IOS sonos app doesn't work over VPN/cellular

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August 29, 2022
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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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Best answer by ratty

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.

rattyAnswer

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

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

Airgetlam

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.

Bruce

ratty

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.

controlav

Lead Maestro

Reconfigure your VPN to allow split tunneling.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

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PotemkinMcNastyAuthor

Enthusiast II

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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