I currently run Home Assistant out of an Oracle VM on a mini PC dedicated to server-y stuff.
I was dabbling in understanding my Thread network so purchased a dongle (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BG1LJ687?ref_=ppx_hzod_title_dt_b_fed_asin_title_0_0). I've heard you can flash this and have it act as an OpenThread Border router here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6x43lC9TkM.
If I utilize this dongle, do I need to run HA out of the dongle or can I keep my virtual machine?
Is the dongle just acting as a border router or my whole HA server?
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