The Boost is used to create a Sonosnet network, if you have the Play 1’s connected directly to the WiFi network and all it good, you won’t need the boost.
Sonosnet is a different wireless network from your usual WiFi network.
Back in the day you needed a Boost or Bridge to create the Sonosnet, but then Sonos allowed one speaker to be connected to Ethernet, which then acted as the “bridge” between the WiFi network and the Sonosnet.
A few years ago Sonos seem to have steered users to use the speaker directly to WiFi and not use Sonosnet … unless there was a specific case that needed it.
if you have added a mesh system and all is working, I would not worry about getting the boost connected.
I was in exactly this situation and moving to mesh only improved my Sonos setup.
Thank you so much for that information! I will put the boost away!
No worries, glad it helped
Opening this thread again:)
So like above i have Sonos 1 and a mesh system. Now it had been lags, and app have issues/ slow response.
Decided to buy the latest Boost.
My question is. Does the Sonos speakers "move " automatically from the wifi mesh system over to the Boost system? Or what do I need to do/ how can i check? Make sure i get the best out of the system
Thanks and have a nice weekend
Generally, they move automatically. But occasionally, they have been known to require a nudge by rebooting the speaker. If you look at your system in the controller, a speaker connected to WiFi shows a WM:1 designation, a connection over SonosNet is WM:0.
Remember, not all Sonos speakers can use SonosNet, the Era series, the Roam, and Moves all require WiFi connections. However, if you don’t have any of those, and are using SonosNet, feel free to remove the WiFi network information from your controller.
I happen to use a mixed system, so some of my speakers are on SonosNet, and others on WiFi. I let them choose which signal they prefer, and don’t worry about it, they all talk to each other just fine.
My own system uses the ISP’s Gateway WiFi, a separate WiFi mesh, and SonosNet wired and wireless units. This area is very congested with WiFi. Sometimes I can observe 70 close neighbors on a WiFi scan. Plus, there is a healthcare facility next door. It can be quite a mess. The SONOS units are free to choose any of my connections. From time to time I’ll notice that a unit or two will change their choices.
