# What causes this error? Error controlling status

**URL:** https://community.homey.app/t/what-causes-this-error-error-controlling-status/90621
**Category:** Questions & Help
**Created:** [September 30, 2023, 5:50pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/what-causes-this-error-error-controlling-status/90621 "2023-09-30T17:50:52Z")
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### 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: [October 1, 2023, 12:11am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/what-causes-this-error-error-controlling-status/90621/6 "2023-10-01T00:11:24Z")

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You’re absolutely right ✅ hahaha  
I obviously don’t read titles very often 🤣

@Audun_Heimdal while you don´t give any detail about your wifi setup, I’ll just shoot I guess?  
Do you have separate 2.4 and 5GHz SSID’s? When no, try to create separate networks for both frequency bands, and / or

> [@\[Homey Pro 2023\] Problems, issues and bugs](https://community.homey.app/t/homey-pro-2023-problems-issues-and-bugs/77502/33):
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> When you have a wifi mesh system with several AP’s,  
> it is probably hopping between two (or more) AP’s very often;  
> try to let Homey use a fixed AP, by using MAC address filtering, or Band Steering, and/or lower the transmit power on distant AP’s.

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