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Any advice on making the swap from ST to HA? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hi everyone. I know there on tons of posts on the old sites threads about the mechanics of swapping from smart things to HA. Just wondering if you all have any advice on other things that might come up?

I'm about to move in to a new house. I have an instance of HA working on a little pc. I have tons of smart bulbs connected to ST, hue and others. My wife is an angel, so I probably have a good amount of time to get this right, but I also want her happy lol.

Anything I should look out for? Any personal nightmares of making your own swap? Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thanks! I did connect the instances when I was testing out HA, mostly just to see what it looked like. I didn't get to any automation though.

For the IOT wifi, do you mean just a "high powered" wifi network, or did you do a different access point for the IOT devices?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I've done it both ways. In either case, you at least need an access point that's capable of handling the number of devices you plan to have on the network, but it's good to have a dedicated AP with a separate SSID on a different channel.

Some people even segment networks with VLANs to isolate devices, so that's a consideration too.