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Has anyone been succesful in disabling the WiFi on their speakers?

Most of the speakers in my system I can connect with ethernet (With the exception of a few that need to go over wireless). I want to disable the WiFi on each of the speakers that are wired. This is to prevent a SonosNet to be created, which would then force the speakers that need to be wireless to connect to this network, which I do not want as it does not work well, and I have plenty of WiFi coverage around the house using a few AP’s. A few years ago, I’m sure this worked, but it no longer seems to.

After plugging the the ethernet, I go in the connection settings and I select the disable WiFi option. On my Ubiquiti wireless controller, I can see that the WiFi Sonos speakers join my wireless, but after a few minutes they disconnect. When I go check the speaker where I just disabled the WiFi, it seems to toggle itself back on (Which then creates a Sonos WiFi that any other speaker connect to).

I’ve tried disabling WiFi on multiple wired speakers now, and it’s always re-enabling itself after a few minutes.

Anyone know how I can get this setup so that it doesn’t revert?

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Stanley_4Answer

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Other issues aside you need to do the disable wifi and let it reenable then within a couple minutes submit a diagnostic and call into support. That shouldn't be happening and we users can't see the internal data to make good suggestions.

I used wired and Sonosnet connections for years, a it of testing showed me things were better with a wifi only setup so I pulled all the Ethernet connections and the system is more stable.

The frustrations of having the disable wifi actually turn off the whole radio are best avoided if possible.

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Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Unless I am not understanding this or it is wrong, Sonosnet is not an option for the Era, Ultra or Sub 4 under any configuration.

https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/choose-between-a-wireless-and-wired-sonos-setup

Products that don’t support the dedicated Sonos wireless network

The following products must either be connected to your home WiFi network in a wireless setup or connected via Ethernet, if supported.

Arc Ultra

Era 100

Era 100 Pro

Era 300

Move

Move 2

Roam

Roam 2

Roam SL

Sub 4

Smilja

Here is another example:

Limitations when using Era 100 or Era 300 as surrounds

When Era 100 or Era 300 speakers are used as surround speakers, there are some limitations to their Ethernet connectivity when using the Sonos Combo Adapter.
When the primary home theater speaker is connected to the network with a wireless connection, the Era surround speakers cannot be connected to the network with an Ethernet cable. However, if the home theater speaker is wired to the network, then the Era surround speakers can also use Ethernet connections if desired.

Surround sound guidelines and limitations | Sonos

Unless I am not understanding this or it is wrong, Sonosnet is not an option for the Era, Ultra or Sub 4 under any configuration.

https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/choose-between-a-wireless-and-wired-sonos-setup

Correct, due to hardware limitations (missing ethernet port).

I've asked Sonos to add an option to the older Sonosnet speakers that is the default on the Eras, allow us to connect Ethernet but not enable Sonosnet.

Tom Conrad was sympathetic to this request in his AMA on Reddit. Anyhoo, I don't believe that it will be realized, since the SonosNet is already on its way out.

https://www.reddit.com/r/sonos/comments/1kl50g0/comment/msf0b1j/?context=3

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Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Unless I am not understanding this or it is wrong, Sonosnet is not an option for the Era, Ultra or Sub 4 under any configuration.

https://support.sonos.com/en-gb/article/choose-between-a-wireless-and-wired-sonos-setup

Correct, due to hardware limitations (missing ethernet port).

Missing Ethernet port? Sure looks like the Ultra and Sub 4 have internal ones and the Eras support external ones.

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/guides/arcultra

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/guides/sub

https://www.sonos.com/en-us/guides/era300 (Connector #4 USB)