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DarrylJackson
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December 19, 2017
Question

Play5: Hard wired to Wireless Orbi Satellite?

This question is about the need for a Boost.

If I hard wired my Play5 into a port on one of my wireless (not hard wired) orbi Satellites, will this do the exact same thing as a boost? Thus I will not need the boost.

I'm not sure because of the satellite being wireless. Where the boost will be hard wired into the router.
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    Chris
    Chris
    Lead Maestro
    January 3, 2018
    Boost or play:5 should be plugged in to the main router or the orbi that is hard wired to the main router. Either should work fine.

    I beleive he was saying don’t hook to satellite orbi as then communication still has to feed back wirelessly.
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    Andy B
    Andy B
    Sonos Staff
    January 3, 2018
    I beleive he was saying don’t hook to satellite orbi as then communication still has to feed back wirelessly.

    That's correct. In this case, you could technically wire the Boost to the Orbi if desired as it's only in AP mode and wired directly to the router already. We wouldn't recommend wiring a Sonos speaker or Boost to a satellite wireless repeater as it's then communicating information wirelessly. At any point, if the communication between the satellite and the hardwired Orbi have a communication problem, that could then propagate to Sonos as it's relying on that connection.
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