Trouble connecting homebridge to the home app

Following scenario: Have been running homebridge for a while now with everything working like a charm. Then recently (2-3 days ago) all my accessories just turned unresponsive with the red “No response” message from below every accessory. After that I deleted the homebridge bridge in the home app and tried reconnecting since then without any success so far. Also no _hap._tcp entry in the Bonjour Browser.

Setup:

• Win10 Pro running as a server with homebridge installed(homebridge can boot without any error messages)
• AppleTV, iPad and iPhone as clients trying to connect to the server

VERSIONS:

• Homebridge: currently 1.0.3 / also tried 0.4.53, 1.0.0, 1.0.1 and 1.0.2
• node: v12.16.2
• npm: 6.13.7

Config:

{
    "mdns": {
        "interface": "192.168.0.XX"
    },
    "bridge": {
        "name": "Homebridge-of-SM",
        "username": "43:21:22:XX:XX:XX",
        "port": 51821,
        "pin": "483-XX-XXX"
    },
    "platforms": [
        {
            "name": "Config",
            "port": 8581,
            "auth": "form",
            "theme": "indigo",
            "tempUnits": "c",
            "proxyHost": "XXX/XXX",
            "platform": "config"
        }
    ],
    "accessories": [
        {
            "accessory": "MagicHome",
            "name": "LED Strip",
            "ip": "192.168.0.XXX",
            "setup": "RGBW",
            "purewhite": false
        },
        {
            "accessory": "Sony-Television",
            "name": "Sony Television",
            "ipaddress": "192.168.0.XXX",
            "presharedkey": "CENSORED",
            "port": "80"
        }
    ]
}

Log when starting up and connecting with the device (note: nothing special, no sign of error in the logs):

`[2020-4-28 23:06:21] [HB Supervisor] Homebridge Path: C:\Users\SilvanM\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homebridge\bin\homebridge [2020-4-28 23:06:21] [HB Supervisor] UI Path: C:\Users\SilvanM\AppData\Roaming\npm\node_modules\homebridge-config-ui-x\dist\bin\standalone.js [2020-4-28 23:06:21] [HB Supervisor] Starting Homebridge with extra flags: -I [2020-4-28 23:06:21] [HB Supervisor] Started Homebridge with PID: 18564 [2020-4-28 23:06:21] Loaded config.json with 2 accessories and 1 platforms. [2020-4-28 23:06:21] — [2020-4-28 23:06:21] Loaded plugin: homebridge-config-ui-x [2020-4-28 23:06:21] Registering platform ‘homebridge-config-ui-x.config’ [2020-4-28 23:06:21] — [2020-4-28 23:06:21] Loaded plugin: homebridge-delay-switch [2020-4-28 23:06:21] Registering accessory ‘homebridge-delay-switch.DelaySwitch’ [2020-4-28 23:06:21] — [2020-4-28 23:06:21] Loaded plugin: homebridge-magichome homebridge API version: 2.4 [2020-4-28 23:06:21] Registering accessory ‘homebridge-magichome.MagicHome’ [2020-4-28 23:06:21] — [2020-4-28 23:06:22] Loaded plugin: homebridge-sony-television [2020-4-28 23:06:22] Registering accessory ‘homebridge-sony-television.Sony-Television’ [2020-4-28 23:06:22] — [2020-4-28 23:06:22] Loaded plugin: homebridge-statefuldummy [2020-4-28 23:06:22] Registering accessory ‘homebridge-statefuldummy.StatefulDummySwitch’ [2020-4-28 23:06:22] — [2020-4-28 23:06:22] Loading 1 platforms… [2020-4-28 23:06:22] [Config] Initializing config platform… [2020-4-28 23:06:22] [Config] Running in Service Mode [2020-4-28 23:06:22] Loading 2 accessories… [2020-4-28 23:06:22] [LED Strip] Initializing MagicHome accessory… [2020-4-28 23:06:22] [Sony Television] Initializing Sony-Television accessory… Setup Payload: X-HM://00249Q1JUNBKI Enter this code with your HomeKit app on your iOS device to pair with Homebridge:

┌────────────┐     
│ 483-58-XXX │     
└────────────┘     

[2020-4-28 23:06:22] Homebridge is running on port 51821. [2020-4-28 23:06:22] [LED Strip] DEVICE COLOR: 255,100,50 [2020-4-28 23:06:22] [Config] Homebridge Config UI X v4.16.0 is listening on :: port 8581`

[armandoi75]

Hi, I have an update, looking on internet I see this: https://www.reddit.com/r/homebridge/comments/dvy4gt/no_response_until_i_tap_on_the_tile/ Checking on my installation, the problem looks the same. If I tap one accessory, even if written “not responding” it start to work. Hope this can help in troubleshooting (in the link there is a video with the problem)

I edit my same post because I found the solution. I was inspired by this: https://github.com/aarons22/homebridge-bond/issues/50 removing the first accessory in the config.json everything started to work again. So I suppose the problem is the plugin I removed “accessory”: “Script2”. Hope can be usefull for some of you 😉

[TheUglyKorean]

I figured it out. My VPN is running as a service and has been perfect for years. Suddenly the “allow LAN traffic” functionality has stopped working. It was blocking all my LAN in/out. What a waste.