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I am running an google mesh network over a big place, openhab2 on a pi, msqtt, some sonoff/tasmota switches, NodeMCU, and a hue bridge with lights. All good so far. Now, I am trying to add some lights at the far end of the network, where the wifi down there meshes with a google wifi (nest), which in turn relays to the google hub, where the hue bridge is cabled (as is the pi). Am I correct in that the lights have to be in direct wifi range of the hue bridge (not via the intermediate google wifi

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