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Toolio
Prodigy II
June 14, 2018
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Stop Sonosnet from broadcasting its SSID?

  • June 14, 2018
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Can someone kindly remind me how to stop Sonosnet from broadcasting its SSID so cell phone wifi and other devices won't see it and try to connect? I did it previously in another location (I have Sonos gear in two houses), but I cannot for the life of me remember how. It’s an age thing.
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Best answer by jgatie
From the More tab, select Settings > Advanced Settings.
Tap “Connect to SonosNet” and “Next.”
Tap “Allow Connection” so it's unchecked, and select “Done".

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jgatie
jgatieAnswer
June 14, 2018
From the More tab, select Settings > Advanced Settings.
Tap “Connect to SonosNet” and “Next.”
Tap “Allow Connection” so it's unchecked, and select “Done".
    ToolioAuthor
    Prodigy II
    June 14, 2018
    Thanks. That’s what I thought it might have been, and what I thought had done successfully before. However, it was already unchecked. I checked it and re-unchecked and the Sonos network is still showing up and my phone wifi is connecting to it. I’ll try rebooting things. Unless, of course the Sonos app update I just installed today somehow isn’t doing its job.
    ToolioAuthor
    Prodigy II
    June 14, 2018
    Follow-up: I’m puzzled. I rebooted and it’s still there. I have two Play1s in stereo mode in the living room and one Connect in the basement. The signal is 5 of 5 bars on the cell wifi in the living room, clearly from the Play1s. It shows up on my Android phone but not my iPad. Both of the speakers and the Connect are Ethernet wired into the network. Could this be complicating things? In my other home I have the same wired setup, plus an unwired Play 5. I managed to get this done there.
    John B
    June 14, 2018
    If you have unchecked Allow connection to SonosNet then in your wifi settings 'forget' the SonosNet SSID
      ToolioAuthor
      Prodigy II
      June 14, 2018
      If you have unchecked Allow connection to SonosNet then in your wifi settings 'forget' the SonosNet SSID
      Thanks. That worked for my phone. I suppose the connection lingers until it’s forgotten. The next time someone else is in the house with an Android phone I’ll see if Sonos appears in their wifi list. If not, problem solved.
      John B
      June 14, 2018
      My money is that the SonosNet SSID won't show up unless the phone is connected to your network, has the Sonos app installed and has Allow SonosNet connection enabled.
        ToolioAuthor
        Prodigy II
        June 14, 2018
        I’m sure you’re right. Thanks again to both of you for your help.
        MikeV
        MikeV
        June 15, 2018
        Yeah, it actually doesn't broadcast its SSID... checking that Connect option adds the network to your Android device... the SSID is never really broadcast, your phone just looks for it and connects if found. And I believe unchecking used to remove the network in older versions of Android... but I don't think newer versions allow that anymore, hence needing to manually "forget" the network.
        The S in IOT stands for Security.
          ToolioAuthor
          Prodigy II
          June 15, 2018
          That makes sense. That would also be why iOS devices don’t “see” Sonosnet. I appreciate the explanation.
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