Several of my bulbs will simply drop off my network- ie, HA cannot turn them on or off… Power-cycling those bulbs brings them back online, until they drop off again some hours later. They show up on the mapping, but with no solid or dotted lines connecting them to anything. I have installed anti-tam…

Maybe start by reading this: [image] Zigbee networks: how to guide for avoiding interference and optimize for getting better range + coverage Community Guides Who is this guide for? I have tried to make this guide to be a comprehensive collection of the most basic yet e…

First make sure that do not have any other sources of interference, such as ex. USB 3.x/4.x devices. [image] fzman1956: I live in a 2 storey free-stanind home, with exterior brick walls and mostly plaster/lathe interior walls. Since you seem to have already followed at least some of the best…

Thanks for the link- i’d already seen it and found it helpful, but am still having some issues. This is a challenging puzzle, and I am enjoying it, in spite of the occasional frustration and (inexplicable-to me, at least) failure. I am willing to experiment, and trouble-shoot, but it is a challenge…

[image] fzman1956: Bulbs are almost all Sengled, And these are end-devices, not routers, so they don’t strengthen your mesh. [image] fzman1956: I have 3 Sonoff 31 smartplugs And these are not very good routers [image] Zigbee Routing with Sonoff S31 Lite appears to be bad …

Thanks for the info and your assistance. I repositioned both the Sonoff dongle/antenna and the TubesZB router, and removed all of the Sonoff smartplugs. As a result, the LQIs of all my devices have gone up, the drop-offs are down to one bulb, which I’ll replace if it happens again. In the spirit …

I have a really strong mesh with about 50 IKEA bulbs (all routers) and even some IKEA extenders, but I still find some bulbs drop off when powered on/off and need to be re-added. (Typically only 1 or 2 every few months, though.)

Help me keep bulbs from losing routes or links to coordinator

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francisp (Francis) October 5, 2023, 4:20am 2

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