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mureren
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October 22, 2013

Password to avoid guests changing music

  • October 22, 2013
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Hi
Let's say i'm having a party, and my Sonos is playing the music.
Many of my guests are friends that earlier has gotten access to my WiFi. During the party, these guests could download Sonos Controller/app, connect to Sonos, and start controlling the music.
There is no way in Sonos controllers to set a password, to avoid this behaviour.
Other workarounds would be setting up a guest WiFi network that doesn't have access to Sonos, but this would require a new router (in som cases), or change my original password in my entire existing network, which would be annoying ;)

Are there any plans to add this feature?
Maybe even a possibility to require a password for each Sonos device (tick box in controller preferences for each device?)

Am i missing something, other than keeping my guests sober and not annoying 😃
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      Stever750
      Avid Contributor I
      September 10, 2016
      I like the idea of being able to interfere with my neighbours / friends system, but then I have a bizarre sense of humour.....

      This is a slightly bizarre request - after all how many people have friends that would simply start helping themselves to the contents of your fridge without asking, would you need a lock on all of your cupboard doors? Only my close family would do that, no one else would, any more than they would download the sonos app and start operating my system. I can understand kids friends doing it, but that's just down to parental discipline and control surely - if you're there then it's easy enough to stop them, if you're not there, hide the gear somewhere, or disable it.
      Maltbarley
      Lyricist II
      November 23, 2016
      How about a real scenario: I want to buy my daughter a Sonos for her dorm room, but on the school's network, the player would be open to anyone else in the building. How can she lock it down to just herself?
      BCM
      BCM
      November 23, 2016
      Get her a NetGear Trek so she can tap into the school's wifi but yet have Sonos connected to it securely.
      Maltbarley
      Lyricist II
      November 23, 2016
      I thought about that but it just adds a level of complexity a 19 y/o nursing student doesn't need. I don't want to be tech support just so she can get her jam on.
      BCM
      BCM
      November 23, 2016
      It would really be quite simple in her dorm. I take it on the road in my RV and most of the time it works well, but when WIFI is wonky, that is when I struggle with it. With a solid constant signal, once she is set up, she will be fine. You can even get her a regular wireless router to plug into the school's network if it is a wired type.
      ratty
      ratty
      November 23, 2016
      I thought about that but it just adds a level of complexity a 19 y/o nursing student doesn't need. I don't want to be tech support just so she can get her jam on.
      It's surely better that than a Sonos player bursting into life at 4 a.m. because someone thought it might be 'fun'.
      Stuart_W
      Stuart_W
      World-Class Superstar
      November 24, 2016
      Buy her a radio
      Arc + Sub (Gen 1) + 2 x Play 1/ Stereo Play 3s/ Era 100 Stereo in Kitchen, One Stereo in Bedroom, Play 1 stereo pair in Study, Play 1in Bathroom, Sonos Move 2
      carpo35
      Lyricist I
      January 13, 2017
      My friend also has a sonos system and every time he comes around and gets drunk he starts changing the music on my sonos which is really annoying. Another thing he does as a practical joke is sets my alarm on the sonos for 3 in the morning at full blast cmon sonos just put a four digit pin to access each system so I can keep the serial pest from messing with my toons and sleep.
      Thanks in advance
        Insertusernamehere
        Insertusernamehere
        January 13, 2017
        My friend also has a sonos system and every time he comes around and gets drunk he starts changing the music on my sonos which is really annoying. Another thing he does as a practical joke is sets my alarm on the sonos for 3 in the morning at full blast cmon sonos just put a four digit pin to access each system so I can keep the serial pest from messing with my toons and sleep.
        Thanks in advance

        Lol +1
        cmon sonos do it for the drunk people!
        carpo35
        Lyricist I
        January 13, 2017
        yeah sonos at least having the option to lock people out would be nice for us drunk people the sober somber people can do what they like
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