Best Zigbee gateway for Ikea and Hue?

[ensingg]

Hi,

I see a lot of Zigbee gateways that work with Domoticz?
But which one should I buy and why?

What are the differences? I see usb sticks, but whats the range of that?
Is tere something like the rflink with an external antenna?

Best regards,
Gert

[Thorgal789]

Hello, you can see here https://www.domoticz.com/forum/viewtopi ... 68&t=27995

Zigbee is a meshed network, not like rflink, you can increase range just by adding device.

[jake]

Please check this website: https://www.zigbee2mqtt.io/
For a low price you can make your own zigbee stick and it connects to different brands of zigbee related devices (I have 2 Ikea GU10 dimmable bulbs and they work fine).

I don't mind helping you flash your own USB zigbee stick, but I see regular updates of the firmware and in order to apply them, you would need the programming unit again.
On the Dutch Marktplaats.nl I have seen preprogrammed sticks, but the price difference with Aliexpress isn't that big, including the programming unit.

[ben53252642]

I'd definitely go with Zigbee2MQTT, the number of supported devices is nothing short of incredible!

[ensingg]

I am running my Domoticz on Windows 10. Is there a Zigbee2MQTT plugin for the Windows version of Domoticz?