Does anybody know if it is possible to force a connection between two routers in a zigbee network? I see all my zigbee equipment connecting to Homey, while many routers are much closer . This may make the zigbee network more reliable. If it is possible?

Not aware of such a option, not in Homey nor in other systems.

For zigbee it is indeed not possible to determine the route (neither z-wave btw) neither by Homey itself, it is taken care of by the devices themselves.

I have the same issues since a day, all Zigbee devices connect straight to Homey and w 29 devices I get some problem devices (not functioning). I also tried to remove one Zigbee device and get an error ‘status.remove_device_eror’. Also a restart or PTP did not work, still everything directly to Home…

Not an answer to your question, but definitely worth trying if you haven’t done this already. I did it to and I never have issues with Zigbee, to be honest. [image] Make the most of your zigbee network Questions & Help A little help to optimize your zigbee network. To st…

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Neuron44 November 3, 2019, 8:32am 5

Not an answer to your question, but definitely worth trying if you haven’t done this already. I did it to and I never have issues with Zigbee, to be honest.

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