Sonos and WiFi range extenders - Any joy?
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We have a few bits of Sonos kit (2x Ones and a Playbar) in a long, narrow London terraced house. As with most London houses, our internet comes in through the front wall from the street. The kitchen (the site of one of the Ones) is at the back of the house, and WiFi coverage there gets flaky.
So that I can be on the WiFi when working from the garden and have reliable signal in the kitchen, I installed a TP-Link range extender (like this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WA850RE-Universal-Exte... ) in the kitchen.
The result of this has been frustrating at best. Often the Sonos app will fail to find any speakers (assuming I'm connected to the wrong AP), and frequently it will stop me from playing on all speakers in the house at once (other times it will oddly allow me). The latter is particularly annoying, because I was under the impression that Sonos kit used themselves as a network, rather than relying on the nearest AP.
If it did this all the time, I'd simply remove the range extender - but the fact that it's only happening intermittently is maddening.
Does anyone have experience with a Sonos setup in a similar scenario? Am I missing some kind of Sonos trick? Should I consider something like a powerline adaptor instead?
So that I can be on the WiFi when working from the garden and have reliable signal in the kitchen, I installed a TP-Link range extender (like this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WA850RE-Universal-Exte... ) in the kitchen.
The result of this has been frustrating at best. Often the Sonos app will fail to find any speakers (assuming I'm connected to the wrong AP), and frequently it will stop me from playing on all speakers in the house at once (other times it will oddly allow me). The latter is particularly annoying, because I was under the impression that Sonos kit used themselves as a network, rather than relying on the nearest AP.
If it did this all the time, I'd simply remove the range extender - but the fact that it's only happening intermittently is maddening.
Does anyone have experience with a Sonos setup in a similar scenario? Am I missing some kind of Sonos trick? Should I consider something like a powerline adaptor instead?
C70R said:
We have a few bits of Sonos kit (2x Ones and a Playbar) in a long, narrow London terraced house. As with most London houses, our internet comes in through the front wall from the street. The kitchen (the site of one of the Ones) is at the back of the house, and WiFi coverage there gets flaky.
So that I can be on the WiFi when working from the garden and have reliable signal in the kitchen, I installed a TP-Link range extender (like this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WA850RE-Universal-Exte... ) in the kitchen.
The result of this has been frustrating at best. Often the Sonos app will fail to find any speakers (assuming I'm connected to the wrong AP), and frequently it will stop me from playing on all speakers in the house at once (other times it will oddly allow me). The latter is particularly annoying, because I was under the impression that Sonos kit used themselves as a network, rather than relying on the nearest AP.
If it did this all the time, I'd simply remove the range extender - but the fact that it's only happening intermittently is maddening.
Does anyone have experience with a Sonos setup in a similar scenario? Am I missing some kind of Sonos trick? Should I consider something like a powerline adaptor instead?
I have 8 Sonos speakers around the house (1840s farmhouse) which were often a pain as the house is quite large and the walls are thick. I got dropouts rather a lotSo that I can be on the WiFi when working from the garden and have reliable signal in the kitchen, I installed a TP-Link range extender (like this one: https://www.amazon.co.uk/TL-WA850RE-Universal-Exte... ) in the kitchen.
The result of this has been frustrating at best. Often the Sonos app will fail to find any speakers (assuming I'm connected to the wrong AP), and frequently it will stop me from playing on all speakers in the house at once (other times it will oddly allow me). The latter is particularly annoying, because I was under the impression that Sonos kit used themselves as a network, rather than relying on the nearest AP.
If it did this all the time, I'd simply remove the range extender - but the fact that it's only happening intermittently is maddening.
Does anyone have experience with a Sonos setup in a similar scenario? Am I missing some kind of Sonos trick? Should I consider something like a powerline adaptor instead?
In the end I put in BT "discs" which creates a "sort of" mesh network. This did not fix the problem so installed a Sonos Boost, therefore creating a SonosNet private wifi SSID. This dramatically improved the performance. The final part of my dropouts was use of Spotify, I switched to Amazon and now no dropouts at all ..
In summary, get a Boost from Amazon (you can always return it) and try that. If it fixes it then great, if not then create a mesh ..........
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M sonos system doesn't drop out but the sonos ap on my phone often has difficulty ctablet onnecting to my BT wifi from bedroom.The sonos app can say go to wi fi settings to connect- yet phone is already connected and will open other apps(BBC sounds etc) without a problem. Laptop and tablet connect to wifi ok in same place in room, its only the sonos app on the phone that has any problem connecting to house system.
Original poster seems to have the same problem would I be correct in thinking that an upgrade from a bridge to a boost will not make any difference as presume the phone app will still connect to existing house wifi
Original poster seems to have the same problem would I be correct in thinking that an upgrade from a bridge to a boost will not make any difference as presume the phone app will still connect to existing house wifi
I tried a Powerline adaptor when I had problems with speakers intermittently disappearing. I think it actually made it even worse.
A Boost is a very good call, although I saved a fair bit by buying the older Bridge on eBay for £15.00. I don't think I've had any problems at all since adding this to the system.
A Boost is a very good call, although I saved a fair bit by buying the older Bridge on eBay for £15.00. I don't think I've had any problems at all since adding this to the system.
I’ve recently bought an Orbi mesh system to replace the mess of routers, extenders and Powerline adaptors I had been using, and the Wi-Fi seems bullet-proof throughout now.
I’ve always had trouble with Wi-Fi, and I actually had to get rid of Sonos a few years ago because it wouldn’t run stable. I tried the same a Orbi kit a few years ago and found it rubbish, but they seem to have nailed it now.
I’ve always had trouble with Wi-Fi, and I actually had to get rid of Sonos a few years ago because it wouldn’t run stable. I tried the same a Orbi kit a few years ago and found it rubbish, but they seem to have nailed it now.
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