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I believe KASA need wifi to work. Or do they just work as dumb switches without a connection? I'm avoiding stuff which needs to communicate externally and would prefer a solution which won't add to my LAN
Edit: but that price. Daaaaaammmmn
@afk_strats@lemmy.world you still can use it as dumb switched AFAIR
They need Wi-Fi to work. However. Tp-link I think is switching over more and more to their Tapo sub brand. Which are supposed to have an integration with home assistant but I have yet to get work. All the Wi-Fi Casa switches however and Casa bulbs work like a treat without any complex configuration or setup. Just basically Plug and Play
I'm pretty much all kasa with the innovelli for my fans.
Kasa require wifi for setup, but then have a local API for HA control. Just note that some features like motion detection aren't presented via API.