I moved my Zigbee coordinator off a Raspberry Pi after a year and everything got better
… For connectivity, I use the same Zigbee2MQTT instance I set up for my light bulbs. …
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I replaced my smart home hub with a $120 mini PC, and my smart home finally feels responsive
… But I chose Zigbee2MQTT over the default ZHA integration. …
I replaced five smart home hubs with a $30 Zigbee dongle and never looked back
… See at Amazon However, if you're using devices that aren't appearing within Home Assistant, then you can also opt for Zigbee2MQTT Z2M . …
I built a perfectly segmented home network, then spent six months poking holes back through it
… What I missed was Home Assistant constantly reaching every smart device on the IoT VLAN — polling sensors, syncing entity states, and pushing commands. …