Iphone loses control of Apple HomePod mini when my wifi switches from Bell Pod back to GigaHub?

[Customer1]

I have a Wifi issue with controlling my Apple HomePod mini over wifi with my iPhone.

I have a GigaHub modem and a Bell Pod as well. I can control the HomePod mini from my iPhone when I stay in the living room near my Giga Hub, I can still control the HomePod from my iPhone when I go in the Bedroom where the iPhone connects over the Bell Pod, but when I go back in the Living room with my iPhone and it reconnects to the Gigahub wifi I loose control of my Apple HomePod mini from my iPhone. The only way to restore is to restart my iPhone and apple HomePod mini.

I have tried everything to solve and no solution..

my devices

Bell Giga Hub
Bell Pod

iPhone 14 Pro Max  iOS Version 18.0.1
HomePod mini tvOS18.0
Apple Watch Ultra 2 watchOS 11.0.1
Apple TV 4K tvOS 18.0

[BellNick]

Hi there @Customer1 
Thank you for your post and welcome to the Community.
Are you using and third party equipment such as a router and if so, are you using your Bell WiFi provided by our modem or are you using your own WiFi setup?
Looking forward to hearing back.

[Customer1]

Hi @BellNick 

I am using Bell Wifi provided by the Bell GigaHub and the Bell Pod to extend the signal. 

Thanks

[BellNick]

Hi there @Customer1 
Do you have your network split with different SSID's and if so, are the SSID's the same or different names?
It's possible that when your device is connecting from the pod to the modem and back to the pod that the IP is jumping, resulting in your device losing connection to your HomePod, which is why rebooting the equipment fixes the issue.
One suggestion is on your device, forget all of your known networks and then reconnect to your network. 

[Customer1]

The pod and network use the same SSID’s same network name. 
I have restored my iPhone and network connections on both iPhone and HomePod 

it didn’t make any difference. I guess the mesh system is not working the best on the Bell equipment 

thanks