A method for providing a configuration recommendation to a first home device (201) in a home network, the method comprising the steps of: detecting (101a, 101b), at a multimedia gateway (210), a change in the first home device; sending (102, 103, 105), from the gateway to a home device configuration recommender (223), data indicative of the change; requesting and receiving (104b, 106b), at the home device configuration recommender (223), data representing capabilities of a plurality of home devices; comparing (107) the data representing capabilities with the data indicative of the change, for determining a suitable configuration recommendation for the first home device; and sending (108, 109, 110), from the home device configuration recommender (223) via the multimedia gateway (210) to the first home device (201), data representing the suitable configuration recommendation. A system and computer readable medium is also described.