Turning off a play1

They are made to stay on. They enter a low power mode a few seconds after the music stops.

Turning off the mains power will do it. It will take about a minute to reboot when you power it on again. Any queue or group information will be lost, but not saved playlists.

There is a cost benefit trade off here though because the power cycling has an indeterminate adverse impact on equipment life.

Thanks. Does anyone connect their speakers on a separate WiFi network? I’m thinking of connecting them on a guest network to keep other WiFi traffic separate from the Sonos WiFi.

A guest network will not work, you need access to the local LAN. However, if you wire at least one Sonos device to Ethernet, you will create Sonosnet, a separate proprietary network. The benefits for Sonosnet is it is a mesh network for better range and reliability, and you can set the channel(s) used by Sonosnet so as not to interfere with your standard WiFi. If you do not have an Ethernet port or router close to your Sonos devices, you can purchase an inexpensive Sonos Boost to use for the wired connection (Hence the alternate name "Boost Setup"). For more on Sonosnet aka Boost Setup, see this link:

https://sonos.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/3046

The guest network is part of my lan so I don’t understand why you say it won’t work.

Usually devices on a guest network won’t be able to see devices on the main network and vice versa. The whole idea of a guest network is to allow guests to use the internet but not connect to anything else on the lan.

Regardless the guest network would still be routed in the same way as the main one so you wouldn’t really see a performance benefit anyway.

If you wanted to do it like that you’d require another router which supported VLANs and some networking knowledge - probably better just to get a £5 Bridge off eBay!

The guest network is part of my lan so I don’t understand why you say it won’t work.

As stated, usually a "guest network" only has access to the internet, thus preventing guests from accessing devices and data on your personal LAN. That is the definition I was working off of.

Trying to figure out why if it's wasteful to have a speaker plugged in all day long, why is it OK to have a router/modem plugged in all day long?

Thanks to all for clarification of how a guest network works.

Wasteful for the Sonos to be connected to WiFi when not in use. If it isn’t being used I assumed it would disconnect from WiFi. By design it is always connected just not receiving data when no music is playing? I do notice now that an Apple TV connected via WiFi is the same way. Always connected.

It's the way of the world, at this point. Most TV's maintain a trickle charge, refridgerators don't turn off, ovens and microwaves have a clock that requires power, game consoles are always on. It's hard to get away from this, especially with anything that is new and connects to the internet. Even computers can "sleep" rather than actually shut down all the way.