to lock out other users on my shared network.
Acknowledge I should have looked into this before purchasing, but it seemed so fundamental that I didn’t check. There are a whole lot of people living in shared spaces sharing networks.
That said, sound quality is really good for a single, standalone unit. Kudos for that if not for the ability to administer with a password!
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