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XR500 and Phillips Hue Bridge Cant Pair
I have purchased the Phillips hue lights and bridge today. Unfortuantely I am having problems connecting the hue bridge v2 to my router via ethernet cable and then pairing the two together via the ap...
Experiencing the exact same problem with my XR500. Any solutions found yet?
Unfortunately not. This really is in NETGEAR's control, but people have had success from putting a device between the hub and the router, like a switch or access point. I don't currently know why this works, and I know it seems like a weird workaround, but it does work so I might as well mention it.
I know there's an XR500 update in the works but I don't know wether it will specifically fix this issue so I can't promise anything!
Nighthawk500 wrote:Experiencing the exact same problem with my XR500. Any solutions found yet?
I have experience a little issue with my Phillips Hue Bridge too. My Phillips Hue Bridge won't turn on my lights when I'm pressing on button "On" in iOS/Android/Windows App. Sometime I have to turn it "Off" and turn it back "On" in app, restart the App, or restart the XR700.
- Alex provided another suggestion on the Netduma forum of connecting it to the router guest WiFi network and seeing if that resolves it.
Netduma-Fraser wrote:
Alex provided another suggestion on the Netduma forum of connecting it to the router guest WiFi network and seeing if that resolves it.The setup for a Phillips Hue Bridge 2.0, you have to connect a Ethernet Cable from the unit to a Ethernet port of your router. You can't setup the Phillips Hue Bridge 2.0 through wifi.
