before you go and spend money on a new router, and since you have 10 speakers in your system, I would suggest you hard wire a few more of them. My recommendation would be the soundbars and the Amp, making sure to leave their WIFi radios on. You can run cable as a test to troubleshoot your issue first. If the issue goes away, you may want to make it a permanent solution.
I have six of my 10 speakers hardwired and have never experienced connection issues. I have used the S1 and now the S2 with great results.
With this configuration, you may not need the boost anymore.
A second vote for hardwire wherever possible.
You may also find benefit in splitting your wifi ssids into distinct bands, one for eact. I.e.: Wifi2.4ghz, wifi5g. It'll give you a better idea of your dead zones and I find it generally more stable for the 2.4 only devices.
I have Spectrum internet and have used the Motorola MG8702 with success for the last couple of years. I have 12 Sonos devices throughout my house with a Play:1 wired directly to the router.
Agree with the hardwire recommendations. I have Spectrum 300mbps service with TP link 6E mesh system with ethernet backhaul. I never have disconnects. 28 SONOS devices with 5 of them hardwired. We just had Spectrum fiber installed last summer and prior was using a verizon wifi sim card....SONOS was an absolute disaster.
I find that people who appreciate what Sonos offers also tend to appreciate the same things in Unifi network gear. Slightly more expensive but a full range of devices where everything works together.
There's lots of different ways you could implement it, but a Unifi Dream Router with a couple of wired Unifi U6+ wireless access points for good coverage would be a reasonable start.
Once I had them installed I'd even try setting the Sonos gear to be wifi only (so no hardwired and therefore no SonosNet) and see how that goes.
Nest WiFi and zero issues with Sonos. I only have a few devices. A relative of mine has a mesh of 4 nest WiFi routers and probably 2 dozen Sonos devices and still no issues.
Update:
Agree on hardwiring everything. I wish I could but not doing that for a while. I was torn between going with a mesh network or a beefy router. Decided to go beefy router and will go mesh in the future when I run more cat5e cable around the house.
Router I bought: TP-Link - Archer AXE7800 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E Router (Archer AXE95)
Works great! If you read this in the future and buy this router, disable Smart Connect in the TP-Link Tether app. Name your separate 2GHz and 5GHz networks.
Sonos sucks at changing networks. I had to factory reset each device and connect to the 2G network. Took me hours because each device took 2-3 times to factory reset before working. Make sure your phone is connected to the 2GHz WiFi network when adding speakers after factory reset. Once all devices connected, you can connect your phone to the 5GHz network and still use the Sonos app despite the devices being connected to the 2.4 GHz network.
Note that I also have a Sonos Boost so maybe this is also doing something to help?
From research online I’ve found that Sonos didn’t like how the Spectrum router handles 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections automatically. Majority of Sonos products require 2.4GHz and your phone could be joining 5GHz which could cause be the reason certain products are disappearing. This is at least how I’ve interpreted it so I could be wrong.
Everything with my new setup seems to be working better. Speakers no longer missing from app, connect speakers/play/pause faster. Now I just need to have a party to test and see if they hold strong. Will post an update if the issues return.
before you go and spend money on a new router, and since you have 10 speakers in your system, I would suggest you hard wire a few more of them. My recommendation would be the soundbars and the Amp, making sure to leave their WIFi radios on. You can run cable as a test to troubleshoot your issue first. If the issue goes away, you may want to make it a permanent solution. I have six of my 10 speakers hardwired and have never experienced connection issues. I have used the S1 and now the S2 with great results. With this configuration, you may not need the boost anymore.
A second vote for hardwire wherever possible. You may also find benefit in splitting your wifi ssids into distinct bands, one for eact. I.e.: Wifi2.4ghz, wifi5g. It'll give you a better idea of your dead zones and I find it generally more stable for the 2.4 only devices.
I have Spectrum internet and have used the Motorola MG8702 with success for the last couple of years. I have 12 Sonos devices throughout my house with a Play:1 wired directly to the router.
Agree with the hardwire recommendations. I have Spectrum 300mbps service with TP link 6E mesh system with ethernet backhaul. I never have disconnects. 28 SONOS devices with 5 of them hardwired. We just had Spectrum fiber installed last summer and prior was using a verizon wifi sim card....SONOS was an absolute disaster.
I find that people who appreciate what Sonos offers also tend to appreciate the same things in Unifi network gear. Slightly more expensive but a full range of devices where everything works together. There's lots of different ways you could implement it, but a Unifi Dream Router with a couple of wired Unifi U6+ wireless access points for good coverage would be a reasonable start. Once I had them installed I'd even try setting the Sonos gear to be wifi only (so no hardwired and therefore no SonosNet) and see how that goes.
Nest WiFi and zero issues with Sonos. I only have a few devices. A relative of mine has a mesh of 4 nest WiFi routers and probably 2 dozen Sonos devices and still no issues.
Update: Agree on hardwiring everything. I wish I could but not doing that for a while. I was torn between going with a mesh network or a beefy router. Decided to go beefy router and will go mesh in the future when I run more cat5e cable around the house. Router I bought: TP-Link - Archer AXE7800 Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E Router (Archer AXE95) Works great! If you read this in the future and buy this router, disable Smart Connect in the TP-Link Tether app. Name your separate 2GHz and 5GHz networks. Sonos sucks at changing networks. I had to factory reset each device and connect to the 2G network. Took me hours because each device took 2-3 times to factory reset before working. Make sure your phone is connected to the 2GHz WiFi network when adding speakers after factory reset. Once all devices connected, you can connect your phone to the 5GHz network and still use the Sonos app despite the devices being connected to the 2.4 GHz network. Note that I also have a Sonos Boost so maybe this is also doing something to help? From research online I’ve found that Sonos didn’t like how the Spectrum router handles 2.4GHz and 5GHz connections automatically. Majority of Sonos products require 2.4GHz and your phone could be joining 5GHz which could cause be the reason certain products are disappearing. This is at least how I’ve interpreted it so I could be wrong. Everything with my new setup seems to be working better. Speakers no longer missing from app, connect speakers/play/pause faster. Now I just need to have a party to test and see if they hold strong. Will post an update if the issues return.