Struggling to get your Zigbee devices to communicate between buildings like a house and a garage? 🏠➡️🚗
In this video, I’ll show you a reliable and scalable solution by running Zigbee2MQTT on a separate Ubuntu server while still using the same MQTT broker in Home Assistant.
Instead of fighting with range extenders, powerful routers in windows, or questionable power-line hacks ⚡, we’ll take a clean, professional approach by splitting the Zigbee network across two servers.
🔧 *What You’ll Learn in This Video*
✅ Why long-distance Zigbee setups often fail
✅ How to install Zigbee2MQTT on Ubuntu Server
✅ Connecting multiple Zigbee networks to one Mosquitto MQTT broker
✅ Creating and configuring MQTT users securely 🔐
✅ Pairing Zigbee devices and syncing them with Home Assistant
✅ Running Zigbee2MQTT as a system service so it survives reboots 🔄
🖥️ Tools & Tech Used
● Ubuntu Server
● Zigbee2MQTT
● Home Assistant
● Mosquitto MQTT Broker
● SSH (Windows client)
● Zigbee USB Coordinator
📡 Perfect For
✔️ Homes with detached garages
✔️ Outbuildings or workshops
✔️ Long-distance Zigbee installations
✔️ Advanced Home Assistant users
By the end of this video, you’ll have two Zigbee networks, one Home Assistant, and a setup that actually works 💪
No signal hacks. No guesswork. Just solid infrastructure.
Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:05 Setting things up - Users in mqtt
03:27 SSH connection to install
04:54 Install zigbee2mqtt
09:03 Configure zigbee2mqtt and Some debugging hints ;-)
14:45 Zigbee2mqtt working - Happy Dance 1
17:10 Run Zigbee2mqtt as a service
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