Zigbee Dongle recommendation. | Home Assistant | Page 1

versed oasis Mar 10, 2026, 5:27 PM

#

So today, few minutes ago my Zigbee Dongle gave up for some reason after 5 years, therefore I need something to replace it.

I had Sonoff Zigbee 3.0 Dongle Plus and it worked pretty good, sometimes maybe a bit slower, but I had all devices properly connected to it, Aqara, Hue, Thirdreality, Govee and whatsoever.

What would you guys recommend more? Smlight, ZBT-2, Sonoff again?

Maybe a PoE would be nice - I would actually love to just migrate my devices and not repair them all over again, I have backups.

brazen hearth Mar 10, 2026, 5:31 PM

#

Smlight slzb06

versed oasis Mar 10, 2026, 5:35 PM

#

brazen hearth Smlight slzb06

Do you know if I can just migrate from Sonoff 3.0 to Smlight without repairing all devices?

brazen hearth Mar 10, 2026, 5:47 PM

#

you can write your current IEEE address to the new one, but not all models of that sonoff are the same chipset. Might do a google search for your current chipset, if it's the same as the smlight slzb06 it would be fine

#Zigbee Dongle recommendation.