Tado Smart Thermostat connecting to Wifi direct?
Hi, I seem to be having issues with the Tado Smart Thermostat losing connection when I move it to another room in the house that's further away from the location of the Tado Internet Bridge. Is this because it has to be within "wifi range" of the Tado Internet Bridge for it work? Id have hoped the Smart Thermostat could just connect directly to my home wifi anywhere in the house and then connect via the home wifi back to the Internet Bridge, but maybe it doesnt do that and that's why Im having connectivity issues? Thanks, Will
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No, sadly the tadoº kit communicates using the 6LoWPAN RF protocol rather than WiFi. 6LoWPAN is quite low powered and, as many here have found, some juggling of the systems components may be needed for them to communicate.
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Hello @WillC To move the Tado V3+ Internet Dongle to a better location in the house … our rellie in a 3-storey Edwardian villa connects their dongle (on the first floor) into a cheap TP/Link wifi extender with an ethernet port and powers the dongle with a separate USB power block. Some users report mounting the dongle vertically and higher helps connectivity.
Afaik the dongle uses the IEEE 802.15 standard. This is a low power and low data rate standard for IOT devices with a design range of about 10 metres. The standard supports 6LowPan and Thread/Matter protocols used by Tado devices.
Edit: user reports.
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The matter protocol (TBRs and Thread Endpoints) goes a touch further IEEE 802.15.4. With the 800mhz signal the Tado V3+ Internet Bridge is a little bit like a low water pressure hose (imagine holding one over your head it covers you but not much else, the IB is especially poor at penetrating dense materials). I live in a 280 sq m stone farmhouse with 60cm internal walls (why I have moved to Tado X matter compliant TBRs), the only way I could get adequate penetration over 2 floors of 27m by 7m, sandwiched by concrete floor, was to centrally locate the IB on the upper floor using a pair of Netgear 200s(?)/combined with usb power plug with the dongle facing up some 5m off the ground (4 leds at top, also kept stuff out of both sockets). Extremities of the house still ate batteries but as you can read, and not Tado’s issue but mine, the house is an extreme case. I was actually quite impressed, kept it for 4 winters before moving to matter compliance.
Not a bad explanation:
“Built on IEEE 802.15.4 MAC/PHY, it was designed for low-power and low-bandwidth control applications. Therefore, it is the ideal choice for small IoT devices with power constraints. Thread devices connect to the internet easily as it runs on IPv6.
Another difference is their use of the 2.4 GHz frequency band. Matter uses the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, allowing communication over the 2.4 GHz frequency band and other frequency bands. In contrast, Zigbee uses only the 2.4 GHz frequency band, causing congestion and interference in areas with many smart home devices.”
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