Home Assistant beginners

[Subliminal Aura]

Doesn't deal with all the neighbours, who have shed loads on the 2.4Ghz. My 2.4GHz is on 6 and 11 both 20Mhz wide, would it be worth moving my 11 to 1 instead.

Neighbours WiFi surely not
Have you scanned and mapped all the networks ?

Once done, Google WiFi and ZigBee spectrum or something like tho trip best decide which WiFi channels to use

My zigbee was supposedly on a poor overly utilised channel. Instead of changing channels which is a pita I took a look at the root cause which was dongle placement (use a usb extender if you have to) and 2.4 g WiFi channels(I'm using just one AP for 2.4g now)

 

[robj20]

Neighbours WiFi surely not
Have you scanned and mapped all the networks ?

Once done, Google WiFi and ZigBee spectrum or something like tho trip best decide which WiFi channels to use

My zigbee was supposedly on a poor overly utilised channel. Instead of changing channels which is a pita I took a look at the root cause which was dongle placement (use a usb extender if you have to) and 2.4 g WiFi channels(I'm using just one AP for 2.4g now)

Why surely not, do you not have neighbours? They have a couple of access points by the look of it along with a few wifi speakers and a printer.
Yes, i have Unifi Wifiman app.

My ZBT-1 is using an extension with the dongle placed just outside the server cabinet (certainly wouldn't be ideal inside a metal box).

 

[cokecan]

Neighbours WiFi surely not
Have you scanned and mapped all the networks ?

Once done, Google WiFi and ZigBee spectrum or something like tho trip best decide which WiFi channels to use

My zigbee was supposedly on a poor overly utilised channel. Instead of changing channels which is a pita I took a look at the root cause which was dongle placement (use a usb extender if you have to) and 2.4 g WiFi channels(I'm using just one AP for 2.4g now)

Absolutely Neighbours WiFi!

You have no control over what channels your neighbours (plural) wifi equipment is operating on and it absolutely plays a factor into 2.4g congestion, especially if you live in a built up area with more sources of 2.4G signals. @robj20 Ideally what you'd need to try and do is find a happy middle ground between a clear channel for WiFi away from congested channels from neighbours to give decent connectivity to your devices, then tweak the zigbee channels in use to suit the situation. Zigbee channels are quite narrow and focused compared to WiFi channels and there are best-practices around pairing WiFi and Zigbee channels to ensure the least amount of overlap (or no overlap).

Having said all of this, I've never really given Zigbee channels much thought and have left them as is while I have spent time tuning my WiFi around all my neighbours WiFi. I can't say I've ever had an issue with my Zigbee network. Perhaps I've got lucky, though I suspect that it's far more forgiving that I expect because the 2.4G WiFi in the area just isn't dense enough to cause issues. Combine that with having multiple Zigbee routers on the network adding resiliency, and the fact that Zigbee devices generally only transmit data infrequently and is capable of retrying on failure. I imagine for most, it's a non-issue