I have a short question, but first some additional information.
I’m using the latest release of Home Assistant, running on a Raspberry Pi4 with an USB CC2652RB Zigbee Controller (USB stick). Having said this…
I like to improve/increase my Zigbee mesh network. This because some of the lights outside the house are not always responding correctly and/or in time.
My questions are:
How do I know which devices are repeaters in the Home assistant mesh network topology overview?
When the (Zigbee) lights are turned of, do they still act as an active repeater in the mesh network?
Thank you very much for these answers…
I asked a Sales man from Aliexpress (conversation below) if the wall outlets strengths the mesh network and he says (explicitly) no. So now I am getting a littlebit confused…
Also because the network topology in HA tells me something else and I like to buy extra hardware to improve my mesh network.
Seriously, it’s cheap for a reason. You’re better off buying something else - and if you must buy Tuya do a lot of research to ensure you’re not buying a nightmare.
Innr do some good plugs that are routers (I have the UK version), as do Salus, Ikea, and many others.
Thank you for the advice!
I looked for the wall outlet from Ikea, they are as cheap as Tuya, but much bigger.
The one from Salus looks also good (specifications), but is (much) more expensive.
Is there also something reliable available (also acting as a router) within the bandwidth 10-15 euro’s per piece?
Lot’s of product’s, but also lot’s of things to think about (features and so on).
I have those tuya zigbee plugs and they are working fine from day one. I don’t have any issues with them. One of them helped me to debug electrical issue. In my opinion they are better than aquara and cost less.
As repeater goes you can buy zigbee repeater. I have One. Router in zigbee network will basically connect end device to It self. If there is no router all devices will be connected directly to coordinator and in the end this will kil a coordinator and bring network down.
So routers won’t strenght your network in the way that it will have more rssi. Routers in zigbee network will reduce connections to coordinator.