# How to changing from WiFi network to Homey Pro Ethernet Adapter **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** homey-pro\ **Created:** [November 29, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189 "2023-11-29T12:00:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ian\_Birchman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ian_birchman/32/81318_2.png) [@Ian\_Birchman](https://community.homey.app/u/Ian_Birchman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 12:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/1 "2023-11-29T12:00:58Z")
How to changing from WiFi network to Homey Pro Ethernet Adapter, after installing the adapter, it still says i’m connected via WiFi… ---
**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:** [November 29, 2023, 12:07pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/2 "2023-11-29T12:07:27Z")
See [Change Wifi in homey 2.0 - #20 by Dijker](https://community.homey.app/t/change-wifi-in-homey-2-0/6916/20) ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_Birchman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ian_birchman/32/81318_2.png) [@Ian\_Birchman](https://community.homey.app/u/Ian_Birchman)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/3 "2023-11-29T12:20:44Z")
Thanks RMB, tried that but it still doesn’t want to select Homey Pro Ethernet Adapter, instead it says WiFi !??! It should detect at startup if there is an Ethernet adapter is installed and if it gets a DHCP address, if not it could proceed to connect via WiFi. Good redundancy if nothing else… ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/4 "2023-11-29T13:10:03Z")
Are you sure it’s not also connected to Ethernet? No value shown for `ethernetAddress` here? [Homey Developer Tools](https://tools.developer.homey.app/tools/system) ---
**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:** [November 30, 2023, 12:29am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/5 "2023-11-30T00:29:02Z")
I thought of two other possible issues, but first check Robert’s hint! > [@New Homey Pro 2023 goes offline with lan cable](https://community.homey.app/t/new-homey-pro-2023-goes-offline-with-lan-cable/81533/3): > > The ethernet must be connected in one specific way: > > ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/c/9c5c714310aa0c12371342658d324e72f2b46769.png) . Or, maybe it’s a bad USB cable #cablegate > [@Homey Pro (Early 2023) ethernet not connected](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-early-2023-ethernet-not-connected/81033/31): > > Had same problem, just replaced the usb-c to usb-c cable with a new one and wired network suddenly worked without any setup changes. Looks like they need to source a different supplier of the usb-c cables! ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_Birchman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/ian_birchman/32/81318_2.png) [@Ian\_Birchman](https://community.homey.app/u/Ian_Birchman)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/6 "2023-12-01T02:33:32Z")
Thanks, Athom support answered with same picture as Peter\_Kawa. Thanks every one. The problem was that the Homey 2023 is in my summer house 200km from where I live. Went out, when I couldn’t access Homey. I’m running Ubiquiti WiFi and looked in the log, see that Homey has hung on the networks when I pushed a new firmware version. Homey has logged things during the time I haven’t had access to the device so no data was lost and it has also controlled things in the house as it should. But frustrating that the WiFi could lock the LAN. Looking at Homey, it also uses both interfaces, i.e. the WiFi and the LAN connection when I now have it on the network again. I have submitted a bug report to Athom about the issue. There would be a function, for example that it restarts at a certain time if it does not have a LAN / WiFi connection. FYI, I’m now running 10.1.0, so it might be fixed by the time someone reads this… Did set up a solution so I can break the power for the Homy true SmartLife and a Nedis Smartlife Wi-Fi Smart Plug 🤣 So I can reboot the Homey 200km away ---
**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:** [December 1, 2023, 3:08am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/7 "2023-12-01T03:08:35Z")
YW, Ian Most probably Homey is not really offline every time > [@New Homey Pro 2023 goes offline with lan cable](https://community.homey.app/t/new-homey-pro-2023-goes-offline-with-lan-cable/81533/28): > > Mind the difference between the APP saying “Homey is offline”, and a broken network connection. > The first issue is a long lasting bug → report to support. > The latter can be checked by pinging Homey’s IP, or by installing Netscan to let Homey ping your router, and log the results with f.i. the Simple Sys Log app . > [@Ian\_Birchman](#): > > Did set up a solution so I can break the power for the Homy true SmartLife and a Nedis Smartlife Wi-Fi Smart Plug 🤣 Yup that’s the way 😁 > [@Ian\_Birchman](#): > > There would be a function, for example that it restarts at a certain time if it does not have a LAN / WiFi connection. I made one, using the NetScan and Chronograph apps. NetScan monitors the connection to your router. Flows: When connection down Then start timer X with a duration of 10 minutes To filter out short hickups: When connection up Then pause timer X Connection is down for 10 minutes: When timer X has finished Then restart Homey ---
**Author:** ![widameista](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/widameista/32/23333_2.png) [@widameista](https://community.homey.app/u/widameista)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/8 "2024-01-10T16:14:20Z")
similar Problem here: after connecting the Ethernet Adapter, both connections are online. Not a problem but there should be first LAN and then wifi. Any way to switch Wifi off? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/b/4/b437efc701327aca4232c2143d8bcb6afafdbe19.png) ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/9 "2024-01-10T16:31:39Z")
Wifi is connected, but should not be actively used when ethernet is active. It’s intended to work as network failover. > ![Screenshot_20240110-173431_Chrome](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/a/7/a728af65d134719f8d737dd869dde14f8a586162.jpeg) > **[Changing the Wi-Fi network of Homey Pro (Early 2023)](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/9800112975900-Changing-the-Wi-Fi-network-of-Homey-Pro-Early-2023-)** > > Homey Pro connects to your Wi-Fi network during the initial setup. From then on, it will by default connect to this network only. If you move to a new place or replace your router, you can update t... By the way, Stefan, this howto, and tons of other kb articles are available @ support.homey.app ---
**Author:** ![widameista](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/widameista/32/23333_2.png) [@widameista](https://community.homey.app/u/widameista)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 4:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/10 "2024-01-10T16:36:35Z")
i’ve read this, but it was not clear that while both networks stay connected only one is used by default. ---
**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 10, 2024, 5:11pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/11 "2024-01-10T17:11:03Z")
Yeah, Emile explained it once in a topic. Funny how that never seem to reach the kb articles somehow 😜 But I referred to the kb article to point out how you can change wifi settings 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Hirschman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/scott_hirschman/32/79427_2.png) [@Scott\_Hirschman](https://community.homey.app/u/Scott_Hirschman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/12 "2024-02-22T01:27:20Z")
Question, I installed Homey yesterday via wifi cause I didnt have an extra Cat 6, today I do and while I understand I have to go back into the setup mode, will that erase all of my devices I added today? Should I back up what I have done so far as for the devices I have added then restore that if by going into setup mode all that gets erased? Help ☹ ---
**Author:** ![DirkH](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dirkh/32/78952_2.png) [@DirkH](https://community.homey.app/u/DirkH)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 10:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/13 "2024-02-22T10:28:01Z")
Hi @Scott_Hirschman , while it is always prudent to create a new back-up before doing major changes, I do not understand your question. In the support page it clearly states that your Homey Pro will just connect differently to your network. There should not be any other actions necessary, if you are go to setup mode as described. There is always some risk that your homey hangs up and does strange things when you plug-off and on again, but that is really rare and less risky than updating the system to a new version. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Hirschman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/scott_hirschman/32/79427_2.png) [@Scott\_Hirschman](https://community.homey.app/u/Scott_Hirschman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 2:04pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/14 "2024-02-22T14:04:50Z")
Thank you for your reply, my question in simpler terms was If I reset my Homey Pro with the button on the bottom of the device does that clear out all of my smart home items when I relaunch Homey Pro. It took me a few days to add everything in, will all that be cleared out if I go back to “Setup mode”? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/15 "2024-02-22T14:18:39Z")
> [@Scott\_Hirschman](#): > > will all that be cleared out if I go back to “Setup mode”? [_“Homey Pro (Early 2023)'s Setup Mode allows you to change the Wi-Fi Network, reset Homey Pro to Factory Settings or restore a cloud backup.”_](https://support.homey.app/hc/en-us/articles/7263241090716-Activating-Setup-Mode-for-Homey-Pro-Early-2023) So no, entering setup mode does not automatically perform a (factory) reset. ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Hirschman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/scott_hirschman/32/79427_2.png) [@Scott\_Hirschman](https://community.homey.app/u/Scott_Hirschman)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2024, 7:25pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/16 "2024-02-22T19:25:21Z")
Aah good. Thanks again for you assistance. ---
**Author:** ![pmarie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/pmarie/32/79690_2.png) [@pmarie](https://community.homey.app/u/pmarie)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2024, 2:17pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/17 "2024-08-06T14:17:43Z")
Same for me. I just bought a Homey Pro 2023 and the USB-C to USB-C is not working with the network adapter. I changed the cable and it’s working fine now ---
**Author:** ![Luigi\_Colancecco](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/luigi_colancecco/32/82268_2.png) [@Luigi\_Colancecco](https://community.homey.app/u/Luigi_Colancecco)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2024, 9:36pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/18 "2024-09-18T21:36:25Z")
Wait so mine is connected to both wireless and Ethernet, is that what it’s supposed to do? Lately I’ve had issues with my Aqara FP2 sensor all of a sudden kept disconnecting after months of not doing it. Anyway I binded my homey to my main router (in my mesh system) and it seemed to do the trick. But why did I have to do that if it’s hard wired to that same router? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2024, 5:14am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/19 "2024-09-19T05:14:23Z")
> [@Luigi\_Colancecco](#): > > Wait so mine is connected to both wireless and Ethernet, is that what it’s supposed to do? That’s how it normally works, yes. Ethernet has priority over wireless so Homey will use a (working) wired connection and fall back to wireless if it needs to (this does mean that your wired and wireless networks need to be in the same segment, which isn’t always the case and that’s a situation that Athom apparently never thought about). > [@](#): > > Lately I’ve had issues with my Aqara FP2 sensor all of a sudden kept disconnecting after months of not doing it. Anyway I binded my homey to my main router (in my mesh system) and it seemed to do the trick. But why did I have to do that if it’s hard wired to that same router? Might be because Homey’s networking is just bad, or because you didn’t connect the ethernet adapter correctly and it has been using wireless anyway, or some other reason (Homey has no logging whatsoever so it’s basically just a guessing game). ---
**Author:** ![dudu\_95](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/dudu_95/32/93061_2.png) [@dudu\_95](https://community.homey.app/u/dudu_95)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2024, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189/20 "2024-10-16T12:59:41Z")
Hello, I would like to perform a test and, at the same time, purchase a network adapter. I have a 4G dongle provided by my operator, which can connect via Wi-Fi and allows me to access the internet in case of a problem with my internet box. I would like to know if, by going into Homey’s settings and switching the Wi-Fi to the dongle’s (which I assume will have different DNS), and then connecting the network cable to the adapter I’ll have purchased, will the system automatically connect to my 4G Wi-Fi dongle if my box’s network goes down? In that case, there should be no issue accessing the interface, as it will always have an active connection. [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/how-to-changing-from-wifi-network-to-homey-pro-ethernet-adapter/96189.md?page=2)