# Bridge as extender, Z-wave **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** homey-bridge\ **Created:** [June 5, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059 "2024-06-05T07:45:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mbnn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mbnn/32/36655_2.png) [@mbnn](https://community.homey.app/u/mbnn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 7:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/1 "2024-06-05T07:45:57Z")
Hello all, So I bought a Homey Bridge to extend the z-wave and zigbee range in the house. When I go to developer site I see it added as a router under Zigbee, however… it does not show under Z-Wave. Is there anything I can do to fix that? Thanks, Michiel ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 6:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/2 "2024-06-05T18:12:41Z")
Besides restarting everything? I think you’d ask support, homey.app/support ---
**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/3 "2024-06-05T18:22:21Z")
Put them closer together. ---
**Author:** ![mbnn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mbnn/32/36655_2.png) [@mbnn](https://community.homey.app/u/mbnn)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/4 "2024-06-05T18:41:09Z")
Restarted, put it closer (3 meters) to the Homey Pro (2023), still nothing in z-wave. I guess I should open a ticket. ---
**Author:** ![Rmb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rmb/32/79135_2.png) [@Rmb](https://community.homey.app/u/Rmb)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/5 "2024-06-05T21:36:51Z")
Strange…. ---
**Author:** ![Turbowannabe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/turbowannabe/32/80205_2.png) [@Turbowannabe](https://community.homey.app/u/Turbowannabe)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 4:28pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/6 "2024-07-22T16:28:11Z")
I´m having the same problem, tried everything, but cannot see the bridge joining the Z-Wave network. But it shows up in the Zigbee network. Did you find a solution? ---
**Author:** ![Henk\_Renting](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/henk_renting/32/87634_2.png) [@Henk\_Renting](https://community.homey.app/u/Henk_Renting)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 4:57pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/7 "2024-07-22T16:57:31Z")
I find this in the latest firmware release (v12.0.0) for Homey Pro 23: > Blockquote > Fixes an issue that could prevent Homey Bridges from being added properly when a Z-Wave firmware is required on the Bridge. Perhaps that could be the problem? See: > **[Homey Pro (Early 2023) Changelog](https://homey.app/en-us/wiki/homey-pro-early-2023-firmware-changelog/)** ---
**Author:** ![Turbowannabe](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/turbowannabe/32/80205_2.png) [@Turbowannabe](https://community.homey.app/u/Turbowannabe)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/8 "2024-07-22T19:44:38Z")
Have just updated to the latest firmware release (v12.0.0), and now i can see the bridge in the Z-Wave network. seems to have fixed the issue. ---
**Author:** ![EarlQuack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/earlquack/32/79349_2.png) [@EarlQuack](https://community.homey.app/u/EarlQuack)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 4:39pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/9 "2025-01-24T16:39:16Z")
Hi. Because my fibaro motion sensor was unreachable on the (new) location i placed it i bought 2 homey bridges. unfortunately they do not seem to work in repeating the zwave network. i placed one of the bridges 2 meters from the homey pro and it is still not showing up in the zwave network. it does show up in the zigbee network (but only when it is in the same room as the homey pro (but when i try to ping it in developers tools i get a timeout). When i move it to another room 5 meters from the homey pro it dissapears from the zigbee network completely again. Because it is not showing up on the zwave network at all i presume this error that was fixed in the 12.0.0 firmware is back in my firmware version (12.3.0) again. anyone else having the same problem? Is there anything i can do to see if the homey bridges work at all? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/10 "2025-01-24T19:36:29Z")
I think you’d read some related information, about mesh networks and such. The bridge is not a magic device: - Zwave [https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/search?utf8=✓&query=Z-wave](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=Z-wave) - Zigbee [https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/10374465562652-Creating-a-stable-Zigbee-network-with-Homey-Pro-Early-2023](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/10374465562652-Creating-a-stable-Zigbee-network-with-Homey-Pro-Early-2023) ---
**Author:** ![EarlQuack](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/earlquack/32/79349_2.png) [@EarlQuack](https://community.homey.app/u/EarlQuack)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/11 "2025-01-24T20:16:34Z")
Thank you for your reply. I understand that the bridge is not a magical device. I didnt bought them to do magic, but to act as a zwave repeater. To set them up between the homey pro and the fibaro sensor with just a few meters between each hop. But none of the homey bridges show up in the zwave network as hop at all. So the fibaro sensor can not reach the network. If i pick up the sensor and bring it within a few meters of the homey pro it is able to receive and transmit. Shouldnt the homey bridges show up as a hop/zwavedevice as part of the mesh? ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2025, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/bridge-as-extender-z-wave/111059/12 "2025-01-24T20:44:40Z")
Sorry, it was not meant as patronising or anything. It occurred a bit to me you “plug it in” and expect z-wave/zigbee to work. Z-wave has a very short pair mode range. I can’t discover from your posts if you’re aware of that now. > [@EarlQuack](#): > > When i move it to another room 5 meters from the homey pro it dissapears from the zigbee network completely again. This told me you haven’t got a zigbee mesh yet, and aren’t aware of the limited range of zigbee. You can’t just move things 5 meters away without a decent mesh network. I hope you understand why I shared the KB documentation. About the ‘why’ it doesn’t appear as z-wave repeater, this might help: remove the bridge from Homey, and next, add it again, but put it within a 10, 20 cm range from Homey.