For example, the use of channels 12 through 14 is not allowed in the United States.

If the WiFi is turned on, it will use different frequency channels based on the region in which the player was sold. The WiFi link can be enabled or disabled through the wifictfl URL. Sonos offer 3 traditional network debugging tools (ping, traceroute and nmblookup) from this URL: Controling the WiFi network link Rebooting the playerĪccessing the following URL will trigger an immediate reboot of the player: Troubleshooting Network Connectivity the corresponding row and column in the matrix are both gray) the wireless adapter can be turned off to save power and reduce wireless interference. If a unit isn't sending or receiving data wirelessly (i.e. Noise floors are typically in the range, where -110 is considered excellent and -80 bad. OFDM signal levels go from 0 to 5, where 5 is best and 0 is way too low to get a reliable connection. The actual color is used to encode the strength of the wireless signal.

A green, yellow, or red cell indicate an active path.

This is expected if the 2 players are connected through a network cable, as the wired connection is typically more reliable and therefore preferred to a wifi path.

A gray cell means that the Sonos isn't sending data wirelessly between the 2 units.

Colored cells in the body of the matrix indicate the state and strength of the 'tunnels' across the mesh: It looks like this:Ĭolors in the left column denote the ambient RF noise seen by the Sonos unit. The last link, the network matrix, is extremely useful to diagnose wireless connectivity issues. I haven't yet looked carefully into the Controller menu. The information available under each player name is very similar to the one provided by the status screen of that particular player.

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