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Nighthawk AX8 does not work with Sonos
Just some info for anyone considering purchasing this router. It does not work with Sonsos products hard wired to the ethernet ports. When I plug in either my Sonos Play 3 or a Sonos Boost to any o...
Some folks have gotten around this issue by getting an inexpensive switch and plugging devices into it and then the switch to a Ethernet port on the router.
Please don't take this the wrong way, not trying to be rude, but I sure hope this isn't the future of Networking as Netgear seems to claim with this router. I didn't spend over 400 dollars on a router that has ethernet ports that don't even work. Hard wired LAN/WAN technology has been around for quite some time, it astounds me that Netgear can't get this correct. I will be going back to an ASUS solution.
Don't blame you on the move back to Asus.
I gave up on Netgear, used to be my go to vendor, after a r8000 and r8000p neither of which ever got good firmware and went else where.
drewbab1229 wrote:
Please don't take this the wrong way, not trying to be rude, but I sure hope this isn't the future of Networking as Netgear seems to claim with this router.
Don't worry, you got that advice from someone who boasts of having no Netgear equipment on their network, so their comments are ill informed. They are here simply to bitch ad nauseam about Netgear and its perceived shortcomings, regardless of the fact that all makes have similar issues.
You are not the first person to ask about Sonos:
Search - NETGEAR Communities – Sonos
Remember, it takes two to tango. Who knows what Sonos gets up to, but as Orbi says the two can work together.
If you will look further up in the thread I gave a suggestion of how he might fix his issue using a switch like some folks have with Xbox issues.
