The hue bridge is the hub the control panel the heart of the hue echo system.
Hue bridge wifi only.
The hue bridge does not have built in wi fi.
If you have multiple wireless networks such as a guest network a 2 4ghz network and a 5 0ghz network please try to connect to each network and then go into the hue application settings find bridge and try to connect to your bridge again.
The philips hue bridge bridges zigbee 802 15 4 from compatible light bulbs to your wired ethernet network.
The bridge is the device that talks to your bulbs tells them what to do when to turn on colors to be and what to do.
Download the hue app on your phone perhaps you can do it on the pc but it s definitely meant for the phone and that s where you d be most likely to do any controlling anyway and as long as you re on the wifi for the network the hub is on if you re using a wireless ap like me or bridge mode etc it will connect to either router regardless.
It does not matter if the wireless router is connected to the internet or not.
The code is on the inside of the box and on the bottom of the bridge.
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Scan the code on the bridge iphone only.
But it also happens to contain a built in yet disabled 802 11n g wi fi radio.
Installing the philips hue app.
Does the hue bridge have to be hardwired to the router or can i connect to it wirelessly.
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The hue bridge will sometimes only be able to connect through one of these multiple networks.
The bridge uses zigbee to talk to your lights and also stores and sets your animations timers and settings.
The only way to connect devices to the router is to provide the building management company with the mac addresses of the wireless devices so we can connect to the router wirelessly.
How to set.
The hue bridge must be connected to the wireless router using an ethernet cable that goes from the bridge and connects to the wireless router.
Hold your phone up to it so that it appears on camera.