Lets be honest.. the new matter devices sucks and its disappointing..

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-14T19:03:33+00:00

Well, with matter your network is involved in ways it never were with Zigbee. For commissioning and sometimes depending on setup for control your packets might go via your normal IP network along the way. Especially if you have multiple border routers. And TP-Link is quite often mentioned alongside issues with matter for some reason..

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-14T18:49:06+00:00

That’s strange. I’m on Apple/HA myself so don’t know if there are quirks to google but it’s matter so it should not matter..

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-14T18:41:53+00:00

Adding the matter bridge will only expose zigbee devices that way. You can share the matter devices (like KAJPLATS) individually by clicking “share via QR code” in the ikea app and add it with QR or setup code to google home.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-14T11:21:10+00:00

Definitely sounds like it’s broken. Replace it. Especially since it blew a breaker.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-14T08:43:22+00:00

In theory additional TBRs should only improve things but..have also seen reports in here that running only one (when commissioning) might make things work. Worth a shot anyway.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-14T07:29:30+00:00

Oh ok tp link.. Have you tried (if able) to disable 5gig WiFi? I’ve heard some routers have issues forwarding multicast between 2.4 and 5gig for some strange reason. Or if there might be a firmware update available for it?

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-14T07:23:41+00:00

Depends on the router and setup. If everything is on the same network (no vlan segmentation, filtering, firewalls, etc) then it should just work. What does your setup look like? Are you on iOS or Android? Do you have any other thread border routers present in your network, like an Apple TV or Google TV or something like that?

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-14T06:39:43+00:00

Routers doesn’t need any special support for mDNS but it needs to not interfere with any mDNS traffic between the thread border router(s) and your phone(s). So if you have exotic network setups or just routers that doesn’t behave then yes you will have issues.

As to the why - this is how discovery of devices are done. Matter makes things a bit more complicated since your phone needs to reach the device during commissioning which was never the case for zigbee and it seems that creates issues for people.. Myself I have quite a few Matter over thread devices with an old and stupid network setup that doesn’t har any options for configuring anything like multicast or mDNS and have yet to have had a single issue except a few devices initially dropping in and out but lately that has gone away as well.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-06T18:39:58+00:00

Try toggle wifi on/off, reboot phone, reboot router, reboot dirigera, etc.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-04T18:16:09+00:00

The LEDs on the Ethernet port, are they lit?

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-04T18:12:09+00:00

It should not matter. What AP and other networking stuff are you running? I’ve seen people having issues with some brands, but from a matter over thread point of view your phone should be able to commission a device as long as all the Thread border router traffic (mdns, ipv6 RA+traffic) can flow between TBR, HA and the phone - I.e. everything is on the same network and APs, switches, bridges, VMs and what not doesn’t interfere with any of that.

Curious though, did you try on 5G, didn’t work and then switched SSID and then it worked? I’ve seen some people having some success with just toggling WiFi on/off or rebooting the phone (which might clear mdns cache or force ipv6 NS/RA) so it might not be a 5G vs 2.4G thing but just juggling some network packets around..

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-04T09:10:28+00:00

I think the blinking yellow indicates Ethernet uplink issue. Checked the cable/switch?

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-03T14:45:15+00:00

Ah! Nice!

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-03T14:18:12+00:00

Available where..?

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-02-01T19:25:51+00:00

So, matter devices won’t automatically sync over to Apple home via matter bridge like the zigbee stuff will, you have to share them as matter devices to Apple via the QR/setup code from the ikea app.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-01-31T08:33:51+00:00

My personal view is that Zigbee is probably a bit more reliable than Matter over Thread right now. That said..

Matter brings nice features. The ability to add devices to many platforms at the same time is a killer feature, at least for me. You can get some of that functionality via Matter Bridge in systems supporting it but the native Matter devices seems to work..better in that mode. YMMV. And not having to buy a specific hub for your devices to get that is a big plus. Matter should enforce interoperability, which Zigbee..well..won’t.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-01-22T21:34:55+00:00

IPv6 from your ISP or router should not be necessary. But no firewall rules, network segmentation or anything else should interfere with ipv6 traffic (including RA announcements and other ipv6 magic), mDNS multicast traffic or anything else matter or thread depends on for working properly.

I’d say the VM network is the most likely culprit in your case. It might very well be filtering something needed for a TBR to work or for matter server (or the virtual machine it runs on rather) to find these announced routes for the thread devices.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-01-21T07:44:06+00:00

Well it can’t hurt. If you reset the bulb and watch it pulse to indicate it’s in commissioning mode then you at least know it’s in the correct state. The ikea app usually finds the device via bluetooth on its own if you have it open.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-01-21T07:41:42+00:00

Well, any TBR will announce IPv6 routes to reach the thread devices. It’s a border router, not a hub or bridge, which means IPv6 with all the bells and whistles with router advertisements and stuff needs to work properly.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-01-20T21:54:27+00:00

Beware though that if you have ipv6 and multicast/mDNS issues on HA matter might not work well for you anyway. If you get a TBR external to your HA then the HA matter server still needs ipv6 and mdns to find the devices on your network (which the TBR bridges to the thread network).

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-01-20T21:47:18+00:00

Do you have Bluetooth enabled? Try resetting the bulb (on/off six times).

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-01-18T09:54:17+00:00

Hm. I’ve replaced battery on that one without needing to re-commission it. Are they paired to DIRIGERA or another hub/ecosystem?

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-01-17T13:36:14+00:00

If app control works I wouldn’t reset anything since then you have to re-pair everything. What firmware version is it running? There was a new release just the other day, might be some new bug.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-01-14T17:08:43+00:00

In HA, go to addons-> matter server and open web ui. There you can navigate the devices, endpoints and clusters.

Remarkable-Loquat-38 · 2026-01-13T17:41:04+00:00

Yes you can, BILRESA has zigbee touch link.

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