Smart Wi-Fi Switches by Room (CO)

List of my current Coloorado home's rooms and the types of switches in each

My wife and I moved from Texas to Colorado. This page lists the switches in the new Colorado house.

The original page in the previous Texas house.

I only used TP-Link smart switches in my current house. HS200 for bathroom fans. HS210 for 3-way switches. HS220 for ceiling lights and ceiling fans.

As in my previous house, the labels on the circuit breakers aren't very helpful when determining if a switch is on a particular breaker.

On this install, I bought enough TP-Link switches to do the whole house. I would turn on all the lights and fans on one floor, and then switch off one circuit breaker, and do all those switches.

Find Malfunctioning Switches:

In my previous house, I had a combination of smart switches. WeMos were problematic. WeMos would become unresponsive, lose connection to the internet, and need to be reset or reinstalled periodically.

In the new house, I only use TP-Link (Kasa) and after a year, no switch has become unresponsive.

If I lose power or lose internet, when the house reconnects, all the TP-Link switches come back on-line.

Garage Circuit Breaker Box - Left Side:

Garage Circuit Breaker Box - Right Side:

Key to tables above:

Brand:

K = Kasa or TP-Link

Type:

L = Light
F= Fan

Switch:

3W = 3-Way
D = Smart Wi-Fi with Dimmer
N = Normal dumb switch
- - S = Smart Switch (no dimmer)

SSID

bn = basement AP, 802.11n
1n = first floor, 802.11n
2n = upstairs AP, 802.11n

Notes on SSID:

I have 3 APs. Each AP has two radios. One SSID uses 802.11ac for high-speed Wi-Fi: iPhones, MacBooks. The 802.11n SSID is used for the switches and other low speed devices. I set the APs' SSID to n-only.
In my previous home, I set the channel for each SSID. In this house, I let the AP determine the best band (1, 3,5, 7, 9, 11). As usual most of my neighbors are using the default band set by their ISP, which is 1 for 2.4GHz and the first channel for 5GHz.
I positioned the APs to get maximum coverage inside and outside the house. In general, the smart switches connect to the AP on the floor they are installed.
I shut off all extraneous functions on the ISP's Gateway: no Wi-Fi, no Cable, no landline. In general, home gateways (or routers) have the cheapest processor possible to provide a cost effective solution for "normal" home use. I have 80+ devices connected on my home LAN, which is probably not normal,

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