Shoutout to the time my new smart plug bricked my whole network

Phoenix Hunt · 2026-03-28T20:05:07.846674+00:00

I got a cheap smart plug to control a lamp and it took my wifi down for a solid 4 hours. The plug kept spamming the network with requests, and I had to factory reset my router and manually block its MAC address. I spent way too long thinking my ISP was the problem before I unplugged the new gadget. Has anyone else had a new device just wreck their home setup?

beth_baker696mo ago

My old TP-Link bulb did the same thing. I had to set up a guest network just for IOT stuff, it keeps the main wifi safe from those cheap gadgets. That trick saved me a ton of headaches later on.

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grayb645mo ago

Did the guest network actually stop it from flooding everything?

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dylanwilliams6mo ago

Four hours of dead wifi from a single plug is insane. That thing must have been sending a flood of garbage data nonstop. Makes you wonder what else is spying on us from the outlet.

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