Aqara LED Bulb T2: Zigbee2MQTT Setup for Home Assistant
Pair the Aqara LED Bulb T2 with Zigbee2MQTT and Home Assistant for fully local control. Updated for Z2M 2.7.2 native support, no external converter.
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Aqara and Xiaomi on an IoT VLAN with Home Assistant
VLAN isolation breaks Aqara hub discovery and Xiaomi Miio control. The fix is mDNS reflection, outbound NAT, and firewall rules in the right order.
Aqara WSDCGQ12LM Pressure Reads Null? Z2M Fix + Calibration
Aqara WSDCGQ12LM pressure entity null in Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT? Fix the Z2M parse bug, then calibrate absolute pressure to sea-level.
Aqara Hub M2 in Home Assistant: HomeKit Controller Setup
How to add the Aqara Hub M2 (ZHWG12LM) to Home Assistant via HomeKit Controller, what cloud dependency remains after setup, and when Matter is worth considering instead.
Aqara Hub M100 and Home Assistant: Local Matter Setup
Connect Aqara Hub M100 to Home Assistant via Matter bridge for local control. VLAN setup, entity differences from M2/M3, and what still needs cloud.
Aqara HomeKit Mode: Local Automations vs Cloud Explained
Aqara HomeKit mode is not the same as local automations. What runs offline, what still needs cloud, and which setup fits your privacy goals.
Aqara FP300 + Home Assistant: Local Setup via Zigbee2MQTT
Switch the Aqara FP300 from Thread to Zigbee, pair it in Zigbee2MQTT, and run it locally in Home Assistant with the full configuration entity set.
Aqara FP2 vs FP300 for Home Assistant: Which to Buy?
FP2 and FP300 are very different sensors with very different HA integration paths. The honest comparison for a local-first Home Assistant setup.
Xiaomi Home Assistant Local Control Outside China
The official ha_xiaomi_home integration has three control modes. Outside China, only one is genuinely local, and it has real gaps. Here’s what you get.
Does Aqara Work Without Internet? What Actually Stays Local
Aqara’s local vs cloud behavior explained: what survives an outage, what dies, whether LAN mode works, and how Home Assistant removes the cloud.