If you rebuilt your smart home network tomorrow...

[Alan]

After a year of adding devices, fixing dropouts, and chasing random disconnects, most smart home networks tell you exactly where they struggle. The question is what you would do differently if you had a clean slate.

If you were redesigning your smart home network in 2026, what would you prioritize first? Reliability, segmentation, wired connections, fewer devices, or something you learned the hard way this year.

 

[NuwaYakumo]

I’d run Ethernet to anything that can take it. Every wired hub I added quietly solved problems I kept blaming on software.