Urgent Feature Request: RSTP

Sonos doesn't seem interested in having model specific kernels, having onny one each for S1 and S2. So until we see something different announced we probably shouldn't expect that to happen.

There may be some tuning of user-space components on a model by model basis, I think music library indexing is, not sure about anything else.

I use Ubiquiti for my network and I have no issues with Sonos. I have older and newer Sonos devices and some are wired and some are not. In the past year or so, I switched from STP to RSTP and it didnt affect my system. 

Do you have more than one managed switch in your network? If so, make sure the Priority is set correctly for each switch

I have my Arc hardwired, but my Sub and surrounds are connected to it wirelessly. I have a Play 1, Amp, and Five hard wired with a Connect and a Play 5 Gen2 wireless. Grouping, Local Library, and HD audio all work all day long.

New Sonos devices have to be compatible with older Sonos devices. Many users have Sonos devices in their systems that span decades.

Your use case is very specific, where you want to use wireless speakers but don’t want Wi-Fi signals in your TV room. If you revisit the guides I posted, you will be able to achieve this.

Interesting, thank you. Yes, more switches, all set to correct priority. So, no STP warning and port blocked? This was also my experience, since this did not work anymore.

I have had an issue with Sonos crashing my network when I removed the Bridge and used hardwired a speaker instead. I did a little research and back then there was a Cisco engineer who wanted to have a large Sonos system that was fully wired. I followed his configuration and everything worked!

Sonos adopted his configuration and its is a simplified version on their support site.

I have also had Universal Remote Control (URC) DMS audio in my home. They make a MAC filtering switch specifically for their amps, because without it their amps will also crash your network.

Does Sonos need to make a switch? I don’t think so. If your settings are correct, your system should run fine without bringing down your network. 

You may find this page helpful:

https://github.com/IngmarStein/unifi-sonos-doc 

Already implemented. Network crushed exaclty after that. So, it is not true that if the setting is “correct” everything is fine. Probably it is my fault. But my point is that it is so easy for Sonos to mess up network (or there would not be the need for so much different tutorials on this topic)

Does Sonos have to make a switch? No. In fact I was asking a different thing: to update their STP solutoin to 21st century. Maybe it is too difficult. Sill…

I can understand that there is so much hipe here for Sonos products. But they are far from perfect. And this is a key realization to further improve.

Does Sonos have to make a switch? No. In fact I was asking a different thing: to update their STP solutoin to 21st century. Maybe it is too difficult. Sill...

In order to improve a proprietary meshnet that is already on its way out?

In order to improve a premium product, with a premium price tag bought 2 years ago by a company that puts forwards its “eccellent software” and promises to mantein and improve on long term their devices. Just asking a feature based on those promises.

Adding to this: STP has been a recurrent topic for years, even when there where no “phasing out”.