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Apprentice

Dec 05, 2018

TP-Link HS-105 wifi power plugs won't stay connected

One of my many, many problems with the 2.2.1.210 firmware is that my TP-Link HS-105 plugs drop off all the time and can't stay connected. They come and go, come and go. I have about a half dozen of...

Troubleshooting

Master

Dec 05, 2018

Jeremyinsf wrote:

.......... that my TP-Link HS-105 plugs drop off all the time and can't stay connected. They come and go, come and go. I have about a half dozen of them and they all do it - sometimes together, sometimes at different times. ............

- Have you tried to set wireless security to AES in the devices (don't use auto)?

- Also some devices can't handle long wifi passwords or special characters in the passwords.

Jeremyinsf
Apprentice
Dec 06, 2018
@ ekhalil - Specifci to the HS-105 plugs and AES, I don't see a way to do that. Someone else previously posted (on a different post) about that, but, Kasa app does not seem to have a setting either after setup or during.

You get to pick a wifi network on setup, and an icon/name to display once it's configured, but nothing else. I've checked the documentation, and I also reset a plug this evening to go through it all again, and confirmed this.

Am I missing something?
- ekhalil
  Master
  Dec 06, 2018
  Jeremyinsf wrote:
  
  @ ekhalil - Specifci to the HS-105 plugs and AES, I don't see a way to do that. Someone else previously posted (on a different post) about that, but, Kasa app does not seem to have a setting either after setup or during.
  
  You get to pick a wifi network on setup, and an icon/name to display once it's configured, but nothing else. I've checked the documentation, and I also reset a plug this evening to go through it all again, and confirmed this.
  
  Am I missing something?
  
  Do you get prompted for Wifi password? Have you tried to change the wifi password to a simpler password or -preferably- to test with no password?
  - Jeremyinsf
    Apprentice
    Dec 06, 2018
    Do you have these plugs and have you tried this yourself? You didn't answer the last question about AES, you pivoted to a new concept.