@Riley_S @Solla-topee Thank you. This is starttng to make some sense. Let me see if I can play this back: Switches (and related) do not talk to each other. Switches talk locally to the management app...

@Riley_S @Solla-topee @TP-Link TP-Link/Kasa: I've asked many times as quite a few of us are trying to understand some odd behaviors. Yet no answer. Perhaps a direct thread to see if you'll tell us....

@ictjoe Not sure that's a clear question. Eg: I use an HS-200 to control my ceiling fan now. Did you mean for a dimmer not a switch?

@Tera12 Read some of the similar threads, consider these suggestions. Net: Load the beta version of the app. Restart all Kasa devices. Reload those that won't restart correctly. If still not stable...

@rmhart Sir: Kasa has so far answered exactly none of my questions, so I don't know what I need to know. For what you are saying to be possible their applicaiton would have to talk peer to peer to...

@DEcosse Do as you see best, but personally I would not consider a logical application association to be implied by a lower layer network connection. I would, and of course did, restart each of my...