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ZigBee and Zwave? (lemmy.world)
submitted 13 hours ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/homeassistant@lemmy.world
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I see a lot of posts about people who like their Zigbee and Z-Wave products. As I'm setting up the hardware in my home, I'm using Wi-Fi products because I already have Wi-Fi. I don't see much difference in price. What is the actual benefit of setting up a separate network for home devices? Is there a reason that I should consider setting up one of these networks?

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[–] magnus919@lemmy.brandyapple.com 3 points 8 hours ago

Zigbee/Z-Wave/Thread are all meant for sensors. WiFi not so much. It's easier to host more sensors on the purpose-built network types. Special consideration for Z-Wave since it uses different frequency than WiFi, which the others do not.

WiFi and batteries don't really go together, which also puts a real limit on what you can do there.