Download and install the philips hue app from the app store on iphone or the google play store on android.
Hue bridge wifi interference.
Open the philips hue app and tap set up.
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.
Control your smart lights quickly and conveniently with the philips hue app.
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Zigbee channel 26 is usually relatively unaffected by wifi but many zigbee devices do not support it.
But it also happens to contain a built in yet disabled 802 11n g wi fi radio.
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.
I moved my hue bridge further away from the router.
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.
To get started here is the diagram.
The heart of your philips hue system the bridge acts as a smart hub connecting your devices to your smart lights.
Two things i changed.
Connect the philips hue bridge to your router using the ethernet cable and plug it in.
Wifi s three non overlapping channels 1 6 and 11 use the exact same frequencies as zigbee channels 11 22.
This eliminates any possibility of regular old electric field 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.
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 manually assigned definitely non overlapping channels to my wifi router and the hue bridge.
Turns out the problem was with wifi interference.
Mentioned in this article.
Channel 20 in my setup.
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.
