# Cheapest wired Zigbee device **URL:** \ **Category:** Devices\ **Created:** [July 20, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938 "2023-07-20T13:00:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/1 "2023-07-20T13:00:45Z")
I have probably too few wired devices for my Zigbee network. There are no further devices that I need, probably a few more on battery. To increase the number of wired devices, it should be possible to buy some devices just to use them as routers in the network. Is there any devices that just work as routers or very cheap wired ones that can do the job? ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/2 "2023-07-20T13:23:46Z")
> [@Tirrazo](#): > > Is there any devices that just work as routers or very cheap wired ones that can do the job? The IKEA TRÅDFRI repeater is quite cheap: [Signal repeater, TRÅDFRI - IKEA](https://www.ikea.com/nl/en/p/tradfri-signal-repeater-10400408/) If you need new smart lightbulbs or smartplugs, IKEA also has those. LIDL too. ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 2:42pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/3 "2023-07-23T14:42:02Z")
You can get a Tuya USB repeater for about 8 EURO, works with the latest Tuya app. Google : Tuya ZigBee USB Signal Repeater ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/4 "2023-07-23T19:44:35Z")
Hi, Thank you. So you don’t have to create a project in Tuya cloud? Can you send me a link of the component you bought please. ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 7:45pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/5 "2023-07-23T19:45:33Z")
Hi, Thank you! Unfortunately IKEA in my country doesn’t have this. They said they can probably order it, but it is going out of production. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Kawa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/peter_kawa/32/173848_2.png) [@Peter\_Kawa](https://community.homey.app/u/Peter_Kawa)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/6 "2023-07-23T20:32:32Z")
> [@Tirrazo](#): > > project in Tuya cloud? Tuya Cloud is for wifi devices; Tuya zigbee, connected directly to Homey, uses the mentioned Tuya Zigbee app. > [@Tirrazo](#): > > They said they can probably order it, but it is going out of production. I can recommend the Ikea > [@robertklep](#): > > smartplugs or Lidl smartplugs. Same price a.f.a.i.k. ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/7 "2023-07-26T17:56:31Z")
This is the list of supported Zigbee devices in the Tuya Zigbee app for Homey. I can’t find either Ikea, Lidl or Tuya range extender devices here. How do you connect them directly to Homey? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/2/9/29e5e70deb1c0a722049e542c0abe45d7acdc644.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/5/0/50296c0ef7506787cca310fe4b8b22205dd7d676.jpeg) ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/9/b/9b3f028c1d46f166e84fd6ed11ce6dcd6e3e89c6.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/8 "2023-07-26T18:06:06Z")
> [@Tirrazo](#): > > How do you connect them directly to Homey? Add them as a generic Zigbee device (“New Device \> Homey \> Zigbee”). ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 8:19pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/9 "2023-07-26T20:19:24Z")
Aha! Thank you! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2023, 10:51pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/10 "2023-07-26T22:51:15Z")
Or you can install the test version of the app, which specifically support that smaller white one (which I have) ---
**Author:** ![robertklep](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/robertklep/32/160628_2.png) [@robertklep](https://community.homey.app/u/robertklep)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2023, 6:45am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/11 "2023-07-27T06:45:33Z")
Well, it’s TuYa, you never really know if a device that is supported for one person will also be supported for the next 🤷🏼‍♂️ ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 9:09am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/12 "2023-07-28T09:09:23Z")
I found this now with the test version. Do you have a specific device ID for this one so I don’t buy the wrong one? ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/athom/original/3X/0/e/0e841b1054b06c41dc94b4098a8ddef72ac101b2.png) ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 9:10am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/13 "2023-07-28T09:10:09Z")
I just have to test with one and see. It’s good it’s not so expensive 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Jamie](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/jamie/32/5274_2.png) [@Jamie](https://community.homey.app/u/Jamie)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2023, 11:12pm UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/14 "2023-07-28T23:12:14Z")
I purchased this specific one [https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001459823340.html](https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005001459823340.html) ---
**Author:** ![Tirrazo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/community.homey.app/tirrazo/32/55444_2.png) [@Tirrazo](https://community.homey.app/u/Tirrazo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2023, 8:48am UTC](https://community.homey.app/t/cheapest-wired-zigbee-device/84938/15 "2023-07-29T08:48:19Z")
Thank you, will check it out! Do you know if the lack of routing devices cause problems for Homey to add new end devices? I have reset my Zigbee network and installed Homey with the latest backup again. Now, there are several sensors that doesn’t respond and when I try to re-add them, Homey says they stopped responding.