Zigbee Wi-Fi Hub

Hardware
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Hi there.

I’m looking to buy some Aqara temperature sensors to place around my home and would like a zigbee hub I can connect them to that will integrate with home assistant using Wi-Fi. My home assistant is virtualised on a server in my basement so I would rather not use a usb zigbee dongle if possible.

Can anyone make recommendations for a decent wifi hub??

Thanks.

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Not WiFi, but ethernet. Depends where you live

If you live in the EU : Zigstar

https://zig-star.com/projects/zigbee-gw-lan/

If you live in the US: ZbTube

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Why not the Aqara hub?
Am I missing something in the question?

Jim

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I am not aware of that working in HA.

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Thanks for that reminder. What a performance, the devices @francisp mentioned work out of the box.

I seem to recall that I had heard those bridges are crap, but it is hard to find the post.

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So going through all the commotion of needing to add wires and flash firmware is the only way to get a reliable hub?

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I use this CC2652 Zigbee to PoE Ethernet Serial Coordinator | TubesZB Store
No flashing required. Adds to home assistant easily with ZHA and allows you to add all zigbee devices.

There is a USB powered one linked by @francisp , but I have a PoE switch, so prefer the one in the link.

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I’m running two Aqara M1S hubs in my Home Assistant… they show up under Homekit Controller:

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And I have several Aqara devices connected through them. Mind you, my primary Zigbee “Coordinator” is a Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 USB Dongle… and maybe that’s my confusion with the original question. The question states, “Hub” and perhaps he means Zigbee “Coordinator.”

Jim

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This is working well for me with Aqara Zigbee sensors in Home Assistant via ZHA; I followed the Tasmota flashing instructions in this video:

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Thanks for this. I watch this guy alot. I ordered the few items in his description and will go down that route.