Please help. New to smartthings and I’m not sure what to do first

[JDRoberts]

@Jose_Herrera

Thanks guys. Keep feeding me lol. So would it be a good Idea to start with a light switch in my room where hub will be located since my room is a conversion from a garage to master bedroom and has 4 concrete walls. I failed to also mention earlier I do own Alexa dot and multiple fire devices so voice control is all around.

I strongly recommend not putting the hub in a room with four concrete walls. Unless your entire house is concrete. It’s going to be challenging to get signal out of that room.

Read post 11 in the following thread and then go up to the top and read the whole thread and it should help you understand how to lay out your network. (The topic title is a clickable link.)

A Guide to Wireless Range & Repeaters

One more thought. While I understand the marketing reasons for the decision, the fact that SmartThings gives customers zero guidance on how to set up a network backbone does lead to a lot of frustration that shouldn’t have to exist. if people knew that .1) The hub should be located centrally in the home, both vertically and horizontally. Don’t put it in a garage or basement as those have concrete and pipes and metal objects which will reduce signal. If your Internet router is off in some inaccessible corner, you can use a Wi-Fi access point that has a ethernet port on the side and plug into that. Also, the hub should not be put in a cabinet. You just want to make it as easy as possible for signal to spread around your house. .2) you need one device that can repeat about every 40 feet…