All the home theatre master players contain two radios: 2.4GHz and 5GHz. The 5GHz radio is only used to connect its satellites (which is also why the HT master can’t connect to a 5GHz WiFi).
The private 5GHz connects the satellites in both modes -- Ethernet/’wired’/SonosNet or WiFi/’wireless’ -- unless both the master and the satellites are wired.
Hi, I have a question about connecting my Sonos Speakers. Here you get an overview which Sonos devices I own:
- Living Room (Surround): Sonos Arc, Sub Gen. 3, 2x Symfonisk Lamps Gen. 2
- Bedroom (Stereo): 2x Symfonisk Lamps Gen. 2
- Kitchen: Sonos One Gen. 2
- Bathroom: Sonos One Gen. 2
- Office: Sonos One Gen. 2
- Hallway: Sonos One Gen. 2
All devices are capable of 5GHz Wifi, except the Arc as stated by
I also have a well operating Ubiquiti Unifi network here at home with 5 Access Points and managed switches:
- UDM-Pro
- USW-Enterprise-24-PoE
- USW-Flex-Mini
- 5x U6-Pro
At the moment I have two different SSIDs for the same network because of Sonos. There are also other networks/vlans and SSIDs which are not relevant to my question. I don’t want to bring my Sonos devices to an IoT vlan, because I don’t want to use mDNS to talk to my Sonos speakers. I am trusting Sonos. ;)
SSID 1 (here are my Sonos devices connected to currently):
- Wifi Band: 2.4Ghz and 5GHz
- Security protocol: WPA2/WPA3 transition
- PMF: optional
- Multicast Enhancement: Enabled
- BSS Transition: Enabled
- Enable Fast Roaming: Enabled
- Enable WPA3 Fast Roaming: Enabled
SSID 2 (here are all my high performance devices, like iPhones and MacBooks for example, this is the SSID where my Sonos devices should connect in future):
- Wifi Band: 5GHz
- Security protocol: WPA3 only
- PMF: required
- Multicast Enhancement: Enabled
- BSS Transition: Enabled
- Enable Fast Roaming: Enabled
Underlying Network is configured the following way:
- IGMP Snooping: Enabled
USW-Enterprise-24-PoE is configured the following way:
- Spanning Tree Protocol: RSTP
My requirements and questions:
I want to understand how it works or how it should work, before trying to configure it.
The Sonos Arc is now connected via 2.4GHz, but in future mode of operation there is no 2.4Ghz available at the respective SSID (2). I want to connect it via Ethernet. Here are my questions:
- The Sonos Arc will be connected to the USW-Flex-Mini (which is connected with Power over Ethernet to the USW-Enterprise-24-PoE). I read about STP issues, because this mini switch is not capable of STP. It should be capable of forwarding STP packets, I read somewhere. Is it possible to wire connect the Arc to the mini switch without STP issues (it will be the only wire connected Sonos device)?
- I don’t want to use SonosNet in general, because I have a well planned and working network/wifi (all channels (2.4Ghz and 5GHz are in use). I am fine with how it works now. All devices are connected to my Ubiquiti Wifi, except the Sub and the 2 Symfonisk Lamps. They are connected via 5GHz Wifi to the HT master (Arc = WM:1 and Sub/Satellites = WM: 2). How will it work, if I wire connect the Arc and disable Wifi at the Arc (to not get a SonosNet for all of my Sonos components)? Will the Sub and the satellites despite the deactivated Wifi at the Arc connect to the Arc via private 5GHz or will they communicate via my Unifi wifi/network?
- What is the best solution for my use case in your opinion?
I hope you can help me. Thank you guys!
Regards Hoppel