Password to avoid guests changing music

I don't see any reason to start a post with an inflammatory, asterisked-out expletive.

Unless you work for the Sonos development team, you have no idea that "he won't get what he's asking for". That is your opinion, and it doesn't address anything the OP asked in the first post, which is WHY a password is a bad idea?

He wasn't "given an answer" - he was already aware of the "answer" of guest-access as he stated plainly in his first post.

I feel bad for the OP, as this was his first post here, and it has not been very friendly or helpful. Instead, you chastise him for not searching (which he may have, you don't know), and then accuse him of wasting "everybody's" time. Well he didn't waste my time, so you are wrong. And who are you to speak for everybody?

OP - keep up the good ideas for product enhancement, but maybe post them on ask.sonos.com where they will be considered respectfully.

Thank you for your support Rash!
Seems like you are the only one to have read my posts the way they are intended, instead of "the devil reading the bible".
If my intentions have not been clear enough for everyone else, i'm sorry to have wasted your time.....however, i will be sleeping tonight ;)

Rash: I was not aware of ask.sonos.com, maybe i'll post there, but as Ratty has pointed out with his link to an interview, the odds are stacked against me, and my debut at Sonos forums was rather discouraging, to say the least :rolleyes:

my debut at Sonos forums was rather discouraging, to say the least :rolleyes:
Don't let this vigourous little debate put you off. It's just that for longstanding members this issue has, as noted above, been coming up time and again for 8 years.

Yes, it would be handy to be able to restrict controllers to certain Players, but there are other ways of dealing with it today. Some are technical, as in splitting the network or Sonos Household. Some come down to basic manners and parenting. ;)

If Sonos had seen this is a deal-breaker for potential purchasers they would have prioritised development long ago.

It's clear to me that Sonos should re-program the mute button again and make it sense fingerprints.

Then you could simply "log-in" to your local Sonos player with your finger and unlock the controller.

Sonos should do this right now, I would buy 10 more zones if they did...and throw a big party to celebrate. I'd even invite people I don't trust, as they couldn't change the volume as their fingers wouldn't work.

It's clear to me that Sonos should re-program the mute button again and make it sense fingerprints.

Then you could simply "log-in" to your local Sonos player with your finger and unlock the controller.

Sonos should do this right now, I would buy 10 more zones if they did...and throw a big party to celebrate. I'd even invite people I don't trust, as they couldn't change the volume as their fingers wouldn't work.

Very Funny. :D

Blunt, ironic, sarcastic and slightly mean. But funny nonetheless (as many good quips are). And on-point as well.

Best of Luck

..the odds are stacked against me..

That may be true, but opinions can/do change, including those of CEOs. If he is a smart business person interested in growth, he will listen to his current and possible future customers and accommodate their needs if they are requested in large enough amounts. So don't stop requesting something just because it has been requested before without success, and don't let others convince you otherwise. As Sonos grows, there may be enough users who agree with you to open Sonos' mind to the idea, whatever it may be.

These are Sonos' official forums, linked from their website. I would think that they want all members, especially new or prospective customers, to be treated respectfully, not subjected to "that's already been asked, you're wasting our time". That does not shed a positive light on the company, and those users who have such attitudes are hurting the very company they claim to support. It should not be tolerated. A simple link to a thread containing previously asked questions that have been answered would be the appropriate response. The thread could then be closed to avoid wasting everybody's time. 😉

... they couldn't change the volume as their fingers wouldn't work.

Just be careful not to touch the guest list before mailing or someone might bring an extra finger print.

hate to derail the thread, but my fiance sometimes changes the music/puts music on when he is within wi-fi range coming home from work...

gets me everytime :)

but i get what you mean, because sometimes he changes the music when im in the middle of an album 😮

Even setting aside the Sonos privacy there are ample reasons to set up a guest wifi network including the possibility of a friend/relative/guest with a virus-infected device accessing your network and spreading said malware to your shared folders.

And there's a pretty easy way to do it as well. Pick up a cheap router like this one from Amazon for $20. Set it up with a guest wifi network name and password and an IP range different from your main router (if your main router uses 192.168.1.xxx as most do, use 192.168.2.xxx). Now, simply plug it into your existing router and you've got a separate guest wifi network which will give your guests access to the internet without letting them see or interact with your main network (devices generally won't see one another across different subnets).

Just don't forget to change your password on the regular router so people who already had access will be motivated to get the new info. If you wanted it to be invisible to them you could even put your old credentials on the new router as the guest network, and update the old router.

As long as your Sonos is on the original router people on the new router won't be able to link to it or control it.

And there's a pretty easy way to do it as well. Pick up a cheap router like this one from Amazon for $20. Set it up with a guest wifi network name and password and an IP range different from your main router (if your main router uses 192.168.1.xxx as most do, use 192.168.2.xxx). Now, simply plug it into your existing router and you've got a separate guest wifi network which will give your guests access to the internet without letting them see or interact with your main network (devices generally won't see one another across different subnets).
You'd actually want to do it the other way round, with guests using the existing router and Sonos moved to the private side of router 2. Devices on the inner network can still access devices on the main network (so long as they can determine the destination address), but not vice versa.

These are Sonos' official forums, linked from their website.

Actually, technically these are NOT the official Sonos forums (I know, I know, I've had the same argument myself), the OFFICIAL place to request features is ask.sonos.com.

I would think that they want all members, especially new or prospective customers, to be treated respectfully, not subjected to "that's already been asked, you're wasting our time". That does not shed a positive light on the company,

We're nothing to do with the company however, and the company is nothing to do with us, we're just users, like you.

So, stop wasting our time! 😃