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PTWA
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Aug 16, 2020

RBS850 - How to prevent 'wired' backhaul via Sonos

My Orbi RBR850 and two RBS850 with Sonos Boost connected to RBR850 runs perfect. To increase SonosNet coverage outdoor I connected a second Boost to RBS850. This temporarily did run perfect, boosting ...
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Chuck_M
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Aug 16, 2020

For lack of a better description, I found that the boost was "backfeeding" the network... and when it did, it limited the bandwidth to the capability of the boost (10MB).

 

Check the ports on the back of the boost -- I believe there is one that is specifically "IN" and one that is "OUT" -- perhaps you have the ethernet cable plugged into the wrong one.  Can you try that and tell  us the results?

 

 

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Aug 16, 2020
Thanks, with the Right port of Sonos Boost connected it worked well more than a day until RBS850 did reconfigure to wired backhaul. With the Left port of Sonos Boost connected it did the same within an hour. I did not manage the RBS850 to stay on wifi backhaul. The mentioned RBS850 serves outdoors, I need the wired boost connected to this RBS850 for the same.
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    Chuck_M
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    Aug 16, 2020

    Regarding your constellation of Sonos speakers... Are any "hard wired"?   I see you have two Boosts..., but are any other speakers connected via ethernet?

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      PTWA
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      Aug 16, 2020
      Only one Boost and no other Sonos device is connected by wire with Netgear (RBR850). The second Boost serves the SonosNet wifi mesh network and is not wire connected.