setup of 6x Era 100 SLs

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I just bought 6 era 100sl.

I'm getting crazy to connect them . They disappeared or never end the actualization . I'm using an open WiFi from the hotel .

We want to use it combining music in differents areas . Can anybody help me please ?

Thanks

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Prodigy I

The best way to have this working the way you wish is to hardwire each speaker to your network, which will require proper STP/RSTP and multicast settings. Having them on a specific VLAN (like your IoT VLAN), with a single device connected to that VLAN to control the Sonos speakers, would be your best bet to avoid connection issues and dropouts. I would not use them wirelessly for this deployment.

Ask your IT department for help with this. I am sure there are a few VLANS already created for different departments as well as things like servers.

kdowling

I don’t think the hotel wifi is going to work. Most hotels have isolation between connections so guests can’t interfere with each other. One thing you can try is using a travel router/wifi access point that you control and have your phone and sonos devices connect to that.

M

MarancioAuthor

Contributor I

Since the Sonos are to use for the hotel at the public areas , don't think the travel router or the WiFi point will be a solution because the distances between the 6 of them won't be closer enough to work all with one router. I think

Pools-3015Answer

Prodigy I

The best way to have this working the way you wish is to hardwire each speaker to your network, which will require proper STP/RSTP and multicast settings. Having them on a specific VLAN (like your IoT VLAN), with a single device connected to that VLAN to control the Sonos speakers, would be your best bet to avoid connection issues and dropouts. I would not use them wirelessly for this deployment.

Ask your IT department for help with this. I am sure there are a few VLANS already created for different departments as well as things like servers.

Airgetlam

Also, you can ask your IT folks to ‘whitelist’ your Sonos devices, so they can talk to each other, and have reserved IP addresses.

Talking to each other is one of the most important things for Sonos speakers. As previously stated, most hotel networks don’t allow this, for ‘security’ reasons.

Bruce