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LunchMunch
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June 5, 2026

Rollout of "Disable SonosNet" feature - completion date?

  • June 5, 2026
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I’ve had Apple App Store app version 8.5.012 since the day it was available.

I have not yet received the feature to disable SonosNet.

When will the rollout of the feature to disable SonosNet be complete?

Others mentioned some ways to “force” the feature to appear, and I’ve tried them all multiple times. It’s now June 5, and I still don’t have the feature. I’ve got a Beam with surrounds, and I’ve had an ethernet cable dangling right behind it ready to plug in for YEARS.

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MoPac
MoPac
Headliner III
June 5, 2026

Always wanted Sonos to separate those two signals.  Looks like that’s what this update does.  Cool!!

    kdowling
    kdowling
    June 5, 2026

    That is actually the purpose of implementing this. Being able to turn off SonosNet and still have wifi & bonding work properly. This is the old 2.4Ghz SonosNet being referred to. Not the new bonding invisible SonosNet that is being turned off.

     

    The so-called “new SonosNet” has actually been around since 2013. It’s officially known as ‘Direct Routing,’ a feature of SonosNet that’s also built into WiFi mode.

    And wouldn’t it have been nice if Sonos named it something different instead of confusingly calling it SonosNet. Which name has been in use since the first zone players were introduced.

      User117655
      User117655
      Prodigy II
      June 5, 2026

      Originally though the name 'SonosNet' appeared as an independent wireless local network.

      You could actually, although ill-advised, use it as such too. Speakers with unused ethernet ports could be used as wired switches and you could attach phones and so on to it wirelessly... it was not ideal but it worked!

      I think the option was removed around the time the original s2 changes were made 🤔

      (also I don't recall ever seeing the bonding network being referred to as SonosNet outside of the forum(s)...)

      Smilja
      Smilja
      June 5, 2026

      And wouldn’t it have been nice if Sonos named it something different instead of confusingly calling it SonosNet. Which name has been in use since the first zone players were introduced.

       

      A well-known example is the Hue Bridge, which sets up a Zigbee subnet, while the wired Sonos component creates a full mesh network. So, I think SonosNet is an appropriate term.

       

      Still hoping for SonosNet v3. 🤗

       

       

      »And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
      kdowling
      kdowling
      June 5, 2026

      A well-known example is the Hue Bridge, which sets up a Zigbee subnet, while the wired Sonos component creates a full mesh network. So, I think SonosNet is an appropriate term.

      SonosNet is great term for the original mesh network the that sonos devices created. The problem with the name is that Sonos now uses the same name to refer to the 5 Ghz home theater wifi bonding between soundbars and surrounds/subs. That is what I’m referring to.

        User117655
        User117655
        Prodigy II
        June 5, 2026

        A well-known example is the Hue Bridge, which sets up a Zigbee subnet, while the wired Sonos component creates a full mesh network. So, I think SonosNet is an appropriate term.

        ...Sonos now uses the same name to refer to the 5 Ghz home theater wifi bonding between soundbars and surrounds/subs. That is what I’m referring to.

        Do they? Genuinely interested as I have not seen it officially referenced as such 🤔. Haven't made it a priority to look though 🤓...

        Smilja
        Smilja
        June 5, 2026

        I’ve never seen a forum moderator refer to the home theater’s dedicated 5 GHz network as ‘SonosNet,’ but regular users do it all the time, which inevitably leads to confusion.

        »And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space, Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind.« (›Windmills Of Your Mind‹ [1967]. Music by Michel Legrand ; English lyrics written by Alan & Marilyn Bergman)
          Stanley_4
          Stanley_4
          Grand Maestro
          June 5, 2026

          The first use of the 5 gHz Sonosnet term was by a moderator.

          We users had no name for it, stuck using 5 gHz signal as we had no official name.

          I do think the Sonos folks in charge of naming things need sent to their rooms without dinner.

            jgatie
            jgatie
            June 5, 2026

            The first use of the 5 gHz Sonosnet term was by a moderator.

            We users had no name for it, stuck using 5 gHz signal as we had no official name.

            I do think the Sonos fol,s in charge of naming things need sent to their rooms without dinner.

             

            Yeah I never referred to the surrounds/Sub connection as “Sonosnet”.  Sonosnet is a mesh, which the surrounds/Sub connection is uhhh, not.  Calling a multi-connection mesh network the same name as a dedicated one-way direct connection strains reality.    

              User117655
              User117655
              Prodigy II
              June 5, 2026

              All anecdotal or incorrect usage by forum members then... Bit like pairs/groups/rooms and so on, all get incorrectly used and so confuse…

              That's technology for you though 🤠!

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