Virtuoso

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5ghz on Sonos S2?.

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Hello again!.

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.

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rattyAnswer

SonosNet is a 2.4GHz mesh.

Home theatre satellites (surrounds, subs) connect to the master player over a local 5GHz.

When connecting to WiFi, in “wireless” mode, many of the devices can use 5GHz WiFi. See https://support.sonos.com/s/article/126

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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KeithmacAuthor

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Working a treat now, no dropouts at all!.

I left SonosNet on the "dirty" channel 6 just to see what woukd happen and it's been amazingly stable.

Might try a Powerline 5ghz extender in the workshop an see if the Move will connect to that 🤔 .

Saying that I have good 5ghz signal down the garden (30meters or more from router), which is surprising!.

ratty

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.

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KeithmacAuthor

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I have a TP-Link, we use one for the kids Xboxes and it seems very stable.

The spare TP-Link can go in the workshop for testing, not the end of the world if it doesn't work as it's it's just sat around doing nothing!.

Was looking into Mesh networks but I don't think I need to go down that route now.

ratty

IIRC TP-Link powerline should be okay.

Mesh WiFi and Sonos (in ’wireless’/WiFi mode) don’t always get along. The standard suggestion from Tech Support then appears to be … to use SonosNet.

If you have a working solution then I’d recommend you stick with it.

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KeithmacAuthor

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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.

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