Xiaomi Mi Home Gateway Types: Hub vs Sub vs Blind Gateway
Not every Mi Home 'gateway' runs automations locally. Learn to tell hub, sub-gateway, and blind gateway apart before building a local-first setup.
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Xiaomi’s Official Home Assistant Integration: What ‘Local’ Actually Means
Xiaomi open-sourced ha_xiaomi_home. Here's what its local mode really requires, why most readers outside China won't get it, and what to use instead.
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Xiaomi Mi Smart Plug ZB (ZNCZ02LM): Home Assistant Local Setup
Set up the Xiaomi ZNCZ02LM Zigbee smart plug in Home Assistant via Zigbee2MQTT. No cloud, no Mi Home app. Includes the voltage-reporting batch quirk explained.
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Xiaomi LYWSD03MMC: Local Home Assistant via pvvx & BTHome
Flash pvvx custom firmware on the Xiaomi LYWSD03MMC and add it to Home Assistant locally via BTHome — no Mi Home app, no cloud dependency.
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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.