Hello Sonos Community,I’m writing out of frustration after spending countless hours trying to resolve persistent connectivity issues between my Android app and my Era 100 speaker. Despite following every troubleshooting step suggested by Sonos support—including factory resets, forgetting and re-adding networks, and more—the connection remains unreliable. The app connects to my Era 100 only about 1 out of every 10 attempts.Support repeatedly points to my use of WiFi extenders with the same SSID as the cause. However, I had the exact same problem before installing the extenders. To rule this out, I’ve even disabled the extenders entirely, but the issue persists. I have also: Ensured my phone and speaker are on the same WiFi network Tried different devices for setup Updated all firmware and apps Confirm that there is no VPN or firewalls Attempted setup near the main router Nothing has provided a lasting fix. Factory resets sometimes work—once—but the next connection attempt almost always fails. The funny thing is that streaming of music works, if I use a voice command, so my Internet does work (of course it does).It’s clear from other posts that I’m not alone, and this seems to be a widespread problem with the Era 100 and/or the current app. I am extremely disappointed with the repetitive, scripted responses from support and the lack of a real solution.Can Sonos please acknowledge this as a broader issue and provide a meaningful update or fix?If anyone in the community has found a permanent solution, I’d appreciate your advice.Thank you.Feel free to personalize this further with any additional details or frustrations you want to highlight.

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Ongoing Era 100 Connection Issues – Frustrated by Support Responses

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Hello Sonos Community,

I’m writing out of frustration after spending countless hours trying to resolve persistent connectivity issues between my Android app and my Era 100 speaker. Despite following every troubleshooting step suggested by Sonos support—including factory resets, forgetting and re-adding networks, and more—the connection remains unreliable. The app connects to my Era 100 only about 1 out of every 10 attempts.

Support repeatedly points to my use of WiFi extenders with the same SSID as the cause. However, I had the exact same problem before installing the extenders. To rule this out, I’ve even disabled the extenders entirely, but the issue persists. I have also:

Ensured my phone and speaker are on the same WiFi network
Tried different devices for setup
Updated all firmware and apps
Confirm that there is no VPN or firewalls
Attempted setup near the main router

Nothing has provided a lasting fix. Factory resets sometimes work—once—but the next connection attempt almost always fails. The funny thing is that streaming of music works, if I use a voice command, so my Internet does work (of course it does).

It’s clear from other posts that I’m not alone, and this seems to be a widespread problem with the Era 100 and/or the current app. I am extremely disappointed with the repetitive, scripted responses from support and the lack of a real solution.

Can Sonos please acknowledge this as a broader issue and provide a meaningful update or fix?
If anyone in the community has found a permanent solution, I’d appreciate your advice.

Thank you.

Feel free to personalize this further with any additional details or frustrations you want to highlight.

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AirgetlamAnswer

Too close is often as difficult for a radio signal as too far away. If you can’t temporarily wire it with to Ethernet (if you have no adapter), it should be at least a meter/3 feet away from the router for optimal signal.

I’d certainly agree with @Rhonny that checking to ensure your WiFi matches the Sonos Network Requirements FAQ is a good thing.

One thing to remember is the Era 100 can not connect to a SonosNet signal, so if the rest of your speakers are ‘older’ (like most of mine are) and are connected to a SonosNet signal, the Era 100 won’t be able to connect to that, it does need to connect to your WiFi directly. Some of my speakers are newer, so I run both WiFi and SonosNet, depending on the speaker. I suppose I could easily retire my SonosNet option at this point, but I haven’t, mostly because I’m lazy, and if it works as a combined system, why bother to do so. At some point, I’ll catch that wild hare, and do it.

Bruce

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Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

The link to the Amazon listing:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5QK5P59?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share&th=1

Mentions the chip used, that may match or be compatible with what Sonos uses.

RTL8153B chip

Usually embedded system designs only include drivers for specifically supported chips due to the limited memory and wanting to eliminate support issues for devices not tested. Seeing Sonos supports position on supporting third party adapters would also be interesting.

It would be interesting to try other adapters using that chip and see if they also work.

R

Rhonny

Prodigy III

Seeing Sonos supports position on supporting third party adapters would also be interesting.

Sonos (possibly Jamie A) has said before using third party adaptors “is possible, but definitely not supported”. (ie don’t call Sonos if the third party adaptor doesn’t work).

R

Rhonny

Prodigy III

@skyriazakos

(Also, I mentioned much earlier in the thread about checking the security setting on the router wasn’t causing issues for connecting over WiFi. And potentially setting a static IP address if the speaker shows on the router.)

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