You’ll need to use | float(0) in templates. All state values and attributes start out as strings. Also setting a default value in the float(#) cast will ensure templates don’t break when the value is invalid.

That means use this style: {{ state\_attr("light.kitchen\_sink\_ceiling", "brightness") | float(0) }}

We need more information to recommend anything. Do you need high voltage switching? Do you have zigbee, zwave, or only wifi available? How much integration or local on device control do you actually want or need?

I’d have to check my iptables syntax again but I’m not sure you want the FORWARD between the networks unless C has a manual route to get traffic for the 192.168.15.0/24 network back via B. You just want to NAT A behind B’s IP on 192.168.38.0/24. I think the forwards are sending the traffic without doing NAT on A.

Phillips SonicCare for 20+ years. I think it’s helped me a lure with my dental care. Various models as the batteries wear out. The latest has Bluetooth that I never use but that doesn’t affect the cleaning part.

Ohhh I haven’t seen that Zooz relay before, hopefully I can get it in Canada. Going to see about replacing the Shelleys I’ve got deployed then

The thermostat should be a passive device and is really just a relay on its own. It could be connected to the switch pins on a Shelly.

I don’t know of a compact zwave dry relay though - so this does mean 2.4ghz wifi.

If it’s like one I rented a few years ago, yes the thermostat just controls a fan, and the radiator is always hot or cold as it’s controlled by the building. I’d be inclined to use a Shelly or other dry relay with a virtual thermostat in home assistant now.

It comes down to what are the developers willing or able to support.

For smaller teams they usually don’t want the responsibility of maintaining the package for distros, and HA developers have chosen to not support that option themselves. In their case I see it - what’s the benefit or incentive to them to maintain packages and the associated support costs or headaches. Containers mean they get a known state and don’t have to try to support unknown environments.

Some interested people can maintain the packages for their chosen distro - for instance I see one for Gentoo but it’s only up to 2024.6. It’s the first that came up in a search but there are likely more too supported by the community.

In my case, I also think that using HAOS on a dedicated box has led to a more stable experience as it’s not competing for resources on my other hosts, and attaching devices to it is much simpler. I think encouraging a solid base for people means a better experience overall when to be honest it’s hard to get started with it to begin with for many people.

The phone or browser may be using DNS over HTTP (aka DoH), check if you can disable it for the wifi network. You may have to disable it on the phone or browser to get your desired behaviour - look up directions for your browser.

This. Basically few addons are ‘fire and forget’, almost all of them need some sort of configuration that’s listed in the Documentation tab, or in the add-ons repo. You’ll need to read up on it and look at the Configuration tab to set whatever you need to allow it to work.

apropos to search man pages, otherwise I use man

Maybe look at something like a template trigger that checks the last_updated property of the state object? If it’s older than n hours ago it’s triggered?

Why not set up an automation for when it disconnects (goes into unavailable or unknown state probably) and send a notification? That’s relying on the actual problem (Nest goes offline) rather than a side effect of the problem (notification that the integration is broken).

Is JellyFin listening on localhost? Try changing its binding to 0.0.0.0 instead. Localhost is not available off the local machine, so I’m not sure what you mean by ‘let devices from local host access the pc’.

I haven’t seen any business VOIP plans that are unlimited outbound, and no matter who you use you’re paying for calls to/from the PSTN. I use CallCentric - they have plans for 120/500/1000/2500 minutes to US/Canada. You need to pay for the line and e911 service, and yes they give you instructions on how to connect to many devices.

I think your total would be $40 or so per month for the line (unlimited inbound) and 2500 outbound minutes.

Zigbee is a mesh network so it’s a bit different. Zigbee devices can be an end device, or a router device (in addition to whatever it actually does likes controlling a plug). Routers contribute to your zigbee mesh, and devices connect through the mesh. This means you need more router devices to have a strong mesh. I use a few plugs where my network is weak, but otherwise have found that devices are stable. I can’t see on the zigbee2mqtt site if they’re a router or end device, but most powered devices are routers. ZHA and Zigbee2mqtt both tell you the device type if you go digging.

If they’re zigbee devices I don’t think they can be flashed with esphome. They’re not normal esp devices and that would likely disable the zigbee networking.

There is an add on available to help offload backups via SFTP too.