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SONOS Compatability with Orbi
Is Orbi compatable with the SONOS mesh network? I have an extensive SONOS system throughout my house (7000 sq ft). It works flawlessly and I have wondered why a mesh network for a LAN application ha...
In the sonos app settings -> advanced settings -> sonosnet channel.
Very easy. Try and avoid a full sonos reset as that will cause any favorites and account access to be removed. Removing the wireless settings should be enough.
Settings -> about my sonos system should show all connected speakers with WM: 0 and Version: 7.1 (build ......)
Try it out. Let us know how it goes!
--Derrek
Very easy. Try and avoid a full sonos reset as that will cause any favorites and account access to be removed. Removing the wireless settings should be enough.
Settings -> about my sonos system should show all connected speakers with WM: 0 and Version: 7.1 (build ......)
Try it out. Let us know how it goes!
--Derrek
Perfect thank you for your input, I will update with what happens later this week. My step-by-step looks correct then right?
Best,
Jonathan
Dynamiteboy wrote:Perfect thank you for your input, I will update with what happens later this week. My step-by-step looks correct then right?
Best,
Jonathan
Good luck. Yes your steps look correct. This link explains how to switch from standard to "boost" setup. Boost is what Sonos calls the mesh network setup, even though no Boost device is required.
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I setup exactly as we had spoken about:
- Sonos is on version 7.1 and all up to date
- Orbi is running the latest firmware
- One bridge is wired into the Orbi Router
- No other Sonos device is wired into any of the house drops
- Sonos has channel 11, Orbi has channel 1 on the 2.4ghz.
- Restarted the Orbi
Now the Satelite does not disconnect and the sonos system is setup (Had to relink all the speakers, probably due to this being a boost setup now), Sonos does not disconnect, but the strangest thing happens. Orbi speeds are erradict when music is playing! Should be 100-120mbs and when Music is playing it goes anywhere from 30-80mbs. The problem seems to reside when music stops and speeds on the phone and the laptop go back up to 120mbs stable.
Is anyone else experiecing this? There are no errors anywhere, but its an eradict speed. No ping drops either. Orbi and Sonos still don't seem to like each other though and its frustrating, I am not confident in them right now. I will continue to test and hope that Orbi has some sort of auto optimization features it is still trying to configure for the house just like other mesh setups have, but I honestly have little hope in these 2 devices working flawlessly together. There is no way that playing Sonos music should drop the internet speed 30-50mbs.
The phone and the laptop did not move both running tests on both fast.com and speedtest.net.
Jonathan
I have tested speed on my network after playing streem on my Sonos speaker and did not notice any difference in download speed. Not sure why you are having speed issues.
Rookie,
You are speedtesting before, during and after playing music through Sonos? Same exact speed?
How many Sonos devices do you have?
Do you have your 2.4ghz band turned on?
A couple of items (some questions):
1. How many Sonos devices are there? How many of them are playing music?
2. Never trust full wifi speed tests. - Use ethernet to the main router. Wifi is inherently unstable, you need to know if it's your internet or your wifi having issues.
3. Beware of the target test server - Speedtest.net allows you to choose a single server.
4. Beware of phone tests in general - My iphone can show wildly different speeds from one test to the next while my laptop is stable.
In essence, make sure it's your internet connection that is stressed. If it is actually wifi, than a firmware reset of the orbi's is the next thing to try (not just a reboot).
These units should be able to handle that, but if it's your internet connection that is flooded, *something* is generating that traffic and it's either normal for your network load, or you have something rogue on the network that you need to find and eliminate.
--Derrek- There are 9 sonos units in total including the bridge, doesn't matter how many are playing music at a time the same issue persists.
- I know that wired speeds are more stable, but I don't see the issues in wired speeds. So it is wireless.
- Test server never changed, and fast.com servers are always the same to netflix.
- I only used a phone to serve as a different device compared to the laptop. Both were stable at 120 when sonos was not playing anything.
- There is nothing additional running on the network besides my laptop, and phone for speed testing. Nothing rogue.
We can debate the reliability of speedtests, but what I am seeing I can replicate a hundred times over. While sonos is playing music wifi speed tests are all over the board when they stop playing music the speeds on both devices within a minute return to stable.
I just really think Orbi and Sonos interfere in someway possibly their backhaul band. I could maybe try turning off the 2.4 ghz band and see if that helps, but most of the devices are probably on the 5ghz band anyways automatically.
These Orbi's are brand new with barley a single changed setting, I hardly see how a firmware reset would fix the issue.