Second time through the bundling process with a Sonos player. This time at my mom’s condo. DSL was flickering, especially in the evenings when she needs it most for that Pandora Mozart station. Very annoying. Call to complain and they insist on UVerse for lots more money. Hence the Comcast switch. I did it at home only a few months ago. It wasn’t easy to get it all working together but we’ve been happy at home.
The second time around at moms was a little easier. However, I think I should’ve made some notes from the first go-round…but since I think I’ll never do it again and that I could remember stuff if I needed to, while the reality is I can’t even remember that I CAN’T remember stuff 🙂 . So this time I’m going to make some notes…
1. Call Comcast but don’t touch the existing service yet.
2. The modem comes really fast.
3. Un plug all cables from the Sonos system. Plug in the comcast modem and get that activated for internet. Make sure it works with all regular devices, phones, tablets etc.
4. You may need to “forget” the network settings of the previous devices since you are going to want to only connect to the new system for the next steps.
5. Find a connected browser, phone works fine but bigger is easier to read and type in http:/10.0.0.1 and login. Default username is admin and password is password. I recommend not to change these…unless you right them down. You are already protected with the 16 digit network key code.
6. Go to the Parental Control and on Managed sites, services and devices enable all and trust all.
7. Not connect your Sonos devices and power everyone on. Go back to your browser and trust everyone who has just come to the party, ie the Sonos bridge and possibly the others.
8. Go to your Sonos app and reset the whole system. Don’t worry, Pandora has your stations saved for you. Now go thru the Sonos app and add back all your devices. Check periodically in the Parental controls to trust anyone new who shows up.
9. Once all of Sonos is up and running go ahead and relog in to your music services. You should be good to go.
When new people come visit and want to connect to your system, they don’t need to be “trusted” as far as I know. It’s something peculiar with Sonos and possibly other internet needing devices…but of course I can’t remember…story of my life.
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