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treherne's avatar
treherne
Aspirant
May 21, 2017
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Orbi and Sonos

Have just upgraded to Netgear Orbi having read its best reviews. Had not unfortunately appreciated the issues with Sonos some appear to be having. I have had sonos with one speaker wired and the other 3 wireless working perfectly for years.

Orbi working very well. However having left sonos wired (not directly into Orbi but directly via a wired extension from BT infininfty hub 6 which connects to the Orbi), i could not get any iPhone or ipad to log onto sonos as a controller - it saying that sonos was on a different network. I could however control sonos from my wired in Mac and that worked without interruption.

Seeing some solutions involved removing the wired Sonos connection, I removed the wired connection. I could then immediately connect the iPhone and iPads to the sonos. Excellent - until I get regular interruption almost like buffering where it disappears for a few seconds and then comes back.

Clearly I need the remote control of the sonos from the iPhone and ipad but I don't want the interruptions. Any thoughts.

Troubleshooting
  • timch's avatar
    timch
    May 22, 2017

    Have you set the Orbi in AP mode? If it is still in router mode then the Orbi network will be separate to the BT Homehub network and therefore there will be no means to talk to the Sonos system from the Orbi Wifi.  I had no problem running this setup as far as the Orbi and Sonos were concerned; my issues were all with the Smart Hub which I have now consigned to my spares box.

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  • loomis1975's avatar
    loomis1975
    Luminary
    May 21, 2017

    Maybe you have already thought of this and done it, but worth asking.

     

    Have you checked the wireless channels the Orbi and the Sonos are using on 2.4 ghz, and changed them to make sure they are well seperated, like 1 and 11?

  • timch's avatar
    timch
    Luminary
    May 22, 2017

    Have you set the Orbi in AP mode? If it is still in router mode then the Orbi network will be separate to the BT Homehub network and therefore there will be no means to talk to the Sonos system from the Orbi Wifi.  I had no problem running this setup as far as the Orbi and Sonos were concerned; my issues were all with the Smart Hub which I have now consigned to my spares box.