@c0ntrite7 

Hi,

Is this a new device right out of its box?

for #1: Just to confirm, when you say you've reset the device twice already, then you surely mean you did a factory reset by pressing and holding the reset button for more than 5 seconds until you noticed some response from the status LEDs, right?

for #2: So it's not like the browser can't connect to 192.168.0.1, but it appears to connect and the is just that the page is completely blank?

Do you get a normal response if you "ping 192.168.0.1" the router from a command prompt?

@woozle 

This is a 2nd hand device from a very reputable seller. I purchased a lot of networking devices from them.

#1 Yes, I did a hard reset, pressing the reset button and holding it for around 10 seconds then releasing it.

#2 I get a normal response when I ping it.

I just check Chrome's developer tools to see what is going on and it seems like I'm getting 3 errors.

ERROR #1

http://192.168.0.1/cgi-bin/luci/;stok=/locale?form=lang

error loading module 'luci.controller.admin.ipgroup' from file '/usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/admin/ipgroup.lua':
    cannot read /usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/admin/ipgroup.lua: Input/output error
stack traceback:
    [C]: ?
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in function 'createindex_plain'
    ?: in function 'createindex'
    ?: in function 'createtree'
    ?: in function 'dispatch'
    ?: in function <?:196>

ERROR #2

http://192.168.0.1/cgi-bin/luci/;stok=/userconfig?form=cfg_save

error loading module 'luci.controller.admin.ipgroup' from file '/usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/admin/ipgroup.lua':
    cannot read /usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/admin/ipgroup.lua: Input/output error
stack traceback:
    [C]: ?
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in function 'createindex_plain'
    ?: in function 'createindex'
    ?: in function 'createtree'
    ?: in function 'dispatch'
    ?: in function <?:196>

ERROR #3

http://192.168.0.1/cgi-bin/luci/;stok=/login?form=login

error loading module 'luci.controller.admin.ipgroup' from file '/usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/admin/ipgroup.lua':
    cannot read /usr/lib/lua/luci/controller/admin/ipgroup.lua: Input/output error
stack traceback:
    [C]: ?
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in main chunk
    [C]: in function 'require'
    ?: in function 'createindex_plain'
    ?: in function 'createindex'
    ?: in function 'createtree'
    ?: in function 'dispatch'
    ?: in function <?:196>

I tried doing an emergency recovery as well using this guide https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/3062/

but still no go. When trying to access 192.168.0.10 it just tells me that the page cannot be reached.

I have also tried experimenting with Tftpd64 still no go.

@c0ntrite7 

Sorry to hear that nothing has worked. I have also no more ideas what could be tried or done.