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Jeremyinsf
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...
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ekhalil
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.

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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?