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I had never-ending problems, and it was always, "There's a network issue." These are speakers, and when I get home from work I'm an audiophile. I do not want t
by braythwayt 7y ago
I had never-ending problems, and it was always, "There's a network issue." These are speakers, and when I get home from work I'm an audiophile.
I do not want to hook PagerDuty up to my home audio system and manage it like my home is a NOC, thank you very much. I threw out my Play:1s, and my Play:5s are now connected by ethernet. They work just fine, but only in the one room of the house close enough to the router to run CAT5.
At some point, this arrangement will no longer be useful to me, and when it does, these speakers are on their way to landfill.
I get what Sonos were trying to do, but the experience felt like running a PC in the 1980s: Too much incidental complexity for an appliance.
I ditched Sonos's software as well, and firewalled the speakers off from phoning home. I play my audio through Airplay 2, and Life is Fine.
- eatonphil 7y agoHave you looked into ethernet over power?
- braythwayt 7y agoThank you for the suggestion. Not yet, worried about adding on to a "jenga pile" of technology. But it'll certainly be worth a second look if I decide to move the speakers.
- jasonlotito 7y agoI was hesitant at first, but when I finally bit the bullet, it works. Yes, there can be issues due to age of wiring and what not, but the reality was, after I went with EOP, I didn't want to go back to WiFi. Yes, a hardline into your router is best, but EOP is a solid, worthwhile solution. I set it up once, and that was it. Never had to worry again.
- eikenberry 7y agoAnother option might be the coax cables laid for cable TV. They've been run everywhere in my last couple houses and worked much better than EOP. I've used Actiontec and Netgear models at various times, but other people make them. MOCA is a standard and the different models work together fine. Here's what I bought last. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013J7OBUU/ https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B013J7OBUU/ These Motorola ones are new (since I bought mine) and look nice as well (and cheaper). https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Adapter-Ethernet-2-Pack-MM1002/dp/B078HMDDVS/ https://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Adapter-Ethernet-2-Pack-MM10... or https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1389945-REG/motorola_mm1000_10_moca_adapter_1gbps.html https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1389945-REG/motorola_...
- lostlogin 7y agoWhat brand is your wifi? I’ve seen numerous reports of issues with UniFi and Sonos, so I went straight to wired. However it seems quite possible that other vendors could cause problems too. Ubiquiti forums and /r/‘s have ways around the issue, but I’d prefer wired so didn’t go there.
- jennyyang 7y agoI'm 100% Ubiquiti and have not had any problems with my Sonos. I even have my Sonos across the house from my AP and it's fine.
- lostlogin 7y agoI haven’t had problems either and I’m all UniF too. But as the Ubiquiti forums and reddit subs have numerous stories about problems, I wired them. It seems that wiring one can solve issues with them all. https://community.ui.com/questions/UniFi-STP-and-Sonos/7f72d9cf-6511-42f6-b6bc-d9b5efb7cb19?page=1 https://community.ui.com/questions/UniFi-STP-and-Sonos/7f72d...
- tracker1 7y agoDo you have similar issues with streaming on other devices? What about video streams... I found that cutting the wifi channels to half their max (while reducing theoretical bandwidth) cleared up a LOT of the buffering issues in my home. Also moving the main router higher, and/or more centrally located can help... if it's a really big home, strategic repeaters can help too.