TechCurious: Check the wiki for Zigbee — there's a decent writeup that covers your exact question.

8 days ago · profile

Worth noting: you should understand how Zigbee routing works because understanding this helps.

See also

• Zigbee2MQTT: where do you host your MQTT broker?
• Tasmota — is it a good choice for beginners?
• Can I reliably expose my setup to the internet for remote access?