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How To Build a Stable and Robust Zigbee Network (smarthomescene.com)
submitted 8 months ago by tifriis to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Thanks for this! I have been using HA for a year now but only with stuff I already had on my network and a few Wiz lights. The whole ZigBee zwave thing has been a pending rabbit hole to fall into for a while and this was been an interesting read.

[–] huskypenguin 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Definitely start with a beefy zigbee coordinator. I like the Ukrainian made SLZB-06. It can be USB or networked. I prefer networked, that way I can move it to a more central location in the house and keep my HA running as a VM in the basement.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

I wish they made an SFP. That would be perfect.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Uh, it even runs POE, I just use a sonoff USB dongle...I've just been using my lightbulps and 230VAC relays as receivers/routers for nearby battery powered ZigBee units. There's always a mains powered ZigBee device within good range so it can reach my server in the laundry room.

[–] huskypenguin 2 points 8 months ago

Sonos is great but it's just a few dollars more for an even better device with more flexibility (if you're starting fresh).

I started with a conbee which led to a lot of issues.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

This was a surprisingly well thought out and educational article - thank you! Was expecting a super basic article for the masses, but this had a number of quality suggestions, pros and cons of the different options, and even the authors personal opinion on preference of Z2M in case the reader wanted a real suggestion.

Thanks so much for this!

Only thing I think I noticed that could be corrected is OTA updates are no longer exclusive to Z2M - ZHA recently added this too, though I haven’t tried it yet and don’t see a reason to ever switch back from Z2M.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

I had no clue that the MQTT messages were spam. I thought they were normal 😅

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Great article. I didn't know you could pair devices to specific routers in Zigbee2MQTT.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

@tifriis
Definitely a good read it's a nice gathering of tips spread otherwise all over the place