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Control Huawei mesh routers from Home Assistant

Home Assistant custom component for control Huawei mesh routers over LAN.

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Key features

  • obtaining information about all routers and connected devices in the entire mesh network:
    • connected devices tracking and tagging
    • device connection parameters (frequency, signal strength, guest and hilink devices)
    • name of the specific router to which the device is connected
    • number of connected devices (total and for each individual router)
  • Wi-Fi access management:
    • enable or disable Wi-Fi access control
    • add/remove devices from blacklist/whitelist
    • Wi-Fi access switch per client device
  • hardware and firmware version of the primary router
  • internet connection details
  • uptime of each router
  • control of the NFC (OneHop Connect) on each router separately
  • control of the Fast Roaming function (802.11r)
  • control of the Target Wake Time (reduce power consumption of Wi-Fi 6 devices in sleep mode)
  • reboot buttons
  • automatic detection of available functions

Supported models

Name Model Confirmed Notes
Huawei WiFi AX3 Dual-core WS7100 Yes No NFC switches (unsupported by router)
Huawei WiFi AX3 Quad-core WS7200 Yes
Huawei WiFi AX3 Pro WS7206 No
Huawei WiFi Mesh 3 WS8100 Yes My router model. All features are available
Huawei WiFi Mesh 7 WS8800 Yes
Other routers with HarmonyOS ------ No Will most likely work

Installation

Manual

Copy huawei_mesh_router folder from latest release to custom_components folder in your Home Assistant config folder and restart Home Assistant. The final path to folder should look like this: <home-assistant-config-folder>/custom_components/huawei_mesh_router.

HACS

HACS -> press EXPLORE & DOWNLOAD REPOSITORIES button -> type huawei mesh router -> press DOWNLOAD button and follow the instructions.

Or simply click the button below:

Open your Home Assistant instance and open a repository inside the Home Assistant Community Store.

Configuration

Configuration > Integrations > Add Integration > Huawei Mesh Router

By default, Huawei mesh routers use the username admin, although it is not displayed in the web interface and mobile applications.

Advanced options

You can perform advanced component configuration by clicking the CONFIGURE button after adding it.

Integration

Advanced settings include:

Name Default
Update interval 30 seconds
Enabling or disabling Device Wi-Fi Access switches Disabled
Enabling or disabling Number of connected devices for each router Enabled
Enabling or disabling Device tags Disabled
Enabling or disabling Devices tracking Enabled
Enabling or disabling Router-specific zones Disabled

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Devices tracking

The component allows you to track all devices connected to your mesh network. Each router can provide information about the zone to which all devices connected to it will be assigned (if enabled in the advanced options). Read more

You can attach one or more tags to each client device in order to be able to use in automation the number of devices marked with a tag, connected to a specific router, or to the entire mesh network. Read more

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