Hello. Until recently, I only had a 5GHz wifi and was not activating/using at all the 2.4GHz band in the house for anything (my Sonos Ones and Era are on 5GHz)
I acquired a Sonos Ray recently, and this product only connects to 2.4GHz wifi, so I created a new separated SSID on this band just for that.
However as I had to add this network in the Sonos app, now all my other speakers decided to use this 2.4GHz band as well.
Is there no way to choose which network each product should use ?
Sonos will seek out the strongest connection, which seems to be you 2,4GHz network. The speakers communicate network credentials amongst them. Why this aversion to 2,4Ghz?
Just too much interference in my area with Bluetooth/DECT/neighbors wifi…
I had too many issues in the past which disappeared when switching to 5GHz only
I’m wondering: would the Ray work without being connected to network if I only use the SPDIF input directly from the screen ? I’m not interested in streaming on this one
Once you’ve set it up, it will work without internet, yes. But you’d loose the possibility to group it with your other speakers, to use music services and to use your phone as a remote. To me these are the things I bought a Sonos soundbar for.
Why not leave the Sonos speakers on 2,4Ghz and see if they will work OK.
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