KP303 killing wifi networks
KP303 killing wifi networks
Hi,
I've got a bit of a unique problem. Some background i've got 3 existing HS100 smartplugs of various ages and hardware models. I received a KP303 smart extension lead today and the moment i tried to set it up my entire 2.4Ghz wifi network crashed, then disappeared and the 5Ghz band became unresponsive. I tried rebooting the router, unplugging devices, trying to paid via an ipad as opposed to my android phone (Samsung S10) no luck.
Eventually i reset the router and rebuilt the networks using new SSIDs, but this time added the Kasa devices to a guest network which appeared to work. However 2 hours later the same thing has happened. I repeated the steps, leaving out the KP 303 and everything is working fine for the last 4 hours.
I've got about 11 (including the KP303) devices connected to the 2.4G band and 7 connected to the 5Ghz band - any ideas, or is it getting returned to the retailer for a refund?
Thanks.
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Hi
I also have the same issue, I have 4x KP105's. Initially it all worked fine then anything connected through wifi were reporting issues of the internet not available. Sky Q Router looked fine was reporting all ok from its point of view, also anything connected via ethernet cable was working fine. After a bunch of tests and reboots I saved the config and did a factory reset of the Sky router, restored the router config and still the problem persisted. Again I did a factory reset of the router but kept the defaults, this worked for a while, but the problem reoccurred.
I couldn't work out why devices could connect to the wifi but not get a connections to the internet but cable devices could using the same sky router. I made a manual change to my mobile phone to enter a manual ip address, gateway and dns address 8.8.8.8, this worked! So I still thought it was something to do with the Sky Router, after another reset and a slight tweak to the DHCP and IP address range it seemed to be stable for a while.
But then the problem re-occurred. I thought back to what I had introduced at the time of the first occurrence because the network had been stable for ages, the only new thing was adding the KP105's. So while there was a problem I switched all of the 4 KP105's off and after a few minutes devices started to work again on the wifi and access the internet.
There has to be a problem with these devices which is causing on the wifi that is flooding or corrupting the DNS, or something similar. I have a large house with 6 people living here and hence there is usually between 30 and 40 devices connected to the network.
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I am having a similar issue. My whole network goes down the moment I try to add a Kasa Smart Plug. Been having them for years now but now they started acting up. The moment I configure the smart plug to connect to the network, that network goes down and I cannot connect to it any longer. I have no ideea what is causing this, maybe it was introduced in a new firmare as, like I said, I had these smart plugs for years now and they never caused any issues like this.
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