Hello again Sonos comrades.
I was just wondering if somebody more technical than myself could speak to whether it's better to use a top-of-the-line wi-fi router or a Sonos boost. Or if there is any benefit to using both together.
I recently came into possession of a Netgear router with WiFi 6 capability and high throughput. I am pretty sure it's the best you can get on the consumer market before getting into industrial routers.
I got it because have some WiFi weak zones in my home caused by a dense brick chimney that runs through the middle of my house. This causes some of my sonos speakers to drop out or disappear.
Currently I am still using 2 Sonos boosts with the new router and I think I have seen a marginal improvement in performance quality. But its certainly not been the panacea I was hoping for; especially for the price I paid for the router.
My question is, would I be better off without the Sonos boosts? Is it possible the boosts themselves are impeding the potential of the router? Like are the Sonos speakers actively seeking out the signal from the Boost rather than the Netgear router, and thereby choosing the suboptimal signal?
Or would these devices work collaboratively to create more coverage?
Furthermore, my primary boost is sat right next to my router as it has to be wired in. Would it be better to spead them out? The ethernet cable Sonos provides with the boost is only 2m long. Worth getting a longer one?
Any thought on this?