Short version:
Does an affordable device exist that I can carry around my house to pinpoint the source of 2.4GHz signal that is interfering with my Sonos system?
Long version:
I’ve long had difficulty dropouts on my Sonos system. Sometimes it works fine, other times it’s intolerable. My inability to reproduce the problem reliably has made it very difficult to diagnose the source. Now I recently learned (or was reminded of) the Network Matrix, which shows the status of the connection of all my speakers. This I see provides critical information to help me diagnose the problem.
This is my system. I’m using SonosNet with ethernet going to one Sonos One
5 - Play:1
1 - Sub
1 - Play:5
3 - Sonos One
1 - Play:3
Last night, the Matrix had red squares all over, indicating severe interference, and speakers were dropping out on and off all evening. I tried switching channels on both my Sonos system and my WiFi router, to no avail. Now, tonight, I have green and yellow squares and the dropouts aren’t happening. Yay! I’m happy because it seems that the Matrix really does correlate with the speaker performance.
I have no idea what made the system go red last night (and probably all the other times I’ve had problems with dropouts). I’d like to get a device as described above to try to find the exact source of the problem. I picture walking around, looking at the strength of the 2.4GHz signal, and seeing where it is unexpectedly strong. Or something like that. I’m not sure how the channel selection enters into this, so I do have something to learn about how this all works, but I’m hoping that some type of signal-strength device exists that can help with the diagnosis. Does it? Can you recommend a specific one? Do radio signals even work this way (i.e., with strength varying in a way that a source can be found or triangulated or whatever)?