Cloud connection instead of local

[Krautmaster]

Well, obviously the future is cloud and or me like in any other normal household these plugs should be not within the same network. All smart home device in my place are in a guest network, not able to access my local devices.

The normal apps are handling the same without issue though the cloud connection, no difference in using the products like lawn mowers, cleaning robots, hue, plugs and so on... so this Tapo integration should habe two options, either have a local mode or a normal cloud mode where only login data is required. No IP data.

Does this work for now or will it ever? Is the public Tapo API closed and not able to be used by this integration?

[petretiandrea]

Home assistant was born with the purpose of being hub that can control devices in the absence of internet connection. It would be a shame not to be able to control devices when the internet is absent, so the integration is based on local control, which allows Tapo devices to be used offline. If you want to add remote devices, I recommend HomeAssistant remote or configure your network appropriately