Home hubs won’t connect to homekit

My hubs stopped connecting. Any thoughts?

Posted on Jul 9, 2022 03:44 AM

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turingtest2

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Posted on Jul 9, 2022 03:56 AM

Reboot or power cycle your router and home hub devices and see if things are any better.

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Jul 9, 2022 03:56 AM in response to Rjferrarorjrjrjr

Reboot or power cycle your router and home hub devices and see if things are any better.

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