# Is or can Homey act as a Thead boarder router?

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/is-or-can-homey-act-as-a-thead-boarder-router/109697>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Created:** [May 11, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-or-can-homey-act-as-a-thead-boarder-router/109697 "2024-05-11T11:21:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 1

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![B3rt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/b3rt/32/9435_2.png) [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-or-can-homey-act-as-a-thead-boarder-router/109697/1 "2024-05-11T11:21:09Z")

</div>

I was wondering if this is possible?  
If so how and can Homey be added to Home assistant via this method?

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 11, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-or-can-homey-act-as-a-thead-boarder-router/109697/2 "2024-05-11T11:25:00Z")

</div>

My HA instance sees Homey as a border router:

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/4/5/4523caf64e78eb681d87c5079b5499bc357a251b.png)

So I assume it’s possible.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![B3rt](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/b3rt/32/9435_2.png) [@B3rt](https://community.homey.app/u/B3rt)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 11:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-or-can-homey-act-as-a-thead-boarder-router/109697/3 "2024-05-11T11:48:08Z")

</div>

in that case you should be able to see all the devices from Homey in HA as well, no need for the MQTT app any more then…

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**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:** [May 11, 2024, 12:08pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-or-can-homey-act-as-a-thead-boarder-router/109697/4 "2024-05-11T12:08:00Z")

</div>

> [@B3rt](#):
>
> in that case you should be able to see all the devices from Homey in HA as well,

No, a _Thread_ border router will only provide access to _Thread_ devices.

---

<div class="post-metadata">

**Author:** ![xAPPO](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/xappo/32/13726_2.png) [@xAPPO](https://community.homey.app/u/xAPPO)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2024, 11:29pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/is-or-can-homey-act-as-a-thead-boarder-router/109697/5 "2024-05-11T23:29:13Z")

</div>

> [@B3rt](#):
>
> in that case you should be able to see all the devices from Homey in HA as well,

I think you need to read up on the purpose of Thread bridges and routers and their Matter involvement