I have 4 Ikea Repeaters but my devices seem to like to repeat thru my cheap EcoSmart Zigbee bulbs from Home Depot instead.
The Ikeas are labeled "Zigbee Repeater -". The Zigbee bulbs are Kids Bathroom A-D, Master Bath A-G, Breakfast Nook A-E and Play Room Sconce A-D. The hub is the thickness of a wall away from Master D-G and the width of the bathroom from A-C.
Knock on wood but my Zigbee mesh seems pretty stable.
I had a couple of bulbs not responding, and re-paired them.
I prefer to have an overdone Zigbee mesh, than a bare minimum one.
Yeah I'm the same way. I have about a dozen repeaters, including some Ikeas...
I replaced my Ikea repeaters with in-wall GE/Jasco zigbee outlets so the wife would quit complaining.
Before I removed the Ikea repeaters, though, lots of things were routing through them on my mesh. So they do work.
Real pain to reset sometimes. I try all kinds of stuff. Holding the button down while plugging them in, holding it for a really long time, multiple presses. Stuff that isn't probably doing anything, but eventually something always gets them reset. That's all you really need. They are a pain and I dread having to reset them and re-pair. Fortunately that's been a rare need.
I used to have the same issue with them. I have since changed the driver I'm using to Markus' generic Zigbee driver instead, [Release] Generic Zigbee Drivers with Presence and Recovery, and I haven't seen them drop once since then. Disclaimer: I've only been using this driver for little over a month.
I will follow their behavior and if they go awol I will try the alternative driver.
Oh, and I guess I should mention that I did upgrade my Ikea repeaters to whatever the latest firmware was at the time (using zigbee2mqtt which supports OTA updates for Ikea, not hubitat).
There has been at least one firmware update since they were originally released, so that is one possibility of why they fall off the mesh for some and not others.
But also may have nothing to do with that. Who knows? 
I wasn't having issues with them dropping off the network before I upgraded firmware either - so that isn't as very good data point.
I do not have a way to check or update them. I understand it can also be Thorne through the Tradfri Hub, which I do not own.
Mine vary in firmware level. I have six - none of them have dropped. My Aqara devices router very well through them:
Can you explain how you did it? (external power) I've some Xiaomi sensors and sometimes I need to put them in tricky places and it will be a relief if I can forgot the change of their batteries.
Thanks!
Could you point me in the direction of instructions to do so?
Here you go...
You can find various guides and tips around the forum to how to open Xiaomi Aqara and Mijia sensors. The Mijia contact sensors are the easiest to open and solder wire to for power. They look nice too and work exactly the same at the Aqara.
Here's a guide to opening the Aqara motion sensor
You bet!
Would you expect the talk of device firmware updates "from HE to devices" to bode well for offering a path to doing the same you did with zigbee2mqtt ?
Although it is currently focused on zwave devices, I believe that zigbee fw updates are planned to be supported in the future.
That's what I understand too. Not sure when/how though.
This is really helpful, thank you. I wish this info was available in the normal UI, but it's nice to know it's available at all.
Hi guys, I've paired an Ikea repeater with my HE just now but it won't report its state - I've done some troubleshooting but couldn't get it to work at all:
Some devices are running off my bathroom hue light but I made sure I switched it off while performing the tests so that the test zigbee device wouldn't try and connect to it.
Any suggestions please?
Thanks in advance.
Wait. Zigbee will route on its own time.
There's no status for repeaters in the driver details.
How far is that and what obstructions, reflections and objects might be attenuating the signal?
IKEA Trådfri repeaters aren't the most powerful, but these sure do sound interesting.
Download the Hubitat app
