Hi all, I wanted to share my recent experiences with setting up my home automation system. I recently added a second Wi-Fi router to offload and isolate my smart home and media server traffic. At first, I encountered some packet drops and general slowness on the new subnet. After weeks of troubleshooting, I discovered that switching the router from dual 20/40Mhz Wi-Fi to just 20Mhz resolved the issue. It’s amazing how a simple setting change can make such a big difference! 
I also wanted to talk about my journey with configuring Emulated Hue for both Amazon Echo and Google Home devices. I’ve had Emulated Hue working with my Amazon Echo dots for a while now, but when I added a Google Home device, I ran into some challenges. I followed the forum advice and added the necessary lines to my configuration.yaml file, but the Google Home app still didn’t detect any new ‘lights’.
After some digging, I realized that the port settings were causing issues. I adjusted the configuration to ensure both devices could communicate properly. It was a bit frustrating at times, but the satisfaction of getting everything working smoothly made it all worth it! 
If anyone else is dealing with similar issues, I’d be happy to share my configuration details or troubleshoot together. Let’s keep the community spirit alive! 