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Aug 17, 2014Aspirant
WN3000RP and Sonos Connect - Dropping IP
Hi, My Sonos Connect box is attached to my Netgear Wifi Extender (WN3000RP) through an attached wired ethernet connection. It works for a while and then the WN3000RP will suddenly drop it from bein...
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Aug 31, 2014Aspirant
Thanks.
So I setup the Extender with a fixed IP address. It rebooted itself. I then rebooted the wired Sonos box and successfully it was then able to show that it has the Sonos box connected to the network.
The Sonos software could then see the Sonos box and all good, I could start to play music, etc.
And then sure enough after about 10 minutes it just stopped seeing the wired Sonos box connected to it. Randomly just dropping it for a reason unknown. Incidentally, I don't think this is the Sonos box at fault as it's a replacement Sonos box I got under warranty.
Any suggestions?
So I setup the Extender with a fixed IP address. It rebooted itself. I then rebooted the wired Sonos box and successfully it was then able to show that it has the Sonos box connected to the network.
The Sonos software could then see the Sonos box and all good, I could start to play music, etc.
And then sure enough after about 10 minutes it just stopped seeing the wired Sonos box connected to it. Randomly just dropping it for a reason unknown. Incidentally, I don't think this is the Sonos box at fault as it's a replacement Sonos box I got under warranty.
Any suggestions?