Putting Sonos speakers on different wifi network than the Sonos controller app

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For security reasons I want to move all my Internet of Things (IoT) devices, including my Sonos speakers and Arc soundbar, off my main wifi network and onto a guest (vlan) network. Sonos documentation states that Sonos speakers must be on the same network as the device that runs the Sonos controller app. That’s a problem for me, since I want my iPad to be on my main wifi network, not on my IoT network. Is there any way to adjust my router settings so that the Sonos controller app on my iPad can see the Sonos speakers on the IoT network? All my other IoT devices work this way by default. So I’m hoping it is possible for my Sonos speakers too.

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Mr. TAnswer

You could try using the web app instead for basic control of the system.

https://play.sonos.com/en-us/web-app

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controlav

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@Rick_6 - 'My Ecobee thermostat is very happy running on my IoT subnet, but can still be controlled from the Ecobee app on my iPad, which runs on a different subnet. Same for several other smart devices. '

Probably routed via cloud in that case...

Exactly. Sonos uses device-to-device networking, so VLANs will break that if the app is on a different subnet to the devices. Using the web controller is really the only solution for this use-case.

Author of the leading independent Sonos apps for Android, MacOS, iOS, Windows and Xbox.

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Rick_6Author

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Thanks all for the input and ideas and @Stanley_4 for the bedtime reading.

I didn’t realize that Sonos had a web app; said app quickly solved my problem. Now I find myself hoping for a redesign of the iOS app to give it the same functionality (though I’m aware beggars can’t be choosers).

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