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Kooa
Avid Contributor I
July 5, 2014

Temporarily move Sonos components to another wifi network

G'day
This is my first post on the Sonos forum....
Have had my Sonos system up and running perfect at home for about a year now (Sonos Bridge + Sonos5 + Sonos Play1) and have been loving every note of music form this fantastic system.

Thing is, a friend of mine has asked me to bring it to his 49th birthday party tonight. (he also loves the system and is considering getting a Sonos system for his place) .

To set it up at his place, I will have to take the components from my place, to his place, and then instal it on his wifi network.

So I guess I'm asking is it safe to just disconnect/unplug the Sonos Bridge from my Windows 7 desktop computer then simply instal it on his wifi network as a normal new setup?

System will be controlled using the Sonos Controller App on my iPhone5. I will of course also have to connect my phone to his wifi network.

This will only be a 1 night setup at his place then it will need to be reinstalled back on my own home wifi network the next day.

Besides physically disconnecting the bridge from my desktop computer and then connecting and installing it up on my friends network is their anything else I need to do? Really don't want to screw up any settings at my place.

Thanks
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buzz
buzz
Grand Maestro
July 5, 2014
Kooa,

First post! Welcome to the forums.

Note that SONOS does not use WiFi although the controllers might use WiFi.

Do not set up at your friend's house as if the SONOS system is brand new. This will destroy all of your Sonos Playlists, music service registrations, Internet Radio favorites, and your Music Library index. Simply unplug your system and move it to the remote location. Once you have wired at least one SONOS component to his wired network, the system will function. Your iPhone will continue to control the system once you are logged on to his network.

Note that SONOS does not store any music. If you want to bring music with you, you'll need to bring the storage device along and attach it to your friend's network. If you normally play music from an online service or your iPhone, this will play as usual.
    KooaAuthor
    Avid Contributor I
    July 5, 2014
    Thanks for the info (and the welcome) Buzz!
    That why I love Sonos everything is simple! And sounds great!

    So just to clarify..... I just have to disconnect my Sonos Bridge form my modem/router here at home, then take my Bridge and speakers to the remote location and then just connect the bridge to my mates Modem/Router and everything will connect correctly?
    NoBoB
    NoBoB
    July 5, 2014
    It will, but only the internet music sources will play. To play music stored on your home network, you'd have to also bring that storage device -- PC, NAS, or whatever -- along with the Sonos equipment.

    Also, it wouldn't hurt to verify which channel you're using on Sonos at home, and find out if that channel is available at your friend's house.
    KooaAuthor
    Avid Contributor I
    July 5, 2014
    Thanks for the info NoBoB

    Excuse my ignorance, but what do you mean by verifying which "channel" I am using?

    Thanks
    buzz
    buzz
    Grand Maestro
    July 5, 2014
    Kooa,

    If the SONOS system and your friend's WiFi use the same RF channel, there could be some interference between the SONOS wireless and WiFi. You will not notice mild interference, but in difficult situations you may experience some music dropouts. In some respects this is similar to the situation where there are too many people talking in a room, making comprehension difficult. If you operate the two systems on different channels, this is similar to moving some of the people to another room.

    You can change the SONOS channel through Advanced settings. It is best to change the SONOS channel, rather than messing with your buddy's router, because you will be blamed for any future networking issue if you touch his router.
    KooaAuthor
    Avid Contributor I
    July 15, 2014
    Tanks to all who answered my original post. The sonos system worked beautifully at my friends party and is happily back at home now and once again pumping out the music.

    I followed the instructions given here in this post and everything just simply worked. If only everything in life was as simple as a Sonos system 🙂
      compie
      Lyricist I
      December 25, 2014
      How can I temporarily use my Sonos Play:1 on the wifi network of a friend. I dont have a bridge, since I'm using the new "standard setup".
      ratty
      ratty
      December 25, 2014
      How can I temporarily use my Sonos Play:1 on the wifi network of a friend. I dont have a bridge, since I'm using the new "standard setup".
      If you can still reach the PLAY:1 from your controller, you can tell it the ID/key of your friend's router.

      If you're already at the friend's house, temporarily wire the PLAY:1 to the router to re-establish contact between the controller and Player.

      If you're really stuck, you can factory reset everything and set it up afresh, though this will erase all your settings, Sonos Playlists, online accounts, etc. See here.
      compie
      Lyricist I
      December 27, 2014
      If you can still reach the PLAY:1 from your controller, you can tell it the ID/key of your friend's router.

      If you're already at the friend's house, temporarily wire the PLAY:1 to the router to re-establish contact between the controller and Player.

      If you're really stuck, you can factory reset everything and set it up afresh, though this will erase all your settings, Sonos Playlists, online accounts, etc.

      Ok temporary connecting it via ethernet works great. But what should I do when I'm in a hotel room and there's no wired connection. I don't want to loose all my sonos playlists...
        PMSyPly
        Collaborator II
        November 24, 2015
        Compie, and All

        Got a laptop? With a wired ethernet jack?

        A little known fact is that these jacks are LIVE when the laptop is connected via WiFi

        So though I haven't tested it yet, you could travel to your hearts content & whenever running a laptop on Wifi plug your Sonos player into that jack and be good to go. So it would be a plus to have the laptop carrying your personal music collection.

        My GF's application: She wants to bring her PLAY:3 to our church to have music during a workshop there.
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