Model ZBdongle-e on network as coordinator

[martinmasera]

Hello

I run Homeassistant as docker on machine which is 50m from my living room, and I installed Sonoff zigbe3.0USB dongle plus on to get some sensors ( temperature and humidity from Sonoff in some rooms) but the signal I believe will be to week in my living room where I have my sensors,
so is possible that Sonoff zigbe3.0USB dongle plus I plug on my laptop computer in living room and they will work as coordinator, please let me know if you have and idea how to connect like that?

and secondly I try to plug my Sonoff zigbe3.0USB dongle plus directly on server where I run Homeassistant, in docker I write the address where is dongle conected, everything works fine my Homeassistant discover the device, but then the matter happened, when I pair my other sonoff devices with the dongle no pairing happened, no of my devices SNZB-02d found? I also use 1m long USB cabel.
thanks in advance

[francisp (Francis)]

@martinmasera

I plug on my laptop computer in living room and they will work as coordinator, please let me know if you have and idea how to connect like that?

If you install Zigbee2MQTT on your laptop, you can use your dongle as a coordinator on your laptop (if you leave your laptop on).

See this guide by @Hedda to improve your Zigbee network

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…

[martinmasera]

If is possible I would like to plug my zigbee 3 USB dongle as coordinator on my AP Mikrotik to USB port and then connect to my HA?

[francisp (Francis)]

You could try with ser2net

Connecting to a remote Zigbee coordinator with ZHA using ser2net

This is a quick guide on how to connect ZHA to a Zigbee coordinator on different hardware than the hardware HomeAssistant is running on. Reasons for wanting to do this could include: HomeAssistant running on hardware in a bad location in your house Needing to use ZHA over Z2M Long USB cords causing instability in Zigbee network You will need another computer running Linux. A Raspberry Pi would work fine. I am using some really old Optiplex SFF running Debian. On the linux computer, run apt…

[martinmasera]

So if I get it right, best way is to instal docker ser2net on my mikrotik and then conect the sonoff zigbee 3usb device on it, the device will then get a IP address. This address then I use in ZHA integration to setup the zigbee2mqtt mesh.