Both my wife and I have tried enabling power protection on our new p316m and tested it on outlet 1. It showed on, but when I go back into the same screen it now shows off when I'm on the same wifi as the surge protector and remains that way. When I turn off my off my WiFi and use my cellphone provider's network and go into the app, it shows as being on. Why is the status out of sync on the app when using the same network at the device vs my cellphone carrier's network and which status can I trust on if surge protection is enabled or not?

Even without this on, is there a default level of surge protection that the p316m provides?

I've never had a surge protector that you had to enable surge protection on to have it work.