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IKEA moves to Thread (and away from Zigbee)
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I'm using zigbee2mqtt, I've noticed that leaving things alone for a while helps with network stability.
I don't use third party hubs, everything is connected to the z2m coordinator.
I've ditched pretty much all Aqara devices as they have problems getting their messages relayed, the best alternative was creating a separate network just for them, I did that for a while but then I decided to just replace them.