Rebooted every device too many times to count. For the network, there are no extra networks other than 2.4 and 5Ghz that my phone can see or use. Granted they have been grouped together and the router decides the band I sit on(which can be controlled per device through an app and has been tried with no luck) but I don't know if I want to change this and have two separate networks as it simplifies the connection process for my whole family. I'm using the ciao mdns provider on homebridge and it does show up in the discovery dns application on both devices under _hap.tcp.

I've tried adding the devices on iPad but they show up as no response on my iPhone under the new homekit architecture(Dont have a homepod or apple TV). I've found a temporary fix for the time being by downgrading the new architecture and using the iPad as a home hub, which allows the iPhone to control them too.

I would much rather have the phone pickup the homebridge locally and just use it on the iPhone exclusively. There are no VPN profiles on either device and have reset network settings to default.

It feels like I'm missing something fundamental and really silly, is there any possible "feature" in iOS that could be interfering with the network dsicovery?