Skip to main content
Contributor I
Jan 9, 2017 6:52 PM UTC

Password Protect Sonos?

I have a PLAY1 in my university halls which has worked well, even being connected to the halls wireless network (StudentCom), but someone has just been trying to play their music on it at full volume. I assume they are trying to set their own one up but it's actually controlling mine. Is there any way to put some sort of passcode or pin number on my speaker?
The last question I saw on this topic was over a year ago and wondered if anything has been done since then.
Many thanks
    This topic has been closed for further comments. You can use the search bar to find a similar topic, or create a new one by clicking Create Topic at the top of the page.

    37 replies

    ratty
    Jan 21, 2017 9:49 AM UTC
    Sonos very rarely comment that they "will" or "won't" do anything. Their product plans are confidential.

    I don't see why the landlord would care whether you attached a travel router. To the main router it would behave like any other device. Sure, it could be detected as a router if he wanted, but why bother.
    Translate
    Jan 21, 2017 10:03 AM UTC
    Sonos very rarely comment that they "will" or "won't" do anything. Their product plans are confidential.

    I don't see why the landlord would care whether you attached a travel router. To the main router it would behave like any other device. Sure, it could be detected as a router if he wanted, but why bother.
    Agreed. I suspect the "no other router" rule is trying to prevent you changing the router. As @ratty says, the travel router just connects to the existing network in the same way as a laptop, phone or Sonos speaker would.
    Translate
    Lyricist III
    Jan 21, 2017 10:10 AM UTC
    Like I said, I paid a premium price for this so I am expecting sonos to offer an option here inside the system.

    This what I have just received from their support: "I appreciate your frustration and comments and in your email and that this has been on our community for a period of time. The community is there to let our program and software developers see how popular a subject and take action where they consider that the request can be added into our app."

    So hopefully a software developer picks this up eventually ...
    Translate
    ratty
    Jan 21, 2017 11:04 AM UTC
    Like I said, I paid a premium price for this so I am expecting sonos to offer an option here inside the system.
    Amazingly I verify what I want a product to do before I make the purchase, not after.
    Translate
    Lyricist III
    Jan 21, 2017 11:26 AM UTC
    Unfortunately it didn't say on the packaging: "if you live in a shared house you won't be able to stop your house mates from messing with your music". I don't think we are talking about rocket science here. But we might never find out unless Sonos put out a statement.

    Why do you even care anyway if this is a problem between me/ many other users and sonos?
    Translate
    ratty
    Jan 21, 2017 11:32 AM UTC
    I think you'd have to look hard to find products which advertise all the things they don't do.

    A shared network is, by definition, insecure in terms of what its other participants may get up to. A network which implements client isolation would overcome this, but stop local applications like Sonos from working.

    You've been offered suggestions for how to resolve your situation, by creating your own private off-shoot from the shared network.
    Translate
    Lyricist III
    Jan 21, 2017 11:40 AM UTC
    Like I said, the landlord doesn't want any messing around with the router and therefore I need a solution inside the system - a simple admin function for example, nothing more.
    Translate
    Jan 21, 2017 11:41 AM UTC
    I think there is just a flaw in the logic of "it cost this much so it should have this particular feature". If you were to add up the cost of every feature that someone on hete has said should be included at the price, the price would be twice as much.
    Translate
    Jan 21, 2017 11:43 AM UTC
    Thete is no messing around with the router. As has been stated you are no more messing around with the router than when you connect your laptop.
    Translate
    ratty
    Jan 21, 2017 11:48 AM UTC
    A travel router can attach wirelessly.
    Translate