# Hue bridge uses its own zwave network **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Tags:** app, z-wave\ **Created:** [May 25, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hue-bridge-uses-its-own-zwave-network/47782 "2021-05-25T18:29:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Richard\_Roels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/richard_roels/32/17314_2.png) [@Richard\_Roels](https://community.homey.app/u/Richard_Roels)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hue-bridge-uses-its-own-zwave-network/47782/1 "2021-05-25T18:29:01Z")
I have a big Hue system with lots of lamps, switches etc. This system works everywhere in the house and garden. Then I added Homey. This worked and integrated also perfect. Then I added other z-wave equipment like Danalock and Qubino switches. Here I noticed these equipment only works when max 1 meter from Homey. This is problematic. Even if the non Hue equipment sits just beside a Hue lamp I can not control them. I understand now I have 2 separate z-wave networks. First is Hue (controlled by Hue bridge) and second z-wave network is Homey. To solve my connectivity problem I guess I have to ditch my Hue bridge and directly connect every Hue component directly to Homey. This seems a lot of work and I will lose all the help from Hue. Is there a better way? Thanks for the help. ---
**Author:** ![Edwin\_D](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/edwin_d/32/136417_2.png) [@Edwin\_D](https://community.homey.app/u/Edwin_D)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hue-bridge-uses-its-own-zwave-network/47782/2 "2021-05-25T18:38:08Z")
Add a few zigbee routers to Homey, e.g. from Ikea, or move some strategically placed ones from Hue to Homey and leave the rest. I use a couple of smart sockets to uphold my zwave mesh while all my lights are z-wave. ---
**Author:** ![Rocodamelshekima](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/rocodamelshekima/32/8209_2.png) [@Rocodamelshekima](https://community.homey.app/u/Rocodamelshekima)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hue-bridge-uses-its-own-zwave-network/47782/3 "2021-05-25T18:43:51Z")
> [@Edwin\_D](#): > > Add a few zigbee routers to Homey Now how would adding **zigbee** devices help his **Zwave** network running on his Hue bridge? ---
**Author:** ![Edwin\_D](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/edwin_d/32/136417_2.png) [@Edwin\_D](https://community.homey.app/u/Edwin_D)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:46pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hue-bridge-uses-its-own-zwave-network/47782/4 "2021-05-25T18:46:08Z")
Oops, read too quick. But all the same, add routers. Hue = Zigbee, so moving zigbee divices to Homey will not help a z-wave network in any way. So the only way is to build two stable meshes. ---
**Author:** ![Marcel\_Ubels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/marcel_ubels/32/18860_2.png) [@Marcel\_Ubels](https://community.homey.app/u/Marcel_Ubels)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hue-bridge-uses-its-own-zwave-network/47782/5 "2021-05-25T18:48:23Z")
Hue is Zigbee. So for Zwave you have to make a zwave network. Zwave next to your Hue Zigbee equipment wil not communicate with each other ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Roels](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/richard_roels/32/17314_2.png) [@Richard\_Roels](https://community.homey.app/u/Richard_Roels)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 6:55pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hue-bridge-uses-its-own-zwave-network/47782/6 "2021-05-25T18:55:25Z")
Thanks for the help. You can not see it but I am blushing. I bought the wrong equipment (z-wave). Will try to solve with z-wave routers. Then at least I have both networks running in parallel. ---
**Author:** ![Edwin\_D](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/edwin_d/32/136417_2.png) [@Edwin\_D](https://community.homey.app/u/Edwin_D)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/hue-bridge-uses-its-own-zwave-network/47782/7 "2021-05-25T19:12:09Z")
No need. But remember: if you’ll ever be adding Zigbee devices to Homey too, you’ll create a third mesh. So what you have now: building both a Zigbee mesh using the Hue brigde and a z-wave mesh using Homey is not at all a bad idea. It will keep all your options open to add whatever you need - the best of both worlds. That’s what Homey is for, isn’t it?