@ekhalil wrote:
@st_shaw wrote:
If Orbi is using 40 MHz channel width, then the only two non-overlapping channels are CH1 and CH11. That's why when you use Sonosnet and Orbi in the same house, your choices are CH1 or CH11.
Correct!
And therefore -if you have good wifi coverage from Orbi all over the house- then you can save one channel and avoid more interference by using only wireless speakers and avoid Sonosnet. 🙂
If you live in an area with numerous neighboring 2.4 GHz APs, then it may be best to use WiFi. If not, and the channels on Orbi and Sonos are properly set, there will be no interference between the two and they will work perfectly together. You assume there is no benefit to using Sonosnet, which is not entirely true. First, Sonosnet is a true mesh, and can effectively cover a larger area than Orbi, if you have many Sonos devices. Second, you can use any one of your Sonos devices as a wireless bridge for printers or other low bandwidth devices. Last, when you set Sonos to use WiFi, the Sonos devices will use airtime that would otherwise be available to Orbi, so there is actually more "interference" when using WiFi instead of Sonosnet on non-overlapping channels.
