Hi guys
I'm having a few drop outs with my Sonos system and I'm thinking it may be to do with having two routers, one as the main router and the other in AP mode, plus Sonos speakers, which I believe using their own network to communicate, and I'm just trying to understand how .
Both routers are Asus (RT-AC68U and N66U, both running Merlin's firmware), and are at the opposite end of our apartment and connected by ethernet, so the second isn't a wireless extender, although they probably just about clash on the edges of their ranges and devices will be in range of both in some places.
I currently have them both using the same SSID for both 2.4 and 5ghz networks, as I read that this way devices can move between the routers easier when I go from one end of the apartment to the other - is that correct?
Both routers are then set to auto select the channel, but with the Sonos I have to tell it which channel to use, with 1, 6 or 11 the options.
I've emailed Sonos support to clarify whether the Sonos does communicate on its own channel, but how is best to set up the two routers?
Should I leave them on auto? Would they be better both on the same channel? Or would that be causing a clash and they're better off on different channels?
There aren't too many other networks around so that's not so much an issue (I have scanned with wireless apps) but I'm trying to work out if, in an ideal environment, two routers acting as parent and child should be on the same channels or kept apart for best performance.
The Sonos is only 2.4ghz, but does the same theory apply to the 5Ghz range as well (ie on the same or separate)?
I hope that makes sense!
I'm having a few drop outs with my Sonos system and I'm thinking it may be to do with having two routers, one as the main router and the other in AP mode, plus Sonos speakers, which I believe using their own network to communicate, and I'm just trying to understand how .
Both routers are Asus (RT-AC68U and N66U, both running Merlin's firmware), and are at the opposite end of our apartment and connected by ethernet, so the second isn't a wireless extender, although they probably just about clash on the edges of their ranges and devices will be in range of both in some places.
I currently have them both using the same SSID for both 2.4 and 5ghz networks, as I read that this way devices can move between the routers easier when I go from one end of the apartment to the other - is that correct?
Both routers are then set to auto select the channel, but with the Sonos I have to tell it which channel to use, with 1, 6 or 11 the options.
I've emailed Sonos support to clarify whether the Sonos does communicate on its own channel, but how is best to set up the two routers?
Should I leave them on auto? Would they be better both on the same channel? Or would that be causing a clash and they're better off on different channels?
There aren't too many other networks around so that's not so much an issue (I have scanned with wireless apps) but I'm trying to work out if, in an ideal environment, two routers acting as parent and child should be on the same channels or kept apart for best performance.
The Sonos is only 2.4ghz, but does the same theory apply to the 5Ghz range as well (ie on the same or separate)?
I hope that makes sense!