STP is disabled for this device

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Looking at my network matrix to check out some connection issues (again!) I noticed that one of my devices had no entries at all in the network matrix and when i check the “/usr/sbin/brctl/showstp br0” link it said “STP is disabled for this device”. Presumably this means that this device is not using STP to connect to any other SONOS devices in my system? I have a wired setup, with 5 secondary (hard wired) nodes and 10 tertiary nodes in a 15 node setup. I have only recently noticed the “STP is disabled ...” text. Does this indicate a problem with the device? Any ideas how I could check/rectify? I’ve obviously tried the reset option. Any advice appreciated! Thanks A.

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rattyAnswer

Change your SonosNet channel to 1. See if the Play:1 rejoins the party. You might need to powercycle it. After that you can switch SonosNet back to ch 6.

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ratty

No downsides.

It’s always recommended that you don’t store WiFi credentials in the system unless you actually need them, e.g. for a Move, or because you deliberately want to run the system in Mixed Mode for some reason or other. It aids stability, preventing the system from flipping a node onto WiFi.

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Allan BAuthor

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No downsides.

Thanks for the reassurance! I hadn’t realised that by having this SSID listed (presumably from when I very first configured my system using only WiFi) it could be used by a node instead of the SonosNet. Makes sense though, thanks for explaining. I’ve deleted the SSID and will be interested to monitor my system stability going forward!

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