Harrison. Harris' son. It took me a minute, too.
Thanks for this! I preordered a LPIII. Going to try this out and see if this takes care of my needs.
Not a silly question, but no, no change. In fact, the new mesh network has the same name and pw as the old one, and I did not change my kasa or HA credentials.
I posted this issue to HA's forums and received no response, hoping someone here has some idea to help.
I have a lot of TP-Link Kasa devices in my home. When I first installed HA, it automatically discovered all of them. I was using a 4-year-old TP-Link Deco mesh system at the time.
For reasons unrelated to HA, I had to replace that system. I replaced it with a newer TP-Link Deco system, X55. Once that was installed, HA could no longer access the Kasa devices. It still sees all my other IoT devices.
First, I removed all the Kasa devices from HA and tried to rediscover them; no luck. I tried using each device’s IP address for the host to discover them. When I used 192.168.68.67, e.g., I got this error message:
Connection error: Unable to connect to the device: 192.168.68.67:9999: [Erno 113] Connect call failed (‘192.168.68.67’, 9999)
I rebooted at all places, including resetting a couple of the Kasa devices to see if that worked. My sneaking suspicion was that this new Deco system has a Smart Devices Manager in the app, which only recognizes my Kasa devices on my network (none of the other IoT devices), and somehow that’s interfering with HA’s access to these devices.
Since then, I managed to make some progress, but not much. I managed to remove my Kasa devices from the Deco app management by “removing” each one. This deleted the custom name for each so that now each shows as its generic model type on my network (e.g., KL110).
After I did that, HA found nine of the 14 devices automatically. It still won’t find the other five. Every week or so, it discovers a new one on its own, so maybe someday it’ll find all of them.
However, I still get the error “Failed setup, will retry” for all of the ones it has found. When I reload, it goes through the initializing stage, then right back to “Failed setup, will retry.” I have debug logging on, but I don’t see any logs for these devices in my logs. When I go to a specific device, it indicates “No logbook events found.”
I’m still able to control these devices via the Kasa app, but I can’t incorporate them into any HA automations.
Any help or suggestions is much appreciated. Thanks!
I'm brand new to Linux, running Mint on an old laptop to get a few more years out of it. I can install things via CLI, but I prefer GUI if available.
I'm looking for a cloud syncing option for some files I want to access across multiple devices. I don't need a lot of space. I'm not skilled enough to host things somewhere myself, I want just a consumer cloud solution.
I have a Box account, but there's not a native Box sync app for Linux. I've seen ExpanDrive claims to offer Box syncing, but I'm hesitant to pay or give it access to my account without knowing more about it. If it truly works and is secure, I don't mind paying.
Otherwise, what have been your best experiences with cloud hosting and syncing on Linux?
Thanks everyone! I've been having a lot of fun with my little Linux machine, I'm just bummed I didn't try this sooner.
I just installed Linux on a six-year-old budget laptop this morning. My first time using Linux. What was a uselessly slow machine is now just humming along.
I'm doing my part!
I have a used K7 I'm selling. It's a great little keyboard, wireless, with mint optical switches and a travel case. I bought it for travel, but I haven't ended up traveling as much as I expected and have barely used it.
Lmk if you're interested.
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This is what infuriates me on every interstate freeway drive is that Eisenhower didn't just lay tracks along the median of every intestate. If we had done it then, we'd have an entire network for the most heavily utilized corridors with natural station locations.
It isn't even about being stuck in traffic, it's also about the mind-numbing expanse that would be much more enjoyable if I didn't have to pay attention.
If you're still looking, I have a used K7 I'm selling. It's a great little keyboard, wireless, with a Mac layout setting. This one has blue switches and a travel case. I bought it for travel, but I haven't ended up traveling as much as I expected.
Lmk if you're interested.