Can you make your Sonos have no Wi-Fi signal at all?
My step had has been reading that Wi-FI and EMF are bad for you. so I’m not allowed to buy anything that as a Wi-Fi Signal. Any suggestion?
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Before you do anything else try to solve the fear issue.
Grab a free WiFi analyzer app for your tablet or phone and show the person with WiFi issues just what is already going on in your area in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz ranges.
Next pull up a cell phone tower map as well as making a note of every cell phone in the home and surrounding homes if you can. A phone in your pocket is giving you a lot more RF than a Sonos on a shelf.
You may not quiet their fear of RF energy but you'll be able to show that Sonos is a very minor contributor to the problem.
You can also cut down on the Sonos RF emissions level by wiring as many speakers as possible to your router while not disabling WiFi internally. Much better option than forcing WiFi off.
Grab a free WiFi analyzer app for your tablet or phone and show the person with WiFi issues just what is already going on in your area in both the 2.4 and 5 GHz ranges.
Next pull up a cell phone tower map as well as making a note of every cell phone in the home and surrounding homes if you can. A phone in your pocket is giving you a lot more RF than a Sonos on a shelf.
You may not quiet their fear of RF energy but you'll be able to show that Sonos is a very minor contributor to the problem.
You can also cut down on the Sonos RF emissions level by wiring as many speakers as possible to your router while not disabling WiFi internally. Much better option than forcing WiFi off.
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Yep, I have a family member worried about his WiFi killing him but he keeps a cell phone in his pants pocket or screwed to his ear about 18 hours a day.
I just looked and I have about a dozen close 2.4 Ghz Wifi systems plus my two, and a half dozen on 5 GHz plus mine. So me cutting back there won't be helping much.
Then there is our cordless phone setup that has six extensions that is in the 5 GHz range.
And our two cell phones, that are low emitters when we are home because I can see the BIG local cell tower from the back yard.
By the time you have added in all the RF flying around, most of which isn't easily identified without expensive gear your own WiFi isn't a big enough contributor to be significant.
I just looked and I have about a dozen close 2.4 Ghz Wifi systems plus my two, and a half dozen on 5 GHz plus mine. So me cutting back there won't be helping much.
Then there is our cordless phone setup that has six extensions that is in the 5 GHz range.
And our two cell phones, that are low emitters when we are home because I can see the BIG local cell tower from the back yard.
By the time you have added in all the RF flying around, most of which isn't easily identified without expensive gear your own WiFi isn't a big enough contributor to be significant.
This reminds me of the Odenkirk elder brother in Better Call Saul and his issues with RF with the extreme measures taken to address them. I haven't figured out whether these issues were real or just in his head in the story.
Best not go outside in the sunshine. Far more radiation than your WiFi will ever expose you to.
Better break out the tin foil hats and take every Wifi device and put it in the garbage.
Mercury used to be medicine. Leaky Gut was a hoax. Hand washing used to be unnecessary. Germs used to be imaginary. Smoking used to be safe, and leaded gasoline was once safe as well.
Just because we don’t understand something does not mean there is no risk. Each of us can look at just the people in our own lives and understand that we are all affected differently by life. Just because a thing, anything, is not a problem for you does not mean it’s not a problem for someone else. If you are fortunate enough to be completely healthy, great. With that in mind, disdain for people who are not healthy is sad, and woefully ignorant. Our species seems to be very short on compassion and slaves to our own world views.
Mercury used to be medicine. Leaky Gut was a hoax. Hand washing used to be unnecessary. Germs used to be imaginary. Smoking used to be safe, and leaded gasoline was once safe as well.
Just because we don’t understand something does not mean there is no risk. Each of us can look at just the people in our own lives and understand that we are all affected differently by life. Just because a thing, anything, is not a problem for you does not mean it’s not a problem for someone else. If you are fortunate enough to be completely healthy, great. With that in mind, disdain for people who are not healthy is sad, and woefully ignorant. Our species seems to be very short on compassion and slaves to our own world views.
I assume you do not own a cell phone? And if wireless data transmissions are so dangerous, why would one wish to invest in a product which uses wireless data transmission as a core function?
Or, (as I suspect) did you just sign up today to spread your foo?
My comment was mostly about the condescending nature of so many of the replies, not my stance on EMF safety. The point is we really don’t know if some among us are particularly sensitive to some forms of EMF. To assume that we know, for sure, that there is no danger would be to totally disregard how wrong we’ve been (as a species) on so many topics, and for such a long time. We don’t have everything figured out yet.
I’m not sure what foo is, but the reason I came today is because I’m thinking of adding another SONOS device to my home (currently running 2 SONOS Connect, wired) and part of that decisions is due diligence on researching the risk, as this one is going in my son’s room. As I stated above, we (I) don’t have it figured out. My earlier response was intended to remind the other posters, especially the dismissive, condescending posters that pay no attention to history, that they don’t have it figured out either. The difference is, I don’t act like I have it figured out.
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I figure my Sonos are subjecting me to less radiation then the neighbors around me with their WiFi and phones, not to mention mine. Oh, and not to mention the cell tower I can see from the back porch.
RF radiation management is a huge pain and you need to prioritize the sources you want to remove or block. Making it harder you need to do this at any location you spend much time at.
I’m not worried but I do worry when folks get fed misleading information which leads to poor decisions. Not saying yours is good or bad but that you need to verify as well as you can before acting.
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