# Sonoff USB dongle P (E) as a zegbee roter **URL:** \ **Category:** eWeLink CUBE\ **Created:** [July 10, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501 "2023-07-10T14:45:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![b.n.maricic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e480ec/32.png) [@b.n.maricic](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/b.n.maricic)\ **Post date:** [July 10, 2023, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/1 "2023-07-10T14:45:45Z")
Can iHost use a Sonoff USB dongle P (E) as a zegbee extender/roter? ---
**Author:** ![suarez23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@suarez23](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/suarez23)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2023, 2:19pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/2 "2023-07-18T14:19:42Z")
I have connected Dongle-E flashed with router firmware. Works fine but it is discovered by iHost as a light. ![Bez tytułu](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/ewelinkforum/original/2X/5/5dd4671885d3a2502ab03b774f8cfb8289e75059.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![drsrinivasd69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@drsrinivasd69](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/drsrinivasd69)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 5:18pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/3 "2023-07-19T17:18:57Z")
Although, it is showing up as a light, has it improved zigbee connectivity and range of iHost? ---
**Author:** ![suarez23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@suarez23](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/suarez23)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/4 "2023-07-19T21:15:20Z")
Range is in my opinion about 50% better then iHost. Unfortunatelly I’ve noticed one issue. When you connecting some devices to iHost with already connected dongle-e, these devices are connecting via dongle with some error. For example temperature sensor connects but you can’t see battery state and temperature changes. I solved it by adding first all devices to iHost and then dongle-e at the end. When devices reconecting to dongle-e (with much stronger signal) after a few minutes everything works as it should. ---
**Author:** ![ociepa.ekotox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@ociepa.ekotox](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/ociepa.ekotox)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/5 "2023-07-19T22:06:47Z")
and what does ZIGBEE map look like ---
**Author:** ![suarez23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@suarez23](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/suarez23)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 8:52am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/6 "2023-07-20T08:52:10Z")
It shows that all devices with weak signal from iHost reconnected to Dongle-e. ---
**Author:** ![ysty89](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/b5ac83/32.png) [@ysty89](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/ysty89)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 12:37pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/7 "2023-07-20T12:37:18Z")
Roughly after how much time does the network get auto-reconfigured? The RSSI shown on each zigbee device’s detail in iHost is “Good” while on the map the signal bars seem to be more accurate. ---
**Author:** ![ociepa.ekotox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@ociepa.ekotox](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/ociepa.ekotox)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 1:31pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/8 "2023-07-20T13:31:06Z")
![ZIGBEE MAP](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/ewelinkforum/original/2X/c/c6def6d579e7047cb373f9d9abac99a32ec178a2.jpeg) on this map you can see that zbminir2 is doing as a router. why the SONOFFSWITCH\_MINI device does not connect to the SONOFFSwitch which has a good signal ---
**Author:** ![suarez23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@suarez23](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/suarez23)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 3:38pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/9 "2023-07-20T15:38:26Z")
![map](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/ewelinkforum/original/2X/f/f88b26dafed1f3807071cc5c25bfa26d3e500e4b.jpeg) Dongle-E and iHost are about 5cm from each other. Before I’ve connected dongle-e I didn’t have connection from iHost to devices connected now to dongle or it was very weak and I was loosing connection. As you can see it doesnt look bad now. Devices which are placed close to iHost prefere to connect to iHost despite dongl-e signal is much stronger. ---
**Author:** ![ociepa.ekotox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c68b51/32.png) [@ociepa.ekotox](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/ociepa.ekotox)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2023, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/10 "2023-07-22T10:52:37Z")
I managed to connect zbminir2 to another zbminir2 but the zigbee map does not show the connection. devices fly in the air. ![ZIGBEE MAP_zbminir2_zbminir2](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/ewelinkforum/original/2X/5/524eb675afbce648c0c9a4231a052b337921e10f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![tanatos2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@tanatos2006](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/tanatos2006)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 4:44pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/11 "2023-09-16T16:44:19Z")
> [@suarez23](#): > > Dongle-E flashed Can you help me with details, how did you do it? Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![Labik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e9a140/32.png) [@Labik](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/Labik)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2023, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/12 "2023-09-16T17:25:15Z")
> [@tanatos2006](#): > > Can you help me with details, how did you do it? > Thanks. For me the best way using python on windows : [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM9LnwtZRoA](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM9LnwtZRoA) ---
**Author:** ![tanatos2006](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/57b2e6/32.png) [@tanatos2006](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/tanatos2006)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2023, 6:36pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/13 "2023-09-19T18:36:38Z")
Please help me. I have a dongle-P. I updated the firmware both by the direct method using the SmartRF Flash Programmer software, and by the python method. I tried both the router version and the coordinator version. The problem is that I cannot integrate it either in Ihost or in HA (which runs in docker with HACS). Please tell me where I am wrong or what I should do. I would be more interested in integrating it into HA, if possible. Thank you very much. ---
**Author:** ![fabricio.nascimento15](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7cd45c/32.png) [@fabricio.nascimento15](https://forum.ewelink.cc/u/fabricio.nascimento15)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.ewelink.cc/t/sonoff-usb-dongle-p-e-as-a-zegbee-roter/19501/14 "2023-10-19T20:11:42Z")
I bought 1 sonoff usb dongle E and updated the router’s firmware, but on the zigbee map on ihost the node was not shown, in addition it shows as “Not supported” in the device list, giving me the option to just remove it from iHost ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/ewelinkforum/original/2X/6/68337b54702c530ddc3ec382b9d5ba2a344c4b67.png) ![image](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/ewelinkforum/original/2X/1/102545907ab6b0c2422f6c4cbfb8d027b395c273.png)