Single bridge emulator vs multiple?

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An easy-to-use NodeRED node for adding Alexa capability to NodeRED. NO Alexa Skills required.

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Single bridge emulator vs multiple? #61

Closed deggle closed 5 years ago

deggle commented 6 years ago

Good work on this node - really useful.

However, it's a pain for me as I have to keep opening TCP ports on my firewall (built into the Windows server running node-red) for each device that is setup.

Is there any reason why this was created in a way where each device emulates it's own Hue bridge?

I'd of thought it may be more obvious to emulate a single bridge, with each node just adding a device under that emulated bridge? I assume there may be a good reason why this doesn't work?

deggle commented 5 years ago

Hello again - so I opened a block of ports so avoid the issues noted above. Not ideal but all on local LAN and behind firewall so fine for now.