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Immense troubles to get Sonos working on Orbi RBK50 3 node system
When I started this journey I just used my cable-modem router and Sonos worked great. Since then my network has got more and more populated and advanced. I am running 2 Zigbee networks at Zigbee chan...
clammerds wrote:I have a similar setup - Orbi RBR50, SmartThings, Hue and Sonos and all works fine with each other.
What firmware are you running? I am running the 2.5.1.8 firmware. Not sure what other hints I can give you.
My 2.4Ghz channel is set to 1, 5Ghz set to 36.
In advanced wireless options, I have implicit beam forming on, MU-MIMO on and Fast Roaming off. Daisy chain topology is off.
All my Sonos speakers have static ip addresses assigned as does my Satellite.
Hope some of that info is helpful and you get it all working!
Thanks. I have the same. Is your ST hub next to any of the Orbi nodes? Do you have neighbors around with strong wifi signals? I will try tweaking the advanced settings. I just tried the Auto-setting, which set my channel to 13, which did not even start Sonos. My six Sonos Speakers are not static, not sue why you did that. What is your Sonos health? Network matrix. If you don´t know how to get it, I can show you.
My ST hub is on a shelf underneath the orbi router so yes, very close.
I have made them static as with a previous firmware at least, it seemed to make it all stable. When I say they're static, I don't mean I've made the speakers themselves static but my DHCP server assigns them the same IP address every time they request one. You can do that in the LAN Setup section in the advanced tab of the router.
For info, I have 7 Sonos speakers all in all.
Don't know about how to get Sonos health. If you tell me how, I'll happily look for you.
I am exited to test Sonos now after doing the changes in Advanced. I am attaching my other settings, too., which also is default. Maybe there are more differences?
To check Sonos health: http://10.0.0.21:1400/support/review
Unfortunately still cutting off Sonos after just 2-3 minutes play. Anyone thinks I have better luck using the Nighthawk? Are there reasons that Sonos will work better there? Time is of importance as the 50 day return period for the Orbi is quickly approaching also. Will do a reboot of the Satellites also, as I did not do that. I only rebooted the Sonos devices.
Not sure yet if maybe this problem has something to do with my Sonos Play 5 speakers. One is reporting as "Zoneplayer" and the other is reporting as "Play 5". They have been set up as a Stereo pair. Will ask Sonos about this tomorrow and continue troubleshooting and hopefully we have isolated the problem to these 2 speakers.
