@MM88 Thank you very much! That was the issue regarding the router. I had an older 2.4 Ghz router, and as an experiment I used it and all worked perfectly. Thanks again for taking time to respond as...

@MM88 I am working with IOS 14.3. tp-link has access to my local network and I do not have VPN set-up, but yet cannot get HS105 smart plugs connected. I have tried multiple things and everything...