# Zigbee odd route - leeds to unresponsive devices **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions & Help\ **Tags:** zigbee\ **Created:** [August 2, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997 "2021-08-02T08:05:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mads\_Zaulich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mads_zaulich/32/34564_2.png) [@Mads\_Zaulich](https://community.homey.app/u/Mads_Zaulich)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 8:05am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/1 "2021-08-02T08:05:01Z")
Hi all, I add 2 smart plugs from Aqara. They work fine. But after that, it seems like many of my other ZigBee devices not responding. If I remove them and add them again it seems to work. But that’s not a solution. If I go in, I can see that many of my devices seem to use the new smart plugs for routing. That does not make any sense. Most of them are in the same room as the Homey, but the Smart plugs are located on another floor, under the bed. I know the plugs have poor coverage (slow to respond) but they work. So is there any way I can make homey don’t use them as a route? I’m pretty sure that’s why my other sensors are misbehaving. ![2021-08-02 09_56_05-Window](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/3/23bd93f0d98f3e3f51d34535c72342ffafa4e9fe.png) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2021, 8:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/2 "2021-08-02T08:09:24Z")
You cannot control how Zigbee devices route their messages, they will find out on their own. It could be that the plugs have stronger radios than Homey, so the sensors “prefer” them instead of using Homey directly. ---
**Author:** ![Mads\_Zaulich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mads_zaulich/32/34564_2.png) [@Mads\_Zaulich](https://community.homey.app/u/Mads_Zaulich)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 8:20am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/3 "2021-08-02T08:20:38Z")
So how can I fix the issue? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2021, 9:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/4 "2021-08-02T09:10:54Z")
Buy other smart plugs 🥴 But more seriously: there’s not much you can do. You can’t force Zigbee devices to not use a particular router, so if you have problematic router devices pretty much the only thing you can do is either not use them, or try and see if removing and re-pairing the sensor devices will fix your problems. For Zigbee, make sure that you pair sensor devices close to, or on, their final location (so _don’t_ pair them close to Homey and move them to their final location afterwards). ---
**Author:** ![Mads\_Zaulich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mads_zaulich/32/34564_2.png) [@Mads\_Zaulich](https://community.homey.app/u/Mads_Zaulich)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 9:23am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/5 "2021-08-02T09:23:55Z")
Should’nt my Hue light be used as a “router”. and why are they not on the list I sent? ---
**Author:** ![PetervdK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/petervdk/32/20669_2.png) [@PetervdK](https://community.homey.app/u/PetervdK)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 9:28am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/6 "2021-08-02T09:28:25Z")
Is it connected to a Hue hub or directly to Homey? You only see it in the Homey Zigbee network if it is a part of Homey’s Zigbee network. A Hue hub has it’s own Zigbee network and that network is not connected to Homey in any way. ---
**Author:** ![Mads\_Zaulich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mads_zaulich/32/34564_2.png) [@Mads\_Zaulich](https://community.homey.app/u/Mads_Zaulich)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/7 "2021-08-02T09:31:12Z")
It’s connected to the Hub, that’s maybe why. ---
**Author:** ![Mads\_Zaulich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mads_zaulich/32/34564_2.png) [@Mads\_Zaulich](https://community.homey.app/u/Mads_Zaulich)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 9:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/8 "2021-08-02T09:31:44Z")
Could I might get better coverage if I buy; [TRÅDFRI Signal repeater - IKEA](https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/tradfri-signal-repeater-30400407/) ---
**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:** [August 2, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/9 "2021-08-02T09:37:43Z")
> [@Mads\_Zaulich](#): > > It’s connected to the Hub, that’s maybe why. Yes, that’s exactly why: the Hue hub creates its own Zigbee network, completely separate from Homey’s Zigbee network. You can try and add the IKEA repeaters, they work quite well in my experience. ---
**Author:** ![Mads\_Zaulich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mads_zaulich/32/34564_2.png) [@Mads\_Zaulich](https://community.homey.app/u/Mads_Zaulich)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 9:42am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/10 "2021-08-02T09:42:33Z")
Okay. What is best practise to have the Hue Hub, or to leave it to Homey? ---
**Author:** ![Mads\_Zaulich](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/mads_zaulich/32/34564_2.png) [@Mads\_Zaulich](https://community.homey.app/u/Mads_Zaulich)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2021, 10:27am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/11 "2021-08-02T10:27:13Z")
Is the Zigbee network automatically done? Lets say I remove the devices, and re-join them when the smart plugs are out of reach, would they then after som time create a new route? ---
**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:** [August 2, 2021, 11:26am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/12 "2021-08-02T11:26:55Z")
Yes, Zigbee routing is dynamic, pairing a device with the smart plugs out of reach will not prevent devices from using them when they become reachable again. ---
**Author:** ![Hans-Jochen\_Nissen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hans-jochen_nissen/32/9752_2.png) [@Hans-Jochen\_Nissen](https://community.homey.app/u/Hans-Jochen_Nissen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 2:31pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/13 "2021-08-08T14:31:02Z")
My experience with Ikea repeat is that they are not good ---
**Author:** ![PetervdK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/petervdk/32/20669_2.png) [@PetervdK](https://community.homey.app/u/PetervdK)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 3:24pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/14 "2021-08-08T15:24:24Z")
Without context or any other explanation what goes wrong that remark is not very useful. 😇 ---
**Author:** ![Hans-Jochen\_Nissen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hans-jochen_nissen/32/9752_2.png) [@Hans-Jochen\_Nissen](https://community.homey.app/u/Hans-Jochen_Nissen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/15 "2021-08-08T17:37:42Z")
I have set up 4 pcs to extend the surface that zigbee should be enough. I have osram and Lidl plug that sit further away and it meshes through them to Ikea repeter. ---
**Author:** ![PetervdK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/petervdk/32/20669_2.png) [@PetervdK](https://community.homey.app/u/PetervdK)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/16 "2021-08-08T18:32:07Z")
So the Ikea repeater do work, or not? Or is it only the route that looks strange to you? Every device that is capable of repeating/routing (and that includes plugs) can be used by end devices. So it is not strange if they are used like that. Does everything work as it should? No delays or not responding devices? ---
**Author:** ![Hans-Jochen\_Nissen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hans-jochen_nissen/32/9752_2.png) [@Hans-Jochen\_Nissen](https://community.homey.app/u/Hans-Jochen_Nissen)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 6:53pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/17 "2021-08-08T18:53:55Z")
No, the zigbee network is not working properly! It works whenever you want. That’s why I bought these ikea repeats as it was written well for a while. But they do not help a shit! Everything worked fine until update 5.0.4 ---
**Author:** ![PetervdK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/petervdk/32/20669_2.png) [@PetervdK](https://community.homey.app/u/PetervdK)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2021, 9:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/18 "2021-08-08T21:12:41Z")
Well, since you obviously just want to complain instead of give constructive input so we might be of help, good luck with it. Hope it will solve itself magically. ---
**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:** [August 9, 2021, 6:15am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/19 "2021-08-09T06:15:25Z")
What is “it” (“ **it** meshes through them”)? You’re not being very clear on what your actual problem is. ---
**Author:** ![Hans-Jochen\_Nissen](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/hans-jochen_nissen/32/9752_2.png) [@Hans-Jochen\_Nissen](https://community.homey.app/u/Hans-Jochen_Nissen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2021, 7:54am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997/20 "2021-08-09T07:54:06Z")
Sorry! My language is not English, I am bad at writing English. Problem I write here is that Ikea repeater is not so good at what it should be! Read that type Ikea repeter is a “God’s gift” to get long range on zigbee nets. I have cheap plugs from Lidl and osram that do a better job! You can also use the plug, you can not directly from Ikea repeater only to power any USB device. Zigbee has not worked very well on Homey, until I start running version 5 rc. Then the zigbee network will work great! Until update 5.0.4. After that update, it has worked worse than before 5rc. Control the devices whenever Homey wants. Poorer range. Has units 2-3 meters from Homey without walls in between. Turns on sometimes sometimes not the same when to turn it off. Same with units further away. But more understandable. Don’t know if I wrote more comprehensibly using Google translate? [Next page](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-odd-route-leeds-to-unresponsive-devices/49997.md?page=2)