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MadSci72
Jan 05, 2021Aspirant
Orbi AX4200 RBK752 won’t find Hue bulbs again
We switched from a Spectrum router to an Orbi AX4200 RBK752. We had Hue and Sengled lightbulbs throughout our house. We use Alexa as a hub for the Hue bulbs and have a Sengled hub. They worked fine w...
schumaku
Jan 05, 2021Guru - Experienced User
MadSci72 wrote:We switched from a Spectrum router to an Orbi AX4200 RBK752. We had Hue and Sengled lightbulbs throughout our house. We use Alexa as a hub for the Hue bulbs and have a Sengled hub. ... Now, Alexa can't discover any of them.
Confused.
The bulbs are not using WiFi, much more Zigbee or Bluetooth. Had the two hubs e.g. the Echo and the Sengled hub been added to the WiFi already? Have the two hubs received IP addresses and became visible as an attached device? Do basic Alexa commands work on the Echo?
Or have just replaced your router by the Orbi (with existing wireless network name and security, or with new settings?) and expect the Echo hub and the Sengled are magically re-appearing on the new network?