Hello,
When setting up networks on the 2.4GHz band, it is required, for some Sonos devices, to set the router/access point to mixed mode (802.11 a/b/g/n).
The disadvantage of this is that with mixed networks, the speed always adapts to the lowest possible protocol. If someone has five devices in the house, four of which support 802.11n and one 802.11b, all four 802.11n devices will be affected because they will have to adapt to the speed of the 802.11b standard.
It is possible to use SonosNet to create your own internal network for the Sonos products. Preferably, one Sonos product should be connected by cable and the Sonos speakers should be connected via SonosNet. If this is not an option, then at least one Sonos device must be connected via Wi-Fi to be able to connect to the controller (which means the network setting must still be 802.11 mixed on older devices).
Now for my question. Can anyone indicate which chipsets in the Sonos products support which specific 802.11 standards?
I'm curious as to which Sonos products have a chipset on board with 802.11n support (and thus not B/G only).
I'd love to hear about it.
P.S. This table doesn't cover my question. It also doesn't show discontinued products like the Play:5 and Playbar for example.
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