Philips Hue: "Just Press The Link Button"
blog.dekker.io/philips-hue-just-press-the-link-button/
witched the LAN-cable between my network and the Hue Bridge
Reconfigured the network
Dusted off and tried an old router I still had laying around.
Made sure everything was running the latest software version (obviously)
Checked the MeetHue nUPNP page, which reported the bridge being visible on my network
Manually enter the IP Address of the Bridge into the app (on the 'Help' page)
Did (multiple) Factory Resets and reinstalls of the app.
Nothing seemed to help. Nothing. Even a completely different network didn't work.
Something must be broken, but what?!
At this point, I had finally given up, and decided to look at the App Store reviews. Perhaps it's a bug introduced into the latest software version? This is when the Philips Hue Gen. 1 app caught my eye. I didn't expect it to do anything, as I own a Generation 2 device (and bulbs), but since I had tried just about everything by now, I decided to download it and give it a shot..
Instantaneously, it sprang to life. What the actual fuck is going on here.