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PotemkinMcNasty
Enthusiast II
Aug 29, 2022 3:48 PM UTC
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IOS sonos app doesn't work over VPN/cellular

I need to control various Sonos sites from my IOS device.  Works fine until I leave site; using VPN to remote into the site via cellular doesn’t work.  IOS app binds only to Wi-Fi adapter on IOS and doesn’t recognise that I’m routing via the network that Sonos is on.  Anyone found a solution?

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    ratty
    rattyAnswer
    Aug 29, 2022 4:28 PM UTC

    Sonos doesn’t support use over VPN.

    Even if you could get the app to bind to the VPN interface it’s most likely that the tunnel wouldn’t deal with the discovery multicast/broadcast traffic used to locate the players.

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    ratty
    rattyAnswer
    Aug 29, 2022 4:28 PM UTC

    Sonos doesn’t support use over VPN.

    Even if you could get the app to bind to the VPN interface it’s most likely that the tunnel wouldn’t deal with the discovery multicast/broadcast traffic used to locate the players.

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      PotemkinMcNastyAuthor
      Enthusiast II
      Aug 29, 2022 4:31 PM UTC

      Thanks I agree.  However my question was has anyone found a way around this limitation with the software?

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      Airgetlam
      Airgetlam
      Aug 29, 2022 9:26 PM UTC

      To make Sonos work would defeat the purpose of the VPN. I would expect that your IT group that has imposed the VPN would frown on any “work-arounds”. 

      I’ve been quite deliberate in what devices I allow to run a VPN on, versus which devices I use the Sonos controller on. 

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      Bruce
      ratty
      ratty
      Aug 29, 2022 9:30 PM UTC

      Ironically the requirement’s usually the other way around: a user needs to use split tunnelling to ensure the Sonos app traffic is not sent down the VPN, but is kept local. 

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        controlav
        controlav
        Lead Maestro
        Aug 30, 2022 1:12 PM UTC

        Reconfigure your VPN to allow split tunneling.

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        PotemkinMcNastyAuthor
        Enthusiast II
        Aug 30, 2022 1:55 PM UTC

        Hi.  Not sure how that would help given the issue is with the iPhone app not binding to the correct (virtual) adapter. Can you elaborate?

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