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I think the keyword is "over IP". My understanding is that Zigbee works at the lower layers.

> My understanding is that Zigbee works at the lower layers.

Zigbee is not IP. It's a completely different network, which is why many Zigbee based solutions often require a hub/gateway (which speaks both IP and Zigbee) to enable control via smart-phone apps or stuff like that.

To be honest, I'm pretty happy about that. The less my smart-devices has to do with my local wifi/LAN, the happier I am.

Not really sure I like the direction this is heading.

I’ll probably end up firewalling off a zone just for this type of traffic in the future.

But that way they can still report back to the cloud, on top of what their actual function is.

In that regard I much prefer non-IP based devices.

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