Contributor I

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Sonos Zp90/Connect to NAS

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Hi,

I am new with dematerialized music and I would like to know if I can connect a NAS directly to Sonos Connect 1st Generation Ethernet port, not through Wi-Fi (I don’t have any available Ethernet port on my Router). I am looking to Buffalo LinkStation 210 or Western Digital My Cloud Home Personnel.

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Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Both of the devices you linked are far more than you need for Sonos music, remember you are limited to 65K tracks, less if you have a lot of meta data.

You really don’t want to use a Sonos compatible NAS for storing any important data as Sonos requires the less than safe and secure SMB v1 protocol to be enabled.

Pretty much any device can support the Sonos NAS needs, you don’t need anything other than SMB v1 support. A Raspberry Pi Zero-W (tiny cheap computer) has more than enough power to support multiple rooms playing different music in each.

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FredLxAuthor

Contributor I

Both of the devices you linked are far more than you need for Sonos music, remember you are limited to 65K tracks, less if you have a lot of meta data.

You really don’t want to use a Sonos compatible NAS for storing any important data as Sonos requires the less than safe and secure SMB v1 protocol to be enabled.

Pretty much any device can support the Sonos NAS needs, you don’t need anything other than SMB v1 support. A Raspberry Pi Zero-W (tiny cheap computer) has more than enough power to support multiple rooms playing different music in each.

Too late, I already order the Buffalo LinkStation 220 4 To, With this NAS I can store some data from my other computer.

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Just keep in mind the security issues SMB v1 brings with it and protect yourself from attacks on it as well as possible. Bad enough to have a copy of your music go missing, having original files, pictures, documents or the like gone really hurts.

https://infogalactic.com/info/Server_Message_Block#Security

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FredLxAuthor

Contributor I

I set the SMB to v2 and it's working great.

Why does the Connect is limited to 65 000 music piece? And does it include the album artwork?

Airgetlam

It must be allowing SMB v1 as well, SMB v2 has never worked in the past.

The general consensus is that it is the limited amount of available memory on the earliest speakers that forces the ‘65k-ish’ limit. I don’t think that album art is stored in that same data file, so I don’t think it would impact the number of files. There is at least in author of third party apps who is a member of this forum, I’d expect he would have more concrete information, since his own apps interface with Sonos’, and I expect he’s more familiar with the data path than I.

Bruce

Stanley_4

Grand Maestro

Just did a quick test here toggled SMB v1 off and enabled SMB v2 and Sonos couldn’t play my tracks. Flipped it back to v1 and all are playing again.

Enable v1 - under [global]

# enable v1 authentication for Sonos access
ntlm auth=yes

Allow v2 but not v1 - under [global]

# enable v2 authentication
protocol = SMB2

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FredLxAuthor

Contributor I

The Buffalo does not support Plex Media Server, but I know that the Wd My CLoud Home Personnal support it. Is it a better idea to have the WD? Does the Plex media server can correct the nmber of file limit of the Sonos Connect?

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