Hey everyone,

I bought a Tapo C201 last week and about 3 days ago it restarted (I could hear it doing the start-up procedure) but didn't connect to my WiFi router as the LED was blinking red. I had to turn it off at the mains and turn it back on after which it connected.

It just restarted again (which is the reason I am posting this) but connected to WiFi this time. I'm not sure about how many times this has happened when I didn't hear it or wasn't at home.

I bought it as I will be leaving the country for 2 weeks in 3 days and the flat will be empty so wanted a bit of security. I would really like to get the issue sorted out before leaving. I don't mind the restarting; it's the fact that it didn't reconnect that one time that is bothering me.

As I will be leaving for 2 weeks I actually turned off auto update because I didn't want a permanent disconnect as it was updating and rebooting. I am also using the free trial of Tapo Cloud so there is no microSD card in the camera.

The 2.4GHz frequency on my router uses smart channels so I assumes it switches channels depending on which one is better? It does give me the option to stick to one channel. It uses WPA3-Personal-Compatibility as the security type (which is the default) though I also have the option to use WPA3-Personal-Transition or WPA3-Personal. WPS is turned off.

Anyone know what the issue could be?

Some advice would be really appreciated, thank you.