Network Matrix explaination

[RickInHouston]

How do I change root?

I moved my router connected zp100 (which is called 'gym') to a different location fearing it was the fishy device. I shut down everything in the network and started over. I changed out the unit called 'garage' to upstairs in the gym. I then turned on each unit making sure each was recognized before going to the next: 'garage' (now hope to be root), 'top of stairs' (a bridge to help with signal strength), 'master bedroom', 'main rig' and finally 'gym' (which is now in garage location).

I then added the nas to the back of the root unit and booted it up.

Looking at my system network the now furthest wireless unit is root. I need to change this. How?

[RickInHouston]

Should I once again unplug everything, start with the wired unit and factory reset boot it so Sonos can establish this wired unit as root?

[Buegie]

Originally Posted by RickInHouston

How do I change root?

See: http://forums.sonos.com/showpost.php...01&postcount=4

Best of Luck

[ratty]

Originally Posted by RickInHouston

Should I once again unplug everything, start with the wired unit and factory reset boot it so Sonos can establish this wired unit as root?

That would be a horribly brute force approach. Follow Buegie's link.

Note that the advconfig.htm page is one-way: you can use it to set/unset the "FirstZP" property, but it does not reflect the current state when you visit that page. You'd need to view the network matrix again after rebooting "garage" and "gym" in order to verify that the wired unit is once again root.

[RickInHouston]

Would like to reboot a player without having to physically disconnecting and reconnecting? If I go to the zp's URL, how to I 'attaching / reboot'?

"Also be sure to reboot both of the units after they have been been properly configured using the power cable, or by attaching /reboot to the ZP url."

Could someone clarify this?

I have root established on the correct player and am re-indexing my library now. Wish me luck!

[ratty]

Originally Posted by RickInHouston

Could someone clarify this?

http://#.#.#.#:1400/reboot will trigger a soft reboot. Useful if you can't readily get at the device to pull the power cable.

[RickInHouston]

A HUGE thank you to everyone who helped me on this thread. The dropouts have stopped (I hope saying that doesn't jinx me).

I think having Sonos for so many years now and shuffling the players around had put a few roadblocks in the system. Don't know if it was using the wrong player as root (my suspicion), or just having a bad ethernet cable or wonky port - but music is streaming fluidly once again.

Thank You.

[ratty]

Thanks for posting an update. It sounds like the modified ZP has been exonerated after all.

[tdurrant420]

It is more stable for the Sonos system to have it connected directly to the LAN music source.
The less hops (one component to the next) the better.

I have found many ISP supplied routers are flaky when you hit high traffic, and that many time the best solution is to replace your router with something by Linksys or Netgear. I have never had much luck with the dlinks.