Trouble adding first matter device. Error: Network is unreachable

[rubenhak]

Hi All, I’ve had the baby steps completed and managed to get a few ZWave devices added to HA running in docker. Now it is time to get it working with Matter/Thread. After a minute or so the procedure to add a new matter device (Inovelli White Dimmer) fails. I would appreciate some help with some hints on how to proceed.

I believe I have created a new network through the OTBR web page and also transferred the credentials to the HA iPhone app.

I’m using SMLight SLZB-07MG24 USB dongle for thread.

All docker containers are running in host mode, and looks like my wifi interface receives the ipv6 address.

The matter server returns some errors:

2025-02-16 04:18:28.547 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.stack] Initializing CHIP/Matter Logging...
2025-02-16 04:18:28.547 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.stack] Initializing CHIP/Matter Controller Stack...
[1739679508.567572][1:1] CHIP:CTL: Setting attestation nonce to random value
[1739679508.567773][1:1] CHIP:CTL: Setting CSR nonce to random value
[1739679508.568424][1:1] CHIP:DL: ChipLinuxStorage::Init: Using KVS config file: /tmp/chip_kvs
[1739679508.568654][1:1] CHIP:DL: ChipLinuxStorage::Init: Using KVS config file: /data/chip_factory.ini
[1739679508.568746][1:1] CHIP:DL: ChipLinuxStorage::Init: Using KVS config file: /data/chip_config.ini
[1739679508.568775][1:1] CHIP:DL: ChipLinuxStorage::Init: Using KVS config file: /data/chip_counters.ini
[1739679508.573313][1:1] CHIP:DL: Wrote settings to /data/chip_counters.ini
[1739679508.573326][1:1] CHIP:DL: NVS set: chip-counters/reboot-count = 16 (0x10)
[1739679508.573690][1:1] CHIP:DL: Failed to get Ethernet interface
[1739679508.573906][1:1] CHIP:DL: Failed to reset Ethernet statistic counts
[1739679508.574018][1:1] CHIP:DL: Got WiFi interface: wlp0s20f3
[1739679508.574296][1:1] CHIP:DL: Found the primary WiFi interface:wlp0s20f3
2025-02-16 04:18:28.574 (MainThread) INFO [chip.storage] Initializing persistent storage from file: /data/chip.json
2025-02-16 04:18:28.574 (MainThread) INFO [chip.storage] Loading configuration from /data/chip.json...
2025-02-16 04:18:28.650 (MainThread) INFO [chip.CertificateAuthority] Loading certificate authorities from storage...
2025-02-16 04:18:28.651 (MainThread) INFO [chip.CertificateAuthority] New CertificateAuthority at index 1
2025-02-16 04:18:28.651 (MainThread) INFO [chip.CertificateAuthority] Loading fabric admins from storage...
2025-02-16 04:18:28.651 (MainThread) INFO [chip.FabricAdmin] New FabricAdmin: FabricId: 0x0000000000000001, VendorId = 0xFFF1
2025-02-16 04:18:28.651 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.stack] CHIP Controller Stack initialized.
2025-02-16 04:18:28.652 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.server] Starting the Matter Server...
2025-02-16 04:18:28.654 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.helpers.paa_certificates] Skip fetching certificates (already fetched within the last 24h).
2025-02-16 04:18:28.654 (MainThread) INFO [chip.FabricAdmin] Allocating new controller with CaIndex: 1, FabricId: 0x0000000000000001, NodeId: 0x000000000001B669, CatTags: []
2025-02-16 04:18:28.690 (Dummy-2) CHIP_ERROR [chip.native.DIS] Failed to advertise records: src/inet/UDPEndPointImplSockets.cpp:421: OS Error 0x02000065: Network is unreachable
2025-02-16 04:18:28.690 (Dummy-2) CHIP_ERROR [chip.native.DIS] Failed to advertise records: src/inet/UDPEndPointImplSockets.cpp:421: OS Error 0x02000065: Network is unreachable
2025-02-16 04:18:28.691 (Dummy-2) CHIP_ERROR [chip.native.DIS] Failed to advertise records: src/inet/UDPEndPointImplSockets.cpp:421: OS Error 0x02000065: Network is unreachable
2025-02-16 04:18:28.691 (Dummy-2) CHIP_ERROR [chip.native.DIS] Failed to advertise records: src/inet/UDPEndPointImplSockets.cpp:421: OS Error 0x02000065: Network is unreachable
2025-02-16 04:18:28.698 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.vendor_info] Loading vendor info from storage.
2025-02-16 04:18:28.701 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.vendor_info] Loaded 286 vendors from storage.
2025-02-16 04:18:28.702 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.vendor_info] Fetching the latest vendor info from DCL.
2025-02-16 04:18:28.910 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.vendor_info] Fetched 285 vendors from DCL.
2025-02-16 04:18:28.910 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.vendor_info] Saving vendor info to storage.
2025-02-16 04:18:28.917 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.device_controller] Loaded 0 nodes from stored configuration
2025-02-16 04:18:28.928 (MainThread) INFO [matter_server.server.server] Matter Server successfully initialized.

What my docker compose looks like:

services:

  homeassistant:
    container_name: homeassistant
    image: "ghcr.io/home-assistant/home-assistant:stable"
    volumes:
      - /home/ubuntu/home-assistant/config:/config
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro
      - /run/dbus:/run/dbus:ro
      - /dev/serial/by-id:/dev/serial/by-id:ro
    restart: unless-stopped
    privileged: true
    ports:
      - 8123:8123
    network_mode: host

  otbr:
    hostname: otbr
    container_name: otbr
    image: "ghcr.io/ownbee/hass-otbr-docker:latest"
    privileged: true
    network_mode: host
    cap_add:
      - SYS_ADMIN
      - NET_ADMIN
    environment:
      DEVICE: "/dev/ttyUsbTread"
      BACKBONE_IF: wlp0s20f3 #enp3s0
      FLOW_CONTROL: 1
      FIREWALL: 1
      NAT64: 1
      BAUDRATE: 460800
      OTBR_REST_PORT: 8081
      OTBR_WEB_PORT: 7586
      AUTOFLASH_FIRMWARE: 0
    devices:
      - /dev/serial/by-id/usb-SMLIGHT_SMLIGHT_SLZB-07Mg24_6add7a39f772ed118f6073773dbf42d5-if00-port0:/dev/ttyUsbTread
      - /dev/net/tun:/dev/net/tun
    volumes:
      - ./openthread/data:/var/lib/thread

  matter-server:
    container_name: matter-server
    image: ghcr.io/home-assistant-libs/python-matter-server:stable
    restart: unless-stopped
    security_opt:
      - apparmor=unconfined
    volumes:
      - /home/ubuntu/home-assistant/addons/matter-server:/data
      - /run/dbus:/run/dbus:ro
    network_mode: host

I also tried adding ipv6 suppor to docker daemon, but doesn’t seem like it is relevant since it is running in host mode.

[rubenhak]

I looked through the haas-otbr image repo (GitHub - ownbee/hass-otbr-docker: Stand-alone Home Assistant OpenThread Border Router docker container.) and looks like it requires “mDNS and IGMP snooping” enabled on the router. Doesn’t look like my router supports those features.

What options do I have? Should I switch the host network to a bridge docker network instead? What parameters should I change?

[bigdvette]

Look towards bottom of this thread for some options you need in your matter server docker compose.

[SOLVED] IPv6, Docker, & Proxmox

I’d already set the accept._ra to 1, but after changing it to 2 in the Proxmox LXC and on the bridge and interface on the Proxmox host itself it worked! I hope anyone else who has these issues finds this thread. At least for the first light bulb I tried.

[rubenhak]

Thanks for the link, but I have decided to switch and recreated the setup with HAOS. Still having the same problem though…

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