Cannot connect anymore to my homeassistant via home’s Wi-Fi, while using HA companion app

Mobile Apps Home Assistant Companion for Apple
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I’m running an instance of HA on a raspberry pi, wired on my ISP box.

This instance is configured with duckdns and NGINX.

Until today, I was able to access to my HA, from my iPhone, using the HA application configured to connect via :

  1. https://homeassistant.local:8123 when I’m connected to my Wi-Fi
  2. https://homeassistant-xxx.duckdns.org:8123 when connected via mobile network or another Wi-Fi network

But since today I’m not anymore able to connect, as soon as my iPhone is connected to my Wi-Fi. I even tried to change the settings, and to force using the duckdns address in all cases, still not OK. Idem if I try using the local IP address.

It is working when I switch off my Wi-Fi connection on my iPhone, but I’d obviously like to use my Wi-Fi network as much as I can.

Something even more strange: using the local address or the local IP in a browser works very well, I can then access my HA, from my iPhone connected to my Wi-Fi.

Any idea what is the problem ?

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Hi Cédric, what about if you change the local address in the companion app to https://IP_OF_YOUR HA:8123?

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Hi Nick, thanks for your reply. I did it, and still the same problem :frowning:

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Have you updated your companion app and is/are the WiFi network(s) not in you configuration anymore?

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No, no change in the companion app, the WiFI network is still in the configuration

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I managed to connect to my HA ! For a reason I still need to investigate, by activating my VPN and forcing using the duckdns url, I can connect to my HA even if my mobile is connected to my WiFi.

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Since it works with a browser on your phone, it seems to be related to the companion app.
You might change your OP by adding the companion app as the category.

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What do you mean by « OP » ?

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