Hi, I have 2 homes and want remote access for both homes, want to use one iPhone App, and get notifications on the App for both homes. Here are the questions:
Do I need 1 or 2 subscriptions to the Cloud Service. If I need 2, can I use the “+” designation for the 2nd account?
Do I need 1 or 2 Logins/User Names for the local HAs. If 2 different User names, can I use the “+” designation?
Also, as an added enhancement, it would be helpful to have both homes visible on one dashboard when I am online on one of my computers.
If you want to use Nabu-casa on both, you need 2 subscriptions.
There are other ways to correctly get external access but they are a bit nerdy, so if that’s not you, then yes.
Me, I’m nerdy, and still did 2 subs so that all my google stuff works the same.
The 2 houses are different instances, for me I name them all different so that they don’t get confused in my head. They don’t really interact any other way other than the google (and smartlife) mashes things into 1 account, so there’s that.
My solution for two homes was to install a remote control program (a VNC server) on a computer in each home. A VNC viewer is installed on my phone. I don’t do notifications, but if I did, I would set up email notifications in HA. With a remote control program I can monitor and control programs other than HA.
RealVNC has a free, non-commercial version called Lite that allows an account to manage three servers.
access both HA instances from the same companion app using tailscale IPs (or name if you use the tailscale DNS)
if you want more nerdy stuffs do not overlap IP address ranges in the 2 houses (eg 192.160.0.X on 1 and 192.168.1.X on 2) and expose both networks to tailscale via tailscale subnet route