# The bridge is not discovered properly by the official Hue app

**URL:** <https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/the-bridge-is-not-discovered-properly-by-the-official-hue-app/210>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [November 11, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/the-bridge-is-not-discovered-properly-by-the-official-hue-app/210 "2020-11-11T15:47:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![mihneagtt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/mihneagtt/32/127_2.png) [@mihneagtt](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/mihneagtt)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 3:47pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/the-bridge-is-not-discovered-properly-by-the-official-hue-app/210/1 "2020-11-11T15:47:15Z")

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I am running diyHue on Ubuntu 20.04 on VMware on top of Windows 10. I can connect to the bridge through the Hue Essentials app, but if i try to use the official Hue app, the bridge is discovered for a couple of seconds, then it disappears. I’ll mention that I have to connect manually using the Hue Essentials app, it does not discover the bridge automatically. I’ll leave you a video to understand better what’s going on.

> **[20-11-11-14-47-36.mp4 (video)](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q-DXwa4B8A3zbMKQ4PhWNFjzh4KS3ZfL/view?usp=sharing)**
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> Google Drive file.

  
Thank you!

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**Author:** ![alex](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/alex/32/14_2.png) [@alex](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/alex)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 7:31pm UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/the-bridge-is-not-discovered-properly-by-the-official-hue-app/210/2 "2020-11-11T19:31:10Z")

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You’ll need to either use host networking or provide the Mac address as an environment variable. Suggest reading the documentation again

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**Author:** ![nportelli](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/diyhue.discourse.group/nportelli/32/116_2.png) [@nportelli](https://diyhue.discourse.group/u/nportelli)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2020, 1:31am UTC](https://diyhue.discourse.group/t/the-bridge-is-not-discovered-properly-by-the-official-hue-app/210/3 "2020-12-24T01:31:47Z")

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Same, I’ve provided the mac address in the docker run command as well. I guess I don’t even see diyHue in the Hue app.