Does Kasa smart plugs only work if smartphone is connected to same network?
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My router allows me to create a guest network for guests to connect to. I would like to have kasa products connect to the guest network as well. However, my phone is usually connected to the main network. I can have my phone connect to the guest network to set everything up initially, that's fine.But after that, if my phone is generally on the main network, can I still remote control the products if I'm not on the same guest network as the kasa products? Or do I have to connect to the same guest network to control the smart plugs?
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I would like to know if this is possible as well. I have a home office with high security needs and have to keep my IoT devices on a separate network.
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@Amigo-it does not matter if you are on another network for the KASA App to work. You can be away from home and the app still works.
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@B.Will yes I'm aware of that. I believe his question was more so asking if you have two different SSID's, and having smart home devices on say a 2.4 ghz channel, and your phone on a 5ghz channel, as this is very common. Especially because during set up, you are REQUIRED to use a 2.4 ghz network for most smart home devices.
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@mushimushi yeah that was basically my example from above lol. There's not really a way around it without doing some advance routing. Honestly not worth the hassle for just a small number of devices. Although depending on your hardware, you can probably set static routes and whitelist that particular address.
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