Hi,
I'm using Flint 2 router as my main router in my local network.
As you probably know there is no official gl.inet integration for home assistant. There are a few official apps on google play store for managing gl.inet routers but there isn't any official home assistant integration for it.
As home assistant is very popular home automation platform, gl.inet app on google store have more than 50.000 users, I think it would be nice if we have home assistant integration for gl.inet routers.
At least for the best selling models like flint 2.
Integrations are pieces of software that allow Home Assistant to connect to other software and platforms. More on this link.
As home assistant is probably the most popular platform for home automation it, by my opinion, lacks proper openwrt integration. The are some openwrt official and unofficial integrations but all of this just look like some unfinished project that someone started.
When you look on other router integrations they are way more better then opnewrt. They have gui, most if not all the sensors for nearly everything on the router and usually you can get list of all devices connected to it.
This is why I originally asked for integration. As home assistant is basically linux distribution as it is openwrt, integration for that should be way better then it is now. This is my opinion.
Well yes and no. Router outside home automation system is just a router, but if you integrate it in some home automation environment like home assistant than it became home automation device. Because you can monitor router sensors, add automatons based on various things etc.
No, home assistant is a hub. But key difference between home assistant and every other hub on the market is that you can integrate to it whatever you want. You are not limited by anything except your knowledge.
If i want to i can install home assistant on GL-MT6000 router aka Flint2. But that is not the point. Router is way to weak, even Fint 2, to handle all things on home assistant. I use ha in docker but for that I'm using desktop comp as a server with plenty of ram, ssd and other things I bought on this journey.
No, it wont. I currently have 31 container, 3 ssd, intel i3-4130, 28 GB Ram, 30+ gb swap, nvidia gpu, google coral.
I have around 100 zigbee devices, plus wifi devices, plus who know how many iot crap I collecteed over years.
This is enough if you gonna run some basic things but for a smart home this is nothing.
I'm not understanding why do you need an integration of Home Assistant to your Flint 2...
No router can replace this computer.
And because it's a server, you need it running 24/7, so what kind of integration do you need between HA and Flint 2?
By the way, I have 31 devices running on that iHost. The processing is at 7%, the memory usage is 20% and it's consuming 4W.
Because I would like to have a proper openwrt integration. There are many ways of doing this. Currently i have prometheus running on routers sending data to ha and display that data in grafana. Its nice, but it would be nicer if there is openwrt integration. As Fint 2 is openwrt base router, no matter custom firmware, that you might or might not run on it.
@antifascista I know I tried that. Look when this repo was last updated. It is not maintained and it honestly it is not what I expected. I think I tried every integration I could find that someone made for openwrt and honestly I think that they are not good enough. I don't wanna be rude.
When I started with home assistant I didn't know much and I went for cheapest option I could buy. And that was xiaomi router and eventually routers. When I look back xiaomi router have way better integration than openwrt even though they connect to some Chinese sites the second you plug them in. Some guy does maintain this, probably he is payed by xiaomi to do so.
But never the less, it is shame that there is no proper openwrt integration for home assistant.
Well just because you can monitor openwrt router(s) in many different ways that doesn't mean that there is no need for integration.
Why not have integration that can be set up in gui, display number of connected host, devices, cpu usage, mem usage, have a slider button to turn wifi ssid on off, reboot router etc.
