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AC5300 Nighthawk X8 AC5300 Tri-Band WiFi Router - lack of STP protocol support for SONOS
I was reading the product manual for this router and found out it does not support STP (Spanning tree protocol) which is used by the SONOSNET network. I cannot plug in more than one speaker to my wi...
Sorry....I meant to say NETGEAR tech support confirmed AC5300 lacks STP support.......
I did early on this morning and that was one of the options. With my old router I was able to have 4 speakers hardwired to the router through the ethernet ports through my house. The old router supported STP. When I connected my speakers yesterday to the new router I connected the same 4 speakers I had wired to the old router. This morning my internet connection - all computers - was looping due to a broadcast storm.
My options are either to wire only one SONOS speaker to the router. This will start SONOSNET in "Boost" mode and let all the other speakers go wirelessly. SONOSNET is a separate 2.4 GHZ wireless network that does not broadcast the network SSID so it does not uses the router 2.4 GHZ wireless network.
For reliability it is better to have more SONOS components wired to the router but not having STP protocol support on the router creates an issue when more than one component is wired....I just need to ensure that an STP capable swtch will be a workaround for this problem and a switch that will be compatible with this router.
Do you still have your old router? You can use it in place of the managed switch to test the hypothesis. Disable the DHCP server on the old router, and assign the LAN side of the old router with an IP address that won't conflict with any of your devices. Connect a LAN (not WAN) port on the old router to your new router. Plug your Sonos devices into the old router and test.
The issue is with the Linksys SE4008 network switch. I powered all 15 SONOS players last night and this time only one is wired to the ethernet port. I had no network issues at all this morning. Linksys tech support confirmed the router lacks STP support. The SONOS support forum had a long thread regarding STP and basically most switches are able to handle it. There is a switch from NETGEAR that will work with SONOS and that is GS208 (8 port switch).....I am going to replace 3 of my Linksys switches that handle the bulk of the network traffic in my house with this switch....all the SONOS players will connect to the router via GS208 and that will enable me to wire more speakers to the wired network if I have to.
Sorry....I meant to say NETGEAR tech support confirmed AC5300 lacks STP support.......