Reply To: Asus RTAX86U and Sonos Hi, All has been going nto too bad with the new router, apart from when I tried to use Sonos the other day… I have a couple of Sonos devices…

[kev2021]

HI,

Yes, Sonos worked fine using BThomehub, it’s only been a issue since moving to the RT-AX86U.  I did reset the Sonos as I had to link it up to my new SSID etc as with the Asus, I’ve got a main network and a guest/iot network (for what of better description) so I reset the Sonos and joined it to the new SSID (which was fun) as initially it couldn’t be detected but after turning some of the features off on the 86U, it was then finally able to be seen and it joined no problem.  My devices have also been moved to the new SSID so that’s all ok.

I believe they probably are, I did try messing a while back with some other features turning off etc but they made n difference so i re-enabled them.

As said, big concern now is the Nest to ensure I don’t loose that connection.  I’ve just had a issue with my VOIP phone – weirdly it said it failed to register with provider so the handset is registered to the base and the base is physically cabled to the router (right next to it) but after looking online, i changed some settings on the VOIP base unit and now its registered with the provider, not sure why original settings stopped working as its been working for 2 months flawlessly and no changes have been made i.e. no router updates, no firmware on devices etc so bit odd.  Thankfully it is now all back online again but Sonos is still a issue, I’m considering getting a apple home pod mini to replace one of the Sonos and see if any better.  As long as I can play online radio (for free) and also play my music from my NAS box for free (don’t want to sign up to a music service) then i might go that route as it seems Sonos no longer want to support the older Sonos products, which was uproar over at the time so considering there cost (I paid £300 for the Play 5) I’m not planning to update to the newer versions so might look for something else and may sell my Play 5’s and One unless they miraculously start working but considering everything is moving on, I’m not even sure they can connect to 5ghz, let alone wifi 6, possibly only 2.4ghz.

Kev

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