Hubitat supporting WiFi devices..?

[TUllman]

Hi all, apologies if this has already been discussed or should be obvious -- feel free to point me to an existing thread and I will close this one.

I've been exploring different dark corners of the HE settings and stumbled upon the below.

Does that mean that Hubitat also supports / can support connecting WiFi devices (e.g. WiFi bulbs) without any workarounds, e.g. IFTTT? I realise this goes against the main advantage of Hubitat being local, but I do have some legacy WiFi devices that I would like to continue to use (and I do through IFTTT integration). Or am I reading this section in a wrong way?

TIA!

[bobbles]

I believe this was in the release notes for 2.2.4.
This gives the option of connecting your hub to your network via wi-fi instead of using an ethernet cable.
This doesn't open up access to wi-fi devices on your hub.
Could be wrong though.

There was also a thread around this published by the HE team.

[TUllman]

@bobbles

This gives the option of connecting your hub to your network via wi-fi instead of using an ethernet cable.
This doesn't open up access to wi-fi devices on your hub.

Got it! Cheers!

[bobbles]

Found it.

[2.2.5] - Use USB WiFi dongle with your C5/C7 hub

There is now a way to use some WiFi dongles with your C5/C7 hub. As of now, earlier models are not supported - they run a very different version of the operating system. Since there is no separate USB port, connecting an external USB device requires an OTG + power cable. The link points to the particular cable I've used, but there probably are others out there. For the sake of full disclosure, we do not earn commissions from any of the devices mentioned in the links. Connect USB power cable to…

[aaiyar]

@bobbles is correct. However, Hubitat has always supported select devices on the local WLAN. For example, Sonos speakers and Yeelights on the local LAN are officially supported.

[rlithgow1]

I think shelley is as well

[djgutheinz]

As an add-on. There are a number of Community Developed integration of wifi devices. Before you buy any wifi device not on the compatibility list (List of Compatible Devices - Hubitat Documentation), search on this forum for the device and read carefully if the support is available, stable, and reputed to not interfere with other Hubitat functions.

Dave

[aaiyar]

@djgutheinz

There are a number of Community Developed integration of wifi devices.

Absolutely. LIke your TP-Link Kasa integration, which is widely used!