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That's not entirely true, the philips Hue bridge works perfectly fine offline with other apps, no cloud needed. But the Hue bridge also allows for Ikea bulbs to connect, as well as several other zigbee products, thus there are probably products out there which have more global support for zigbee devices, and can also be controlled via HA. Anyway, I just ended up purchasing the ConBee 2, given that my server is in a rack anyway it will be fine that way. Not the most elegant solution, but it'll do.

Hm okay, well then I'll just dig a bit deeper before deciding on which to buy

It is off-topic in the sense that I am just asking for help finding a hub / gateway that allows for Zigbee devices to connect, no more, no less. Although I appreciate the explanation on Zigbee, I'm not looking for help in how to make any of my projects work. I'm perfectly capable of figuring that out myself (and already have some plans on how to handle that, I'm well familiar with programming and IT systems). The aforementioned home-assistant for example is capable of communicating with most bridges/hubs out there, which works perfectly fine for my needs. Thanks! Looks like a good suggestion

That's not true, xiaomi has one, and Samsung has their Smartthings hub. I'm just looking if anyone else has any recommendations / experiences with devices.

Because I still need a way for the physical button to communicate wirelessly with a bridge / hub.

That's not what I meant. But this is going quite off-topic at this point. I'm just looking for a consumer-ready device that I can plug in to my network that will function as a bridge similar to the Philips Hue Bridge. Ideally I don't want to hack together one of these bridges myself.

I named the Philips Hue bridge just as an example One of my goals is for example to press a physical button, which will start up a VM. For that I need the zigbee protocol, for which the Hue API will do me no good.

That's not the goal of my project though, so unfortunately I can't use that.

I'm aware of that, unfortunately Philips doesn't allow things like Buttons to connect to the Hue Bridge because they want people to use their own proprietary stuff. Using the Pi could be an option, but wouldn't be as polished as having a device purposely made for it (which I'd prefer).

Hey all, I have some ideas I'd like to try out that utilize the Zigbee protocol. For this, I'm looking for a reliable Zigbee hub/gateway that I can connect to my network (similar concept to the Philips Hue hub, which I also have). Have any of you ever purchased / used one of these, and what is your experience with them? Got any recommendations or things to keep in mind? I find privacy / security quite important, so if a device continually tries to ping home, that's a no-no for me (although I could block the requests in my firewall, but I'd rather not if I don't have to). Local-network only would be ideal.

Joined! Now waiting for tasks haha.

So, here's a question that I've been wondering about.. I'm preparing to place a new server rack in my new home, and have to get all the stuff that one would need, cables, patch panels, keystones, etc. But I'm having a hard time finding Cat 6a coupler keystones, which aren't rediculously overpriced. Did anyone ever try to see if their keystones certification actually mattered at all? I can imagine speed differences in cables that run long distances that it really matters. But am having a hard time believing that keystones would actually affect the speed that much. Would I notice much of a difference if I'd take Cat 6 keystones, and run Cat 6a wires for example? Assuming that I have the devices that can handle such speeds of course. If you have any experience, or even tried this, please post it below :)

I know I'm reviving an old thread, but since it's exactly what I'm looking for as well I figured it's better then creating an identical one. I'd very much like a dummy GPU as well, reason for this is that my H55M-E33 motherboard just refuses to POST when no GPU is installed (the i7-860 has no integrated graphics). And as this is a server, I'd like it to be as power efficient as I can possibly make it. Already have a pretty old GPU installed, but I feel like I can still save 10 - 15W by replacing that since it's not doing anything anyway. (all I need is SSH access)

If someone isn't a dedicated LMG watcher/fan, I'd agree. However, I don't think its fair that just because someone isnt active on the forum they therefor shouldn't be able to participate in the giveaways, even if they watch every single video from every channel from LMG that is released.

It looks like a very good competitor for my OnePlus 3 (it even has an microsd slot! wohoo!) I'd definitly be in for this