Previously at least one Sonos unit within your Sonos setup had to be connected by physical wired connection to your network, this unit, and / or other wired units, would then create a dedicated Sonos WiFi network that was solely for the Sonos system to use.
Sonos changed there system publicly about a month ago now, although some of us were using it for longer previously, to allow all of your Sonos units to use your existing WiFi network without the need for any one unit to have a physical connection. For me, I've tried it both ways and cannot find nor determine a difference, the reason that they did it I believe is to try and help people out who live in crowded WiFi congestion areas. Sonos are also bringing out a Sonos Boost, which is like a Bridge but has double the WiFi range to try and help people who have distance issues in their Sonos networks. I've played with this unit, but, since I do not have distance constraints its not something I need. In my home I put a boost at one end of the property, a Play 5 at the far end, a rough distance of 400 feet and 4 double thick walls and it worked perfectly. The same setup but with a Bridge rather than Boost would not work. I don't have this issue myself as I have physical wiring throughout my home, and, enough Sonos units so that they form a mesh network in any event. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 5 Sep 2014, at 02:06, Brent Harding <br...@hostany.net> wrote: > I heard now that they will support connecting with wifi without needing the > bridges any more. 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