SkyConnect usage

[Almatrodi (Abdurahman Almatrodi)]

Hi all,
I am new to Home Assistant. I already have some Zegbee products working with Alexa just in my room. Now, I plan to automate the whole home. So, I bought SkyConnect. Tried to connect a movement sensor and it worked well when it is close to the SkyConnect. I moved it to another place where the WiFi is available but did not work and the connection was broken. I used to work with Smart Life where it aks me to enter the WiFi credentials.
Really, I don’t know how SkyConnect is configuring the Zegbee products!.
Any help is appreciated.

[francisp (Francis)]

Is your Skyconnect connected using a USB extension cable, and in a USB 2 port ?

@Almatrodi

I moved it to another place where the WiFi is available but did not work and the connection was broken.

Zigbee is not the same as WiFi.

[Almatrodi (Abdurahman Almatrodi)]

Thanks.
So, SkyConnect is just for nearby products?. I thought it is possible to add my WiFi credentials and use it everywhere as I am doing before.

[francisp (Francis)]

Zigbee is a mesh protocol. It gets extended by using Zigbee routers (mains powered Zigbee devices)

Read here all about Zigbee:

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…

[Hedda]

@Almatrodi

SkyConnect is just for nearby products?. I thought it is possible to add my WiFi credentials and use it everywhere as I am doing before.

Zigbee does not have anything to do with Wi-Fi. Read the ZHA integration docs, like ex:

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#introduction

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#using-router-devices-to-add-more-devices

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#best-practices-to-avoid-pairingconnection-difficulties

https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/zha#zigbee-interference-avoidance-and-network-rangecoverage-optimization

[ricardosilva (Ricardo da Silva)]

What you’re looking for is not zigbee, but Matter/Thread. These are the protocols that use IPV6. And Skyconnect is just both Zigbee and Thread/Matter compatible.