SFR Box
sfr_box
The SFR Box integration connects your SFR broadband router to Home Assistant over your local network. It shows the state of your internet connection, details about your DSL or fiber line, and the status of your phone line. You can restart the box from Home Assistant.
In Apple Home through HomeKit Bridge
What HomeKit Bridge makes of each kind of entity this integration creates, read from its source code. A device only gets the ones that apply to it.
| Entity | Shows up as | Note |
|---|---|---|
binary_sensor | Sensor (motion, contact, leak, smoke…) | |
sensor | Sensor (temperature) | |
button | Button (as a switch) |
What people report
SFR NB4-NB6 boxes are supported locally; some users hit login errors.
- Works5
| Device | In Home Assistant | In Apple Home | What they said | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SFR Box NB4 | Works Local | Listed as supported, local network onlySaved copySupported devices: NB4; NB5; NB6; NB6V; NB6VAC. Limitations: The integration only works on your local network. It cannot connect to the box through SFR's online services. Home Assistant does not discover the box automatically. You need to enter its host during setup. The integration detects the type of internet line when it starts. If your line changes, for example from DSL to fiber, reload the integration to get the matching entities. Boxes that report another type of line, such as FTTB, do not get DSL or fiber entities. The integration does not provide Wi-Fi settings or the list of … Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs | |
| SFR Box NB5 | Works Local | Listed as supported, local network onlySaved copySupported devices: NB4; NB5; NB6; NB6V; NB6VAC. Limitations: The integration only works on your local network. It cannot connect to the box through SFR's online services. Home Assistant does not discover the box automatically. You need to enter its host during setup. The integration detects the type of internet line when it starts. If your line changes, for example from DSL to fiber, reload the integration to get the matching entities. Boxes that report another type of line, such as FTTB, do not get DSL or fiber entities. The integration does not provide Wi-Fi settings or the list of … Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs | |
| SFR Box NB6 | Works Local | Listed as supported, local network onlySaved copySupported devices: NB4; NB5; NB6; NB6V; NB6VAC. Limitations: The integration only works on your local network. It cannot connect to the box through SFR's online services. Home Assistant does not discover the box automatically. You need to enter its host during setup. The integration detects the type of internet line when it starts. If your line changes, for example from DSL to fiber, reload the integration to get the matching entities. Boxes that report another type of line, such as FTTB, do not get DSL or fiber entities. The integration does not provide Wi-Fi settings or the list of … Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs | |
| SFR Box NB6V | Works Local | Listed as supported, local network onlySaved copySupported devices: NB4; NB5; NB6; NB6V; NB6VAC. Limitations: The integration only works on your local network. It cannot connect to the box through SFR's online services. Home Assistant does not discover the box automatically. You need to enter its host during setup. The integration detects the type of internet line when it starts. If your line changes, for example from DSL to fiber, reload the integration to get the matching entities. Boxes that report another type of line, such as FTTB, do not get DSL or fiber entities. The integration does not provide Wi-Fi settings or the list of … Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs | |
| SFR Box NB6VAC | Works Local | Listed as supported, local network onlySaved copySupported devices: NB4; NB5; NB6; NB6V; NB6VAC. Limitations: The integration only works on your local network. It cannot connect to the box through SFR's online services. Home Assistant does not discover the box automatically. You need to enter its host during setup. The integration detects the type of internet line when it starts. If your line changes, for example from DSL to fiber, reload the integration to get the matching entities. Boxes that report another type of line, such as FTTB, do not get DSL or fiber entities. The integration does not provide Wi-Fi settings or the list of … Excerpt saved from home-assistant.io on 2026-10-23. | Docs |
Gathered from GitHub issues, pull requests, discussions and docs, and from r/homeassistant. These are individual reports, so check the linked thread and the date before you buy.
How it connects
Local polling
Talks to the device on your network, asking it for updates every so often.
Details
| Installs (analytics) | 387 (0.05%) |
|---|---|
| Quality scale | Silver |
| Added in | Home Assistant 2023.2 |
| Set up in the UI | Yes |
| Maintainers | @epenet |
Devices listed in its documentation
- NB4
- NB5
- NB6
- NB6V
- NB6VAC
Limitations from the docs
- The integration only works on your local network. It cannot connect to the box through SFR's online services.
- Home Assistant does not discover the box automatically. You need to enter its host during setup.
- The integration detects the type of internet line when it starts. If your line changes, for example from DSL to fiber, reload the integration to get the matching entities.
- Boxes that report another type of line, such as FTTB, do not get DSL or fiber entities.
- The integration does not provide Wi-Fi settings or the list of connected devices.
In ReReHome
Whatever HomeKit Bridge shares reaches Apple Home as normal HomeKit accessories behind your Home Assistant bridge, so ReReHome shows and controls them like any other.
Bridges get their own settings page listing the accessories behind them.
