#best way to extend usb-c to zwa2? and what sfp+ nic are supported in haop?

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left tide
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whats the best way to extend the usb connection to zwa2? thinking il need to extend it about 15-20m should i use a active usb cable or maybe usb to rj45 extender or sfp+ to usb extender?
what will be the optimum way that have the most reliable and minimum latency?

im also looking for a supported sfp+ nic to my ha server im building (no vm only haop) have nny one used a sfp+ nic in haoss?

hexed girder
# left tide whats the best way to extend the usb connection to zwa2? thinking il need to ex...

directly extending USB that distance will come with issues.
there are some products that do passthrough over network. i think smlight drops one recently.
you could in thoery have another system (a rpi or something) and run the zwave-js server on that and then connect the integration in home assistant to that instead of a locally run one. (i haven't done this myself but it was suggested as a possibility somewhere else)

as for an SFP+ card that works with haos. i imagine most will work fine but you could check if a speciffic device is supported under the current kernel version of HAOS.
currently for Generic x86-64 its haos 16.1 is running 6.12.41

left tide
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yea that's my backup plan if it wont work to extend usb in a god way, and what i basically use today (have a nuc with ha and a rpi5 using z-wave.me placed central today) my plan now was to build a more powerful server and use z-wave local in ha.

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somthing like this? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005005874467298.html?src=google&albch=search&acnt=479-062-3723&isdl=y&aff_short_key=UneMJZVf&albcp=22578521270&albag=185025180612&slnk=&trgt=dsa-42862830006&plac=&crea=753295393188&albad=753295393188&netw=g&device=c&mtctp=&memo1=&albbt=Google_7_search&aff_platform=google&albagn=888888&isSmbActive=false&isSmbAutoCall=false&needSmbHouyi=false&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=22578521270&gbraid=0AAAAAD2chG59Vljr_2sdVnakaiP8wu9YJ&gclid=Cj0KCQjw5JXFBhCrARIsAL1ckPsRNp9-cBzr_AsK1K3M9Eoxn-nuoBw8CV9swbTnTte7mIFrnRyoYHwaAvlkEALw_wcB

hexed girder
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you get a zigbee adaptor as a bonus

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you don't necessarily need a super quick usb3 fibre extension for a z-wave device. its transfer rate is not super high. you just need to ensure its low latency

left tide
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true, but how will this work with ha, do i need 2 off this or will ha automatically convert rj45 to usb?

hexed girder
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so you just point the zwave stuff at the device via TCP instead of a local serial interface.

left tide
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a ok, hmm i wonder how this will handle large z-wave networks, 150+ devices with much traffic, (really hate when stuff doesn't execute directly and you get a popcorn effect) that have ben the best part with the solution i use today, that i can turn/on off stuff many times a secunds without delays.

hexed girder
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i imagine from a latancy point of view its not going to be much different to any other solution.

left tide
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ok, il buy one and test it out, thank you for your help.

hexed girder
left tide
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👍

merry apex