Hue Bridge Wifi Interference

Zigbee channels 25 26 aren t immune either because they can be caught in wifi channel 11 s sideband lobe see sideband lobes below.

Hue bridge wifi interference. Zigbee channel 26 is usually relatively unaffected by wifi but many zigbee devices do not support it. Continuing the discussion from release keenect v1 1 0 pressure protection release. Control your smart lights quickly and conveniently with the philips hue app. This eliminates any possibility of regular old electric field interference.

Wanted to start a thread on best practices tools and general discussion on wifi networking and channel interference i am using several android apps to manage my network but i am no rf engineer so it s always good to hear from others on how they manage their networks. Mentioned in this article. But if all your hue lights and accessories are misbehaving wireless interference is the likely culprit and it s entirely possible that the bridge needs a new home. A cause of this could be interference from your home wireless network.

Your home internet wifi and the hue bridge that uses zigbee to create a wireless network both broadcast on 2 4ghz because of this they could conflict with each other when using the same channel. Reconnecting hue bridge to new wifi so i have a hue bridge v2 0 which was set up with 5 lights 2 dimmer switches and a motion sensor and all working perfectly fine. Today my wife changed the wifi password for our router to something both more secure and more memorable than the default password we had been using. Wifi s three non overlapping channels 1 6 and 11 use the exact same frequencies as zigbee channels 11 22.

I manually assigned definitely non overlapping channels to my wifi router and the hue bridge. Turns out the problem was with wifi interference. But it also happens to contain a built in yet disabled 802 11n g wi fi radio. Open the philips hue app and tap set up.

Connect the philips hue bridge to your router using the ethernet cable and plug it in. The heart of your philips hue system the bridge acts as a smart hub connecting your devices to your smart lights. You can add up to 50 philips hue lights and accessories to one bridge. Two things i changed.

Download and install the philips hue app from the app store on iphone or the google play store on android. Tap the button on the top of the bridge and follow the instructions to pair with it and update it. The philips hue bridge bridges zigbee 802 15 4 from compatible light bulbs to your wired ethernet network. I moved my hue bridge further away from the router.