Kogan smart plugs running ESPHome turn off if no internet

ESPHome
1

I have flashed a few Kogan smart plugs with ESPHome and they are running well. I have them set to restore_mode: ALWAYS_ON so that they are turned on after startup. but I find that if the internet or wifi is down for reason, the plugs turn off and I cant see how to change that behaviour.

2

Not sure about the internet issue, I don’t see that.

But ESPhome nodes don’t work without a wifi connection.

3

Thanks. Is there a way to stop it turning off, or make it default to On if no wifi instead of Off if no wifi?

4

No, because as I said, the ESP will not function without wifi. You could try this to prevent it rebooting but it may never reconnect (unless you hard power cycle it):

reboot_timeout ( Optional , time): The amount of time to wait before rebooting when no WiFi connection exists. Can be disabled by setting this to 0s , but note that the low level IP stack currently seems to have issues with WiFi where a full reboot is required to get the interface back working. Defaults to 15min .

WiFi Component — ESPHome