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How to setup a wired Ray?

  • December 1, 2022
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I have just purchased a Sonos Ray for my TV.  The TV is connected to the internet by an ethernet cable.  I don’t have a WiFi network as that has proved unreliable in my situation.  So, I want to use ethernet to connect the Ray.

My Android phone is 6 years old running on Android v5.1, so it definately can’t run the Sonos App 2!      I’ll need a new phone.

But before I buy the phone I’d like to know exactly how App 2 goes about setting up a wired Ray.  Everything I’ve found so far on the Web relates to WiFi setups.  Can someone please point me to a step by step explanation of a wired setup?  I could then make sure that I get the appropriate phone and ethernet setup at the TV end.

Thanks in advance,

Noel84

Best answer by jgatie

Unless you find a way to connect the phone to Ethernet, there is no way to setup a Sonos speaker without WiFi.  It is in the requirements: 

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/sonos-system-requirements

Network requirements

 

General requirements

  • High speed wired internet connection such as cable, fiber, or DSL
  • WiFi router
  • Sonos app and all Sonos products are on the same subnet
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jgatie
  • jgatie
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  • December 1, 2022

Unless you find a way to connect the phone to Ethernet, there is no way to setup a Sonos speaker without WiFi.  It is in the requirements: 

https://support.sonos.com/en-us/article/sonos-system-requirements

Network requirements

 

General requirements

  • High speed wired internet connection such as cable, fiber, or DSL
  • WiFi router
  • Sonos app and all Sonos products are on the same subnet
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  • Noel84
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  • December 2, 2022

Thanks jgatie,

I’ll concentrate on the phone to Ethernet connection first.

106rallye
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  • 106rallye
  • December 2, 2022

Your wifi is so unreliable it can't even be used temporarily to set up a speaker?

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  • Noel84
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  • December 2, 2022

Thanks 106rallye,

I no longer have a wifi network - I took it down.

But if all else fails I will try reinstating it.

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