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Arc + sub + connect:amp for surrounds = wired, wireless, ???

  • December 10, 2024
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I have an Arc as my TV soundbar. It is connected to a Sub, as well as a Connect:Amp for ceiling surrounds. And I have many other older Sonos speakers (pre Era era) throughout the house, and want a stable network. Correct me if any of this is wrong:

  • The Arc and the Connect:Amp have to be wired via the same router for the Connect:Amp to provide surround (confirmed, and it works)
  • The Arc has to be set to Enable Wifi for the Sub to connect (confirmed, and it works)
  • The Connect:Amp has been set to Disable Wifi to hopefully create a stable SonosNet network for all of the other wireless Sonos speakers.
  • Therefore I have a single wired speaker with Wifi Enabled, and a SonosNet network is created.

All of my speakers show WM: 0 and are therefore on SonosNet. And they usually work (but sometimes they fail spectacularly - but that could be a bigger network issues). But when I run a network matrix on the system I do not have any device listed as a Root Bridge even though it should be the Arc (I think?). Do I have anything to fix in my system?

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Airgetlam
  • Airgetlam
  • December 10, 2024

3 makes no sense to me. Why would turning off a radio/wifi make a stable network?

4 doesn’t make sense, either. Turning off radios/wifi just makes the device use Ethernet. SonosNet is carried by a radio signal, not an Ethernet cable. 

Does your system work? If so, you should do nothing to change it. If it doesn’t, then make changes. 

Bruce
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