I've been using WiFi Analyser and it seems 2.4ghz round my area is chocker blocked where as 5gh is relatively untouched.
I have Playbar, Sub, Play:1's, Play One's, Play 3's and Move.
If I go over to S2 will all these be able to connect via 5gh and if it came to it can I downloade all back to S1? (I have a Connect S1 only to keep the S1 system).
My Move seems to be having the hardest time with connecting it seems.
I'm back on Channel one for now.
I would like to try a Mesh System really but Sonos doesn't seem to get on with these?.
Can S2 do SonosNet in 5ghz band?.
Thanks for any comments.
Best answer by ratty
SonosNet is a 2.4GHz mesh.
Home theatre satellites (surrounds, subs) connect to the master player over a local 5GHz.
Note that HT master players can never connect to a 5GHz WiFi, as their 5GHz radio is dedicated to serving their satellites.
As for your WiFi scan results, the strongest signal -- Xbox-Server-*** -- is 40MHz wide, so will cause problems for just about anything not on ch 11. It’s sufficiently strong that it’s likely to come from your own property.
On the other hand there are signals on ch 8, which overlaps onto 6 and 11 making life difficult for those ones.
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Note that HT master players can never connect to a 5GHz WiFi, as their 5GHz radio is dedicated to serving their satellites.
As for your WiFi scan results, the strongest signal -- Xbox-Server-*** -- is 40MHz wide, so will cause problems for just about anything not on ch 11. It’s sufficiently strong that it’s likely to come from your own property.
On the other hand there are signals on ch 8, which overlaps onto 6 and 11 making life difficult for those ones.
I’d recommend you start by confining Xbox-Server to 20MHz width, centred on ch 1, 6 or 11, so it can better co-exist with other users of the band.
In WiFi mode one can’t steer a Sonos device onto a specific band. However as I understand it devices will attempt to connect to 5GHz if they can, subject to the prevailing RF conditions.
I will try SonosNet, take my 2.4ghz details off all the speakers then try and get the Move on 5ghz (May need to factory reset it and add back in while the 2.4gh is turned off?).
I have good enough 5g where the Move lives, will see how it fairs outside in the back garden/ workshop but will cross that bridge later.
Getting my Household on SonosNet was easy as pie, just plugged it into my router and nigh on instantly all my speakers were on WM:0 (bar the Move).
Next was trying to eradicate my 2.4ghz credentials, with the Move powered on obviously I couldn't remove it. Powered Move down, removed the 2.4ghz entry but as soon as I turned Move back on it connected back to 2.4.
I tried adding my 5ghz though the S1 app in Network Setup, but it would only show 2.4ghz SSID's and manual entry didn't work (incorrect password shown).
So my resolution was to Factory Reset the Move, and within that process it saw my 5ghz SSID and connected straight up.
All working great so far!.
Sorry for long winded post but it may help others out.
Sonos of course doesn’t officially support EoP/powerline connections. Their bandwidth/latency can vary hugely, depending on the condition and path of the electrical wiring, mains-borne interference, and what’s plugged in nearby. (The old Bridge power supply was great at destroying the EoP RF carrier locally.)
That said, when they work they can certainly assist with Sonos. Just make sure you don’t end up with one of the makes which blocks certain types of traffic that Sonos depends upon.
I think this is as good as I'm going to get it, put the kids Xboxes on 5ghz, Sonos on SonosNet (ch11 for now). Arlo always follows my router channel (how it's programed). I'm VM and Arlo on these.
