# Ethernet adapter

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/ethernet-adapter/133128>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [March 20, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ethernet-adapter/133128 "2025-03-20T13:45:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Edoardo\_Di\_Meo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/edoardo_di_meo/32/116853_2.png) [@Edoardo\_Di\_Meo](https://community.homey.app/u/Edoardo_Di_Meo)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ethernet-adapter/133128/1 "2025-03-20T13:45:00Z")

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I bought Ethernet adapter as every now and then the Wi-Fi connection was skipping  
I connected everything now on Homey info it tells me connected with both Wi-Fi and as Ethernet  
Actually who is connected? I don’t think both systems can be connected

Do I leave it like that or do I need to change something ?

Many Thanks

Edo

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**Author:** ![Ruurd\_van\_der\_Noord](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ruurd_van_der_noord/32/71093_2.png) [@Ruurd\_van\_der\_Noord](https://community.homey.app/u/Ruurd_van_der_Noord)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 1:58pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ethernet-adapter/133128/2 "2025-03-20T13:58:02Z")

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Hi Edoardo, you might check on both your Homey and your router to see current connections.  
In Setup Mode you can disable WiFi.  
And yes it seems not realistic that both connections are live.

 ![HP23_NETA](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/5/b5abe105f72fbb59645abe00bb56914dffa0d9e9.png)

Switched off on my HP23.

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**Author:** ![Edoardo\_Di\_Meo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/edoardo_di_meo/32/116853_2.png) [@Edoardo\_Di\_Meo](https://community.homey.app/u/Edoardo_Di_Meo)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 2:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ethernet-adapter/133128/3 "2025-03-20T14:56:58Z")

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Many thanks for your email

I try your solutions

Edoardo

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**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:** [March 20, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ethernet-adapter/133128/4 "2025-03-20T15:50:27Z")

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When you connect ethernet, the wifi connection stays enabled, with it’s own IP address, but it’s not actively used.

Athom had a sort of failover system in mind, when something goes wrong with ethernet.  
Feel free to disable wifi altogether, but it is not necessary.

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**Author:** ![Edoardo\_Di\_Meo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/edoardo_di_meo/32/116853_2.png) [@Edoardo\_Di\_Meo](https://community.homey.app/u/Edoardo_Di_Meo)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2025, 4:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/ethernet-adapter/133128/5 "2025-03-20T16:20:19Z")

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Many thanks for your post

I closed the WiFi connection

Edoardo