Introducing Home Assistant Green: Your entry to Home Assistant

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Like with so much else incl HA itself, you get out of Wi-Fi what you’ve put into it. It used to be that buying a Wi-Fi box aka “router” (really router - firewall - access point - switch in a single box) was sufficient, but nowadays the spectrum is so congested one needs proper network features, performance, and visibility into what’s going on, to have a solid network.

+1 and add to that some simple to use mesh networking Wi-Fi system like example Google Nest WiFi do not allow to set a static WiFi channel per access point so the AP closest to your Home Assist could at any time to a WiFi channel that will interfere with Zigbee and Thead if using Home Assistant SkyConnect or other IoT radios

Zigbee networks: how to guide for avoiding interference and optimize for getting better range + coverage

Who is this guide for? I have tried to make this guide to be a comprehensive collection of the most basic yet essential tips with a set of actions and best practice steps that should be applicable to all types of Zigbee setups, regardless of what type of Zigbee adapter/gateway/hub/bridge/devices that you are using, however, it has been written with a point-of-view in mind of Zigbee solutions that use a Zigbee Coordinator adapter locally via USB dongle/stick or remotely using a serial server ove…