Question

Ok, so i cant seem to figure this out, i just use it around the house, and never thought about it before. How does IoT devices connect troughout my network, via AP's to my HUB or directly through my hub?  

Answer 1

Depends on the device. Hue, for example, uses the zigbee protocol on the same 2. 4GHz frequency as WiFi, but the zigbee devices create their own network back to the Hue hub. The Hue hub then talks to the Internet via your broadband router.  

Comments

At the moment i have hue bulbs, ikea bulbs and outlets, and aqara sensors, but i ONLY have the Hubitat Hub, no phillips or IKEA

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@santosantonica so, those are all zigbee, so same as above, just using a different zigbee hub.  

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So connected via ZigBee mesh to the hub. ignoring the WiFi coverage. Thanks!  

Answer 2

I wonder if years from now people will look back and laugh at how we voluntarily immersed ourselves in frequency waves that are slowly giving us cancer?