Comment on Security considerations of WiFi vs Zigbee for self-hosted IoT
MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 10 months agoDo you think I’ll be able to use 915Mhz (I’m in the US) for ZigBee devices using the Sonoff controller and IKEA devices/custom devices?
Scrath@feddit.de 10 months ago
Isn’t Zigbee always on 2.4GHz regardless of country? Trying to shift the frequency to 915MHz for all devices sounds like a lot of work with questionable benefit
MigratingtoLemmy@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Won’t it interfere with 2.4Ghz WiFi?
Scrath@feddit.de 10 months ago
Well, theoretically yes but it doesn’t continuously send data and both WiFi and Zigbee also allow for operation on various channels. Does your neighbors WiFi interfere with yours?
Also, most WiFi devices now support 5GHz WiFi anyway so it’s even less of an issue anymore. The bigger problem would probably be WiFi interfering with ZigBee. But again, that can be resolved by changing the channels.