# Zigbee routing and 20 devices (directly connected) hardware limit

**URL:** <https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-routing-and-20-devices-directly-connected-hardware-limit/35385>\
**Category:** Questions & Help\
**Tags:** zigbee\
**Created:** [October 2, 2020, 8:16pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-routing-and-20-devices-directly-connected-hardware-limit/35385 "2020-10-02T20:16:12Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 5, 2020, 8:31am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/zigbee-routing-and-20-devices-directly-connected-hardware-limit/35385/50 "2020-10-05T08:31:58Z")

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> [@Martijn\_Hoogenbosch](#):
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> and I always try and connect my Zigbee devices on the location I want them to be

For Zigbee, that’s the best way in my experience. Otherwise, like you said, you may get devices that connect to Homey directly and when moving it to its final location in the home it may have issues finding its way through other routers.

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