Ability to Add Sonos Roam to Multiple Sonos WiFi Systems?

I agree that the Roam is ‘sticky’ to an original WiFi AP.

I haven’t tried this for sometime either, but IIRC, when I did once grab a Sonos Roam and began walking further away from the original AP-1, stepping past another AP-2, the Roam did eventually give up its connection to the distant AP-1 and it switched to the then nearer AP-2.. it was like it needed it’s WiFi connection to AP-1 to become ‘very weak’ before it would let go of AP-1 and it certainly did not switchover because the AP-2 was nearer... there must be a signal strength ‘value’ below which the Roam lets go it’s connection and then finds another, I suspect.

So my thoughts are @spacegrass is that your Roam is perhaps hovering somewhere in the (grey area). The ‘Neither’ Zone, perhaps🤔? 

How about plugging the ‘sticky’ AP into a smart plug so you can power it off for a few seconds while the Roam connects to the nearer AP, without your leaving your chair?

Yes I know this is pretty desperate, and not something you should want or need to do, as there are obvious downsides.

I am dumbfounded and disappointed to discover that the Sonos Roam does everything but roam between different wifi networks!

The names ‘Roam’ and ‘Move’ are highly misleading and should at least contain a note* (*only via Bluetooth, not between wifi networks).

This almost merits a class action.

I wish it was so easy. I have done as you suggested but the Roam will only not connect to my other wifi-6 networks, except the one it was initially set up on. I am running up to date software and I have reset and rebooted the networks and their devices to no avail. The Bluetooth connection works fine on all the networks.

You might need to perhaps explain your networks, where they are and what you’re trying to do?

In my own case, I have a WiFi network setup at Home, another one in the camper van (MobileNet) and another WiFi network at a holiday bungalow, plus I have added both a portable mobile hotspot (iPhone XR) and a MiFi wireless network (D-Link dwr-2101) to my Sonos system/Household and so when I take the Roam, or Move, to any location, (or a new location with the portable wireless products), the controller and the speakers simply use that (stored) local network. 

No additional setup is required. I have all my services, playlists, favourites and voice assistants etc.

I also use Plex with a Plex Pass and that allows me to stream my Home NAS library music whilst at any location. I do sometimes use Bluetooth as a fallback, or occasionally for playing TV/Music audio to the Sonos speaker from an Amazon Fire-Stick.

The Roam definitely does ‘roam’ without any problem, and the Move can be moved seamlessly to different places too, but maybe you’re trying to achieve something different with the Sonos setup in your case, perhaps🤔? You might need to explain the type of outcome you’re looking for?

What absolute nonsense.  Class actions are for things like mass financial loss caused by fraud or severe disability caused by inadequate testing of drugs.  Not because you have a bit of a problem with your music system, which is as likely as not down to suboptimal network setup on your part.

Please tell me the “class action” comment was a joke.

The Sonos Room and Move can roam beween networks, as has alerady been explained on this thread

My network is pretty much the same in each case: fibre optic connection with a wifi 6 mesh router.

Each network is physically separated by about a mile and has its own router, SSID and password. Each network is stable and working fine with multiple connected devices: TV, several macs, i-phones, home control units, and of course Sonos speakers. All very straight forward with no issues.

I have set up a Roam on my home1 network (a pair of Sonos One (gen 2), a pair of One (gen 1), and a pair of Sonos Threes) - so far so good. But when I move to my office1 network where I have a pair of Sonos One (gen 2) and a Sonos 3 the Roam will not connect. I have tried via:

 - Sonos/Settings/System/Products/+ Add Product : The wheel turns and cannot detect the Roam (which is switched on and in close proximity). It will only see the Roam if I f reset the Roam to factory settings. In this case it will no longer show up on the home1 network.

 - Sonos/Settings/System/System Settings/Network/Manage Networks : in Networks I see the SSID of Office1 (Home  is no longer visible°). I update the network but it will only find the existing Sonos elements on the network, not the Roam.

I suspect that the reason your Roam is not connecting to the system at each place, is the fact you have setup separate Sonos Households at each location. They ideally all need to be the same Sonos Household.

Perhaps the easiest way to explain it to you, is…

For ease of use and I’m just trying to keep things simple here, it really ALL needs to be just the ONE complete Sonos system (same Household ID), with all the WiFi networks, from each location, added to each/all speakers.

So imagine you gathered together ALL your Sonos speakers at Home and set them up just as one huge system and then added the WiFi credentials to that system and then later transported any speaker(s) to your other location a mile away - the speakers will now connect automatically to the nearby WiFi (as the credentials for that WiFi are stored on the speaker - in network settings in the Sonos App) and when you connect your mobile controller to that WiFi too it will immediately find just the speakers on that nearby network.

No need to setup a separate system/household as you already have one …and no need to ever factory reset any device - all devices you setup at Home will connect to the nearby WiFi and show up in your Sonos App network as seen in my earlier posted screenshots.

I hope that helps explain why your Roam is not currently roaming - I suspect that you may have created a different Sonos system at each separate location.