# Router part of the zigbee mesh network

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**Tags:** router\
**Created:** [December 15, 2020, 7:56am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/router-part-of-the-zigbee-mesh-network/39206 "2020-12-15T07:56:29Z")\
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Zigbee and WiFi are two different protocols. Your WiFi devices don’t act as Zigbee-repeaters/routers/extenders, and vice versa.

The channel numbering is also different. If you have your WiFi on channel 11, and your Zigbee on channel 11, that’s actually a good thing, because that means there is no overlap between those two. See the graphic below:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/0/20bef61e6618e1b98d5b0c722bef62c4adb5b0f6.png)

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