Tether app reports router password incorrect when it is not.
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Since a recent update to the tether app (don't know when exactly), the tether app is refusing the router admin password. I know the admin password is correct, as I am able to access the admin interface for the router via a web browser (any of them) installed on any PC or mobile device and putting the router IP address in the address bar. I have tried deleting all data in the app, and removing/reinstalling the app and the same thing happens. I get the same thing on both Android and iOS. I have tried setting the admin password to '1' to ensure there is no possibility of mistyping the password on the app, and unsurprisingly (the password I entererd was infact correct) the tether app still reported incorrect password. I am at a loss, on what to do with this app, it's broken completely, and I find it more 'friendly' to use than the browser interface.As I see it, the only choice is to abandon the app until such time as TP-Link fix the app, but as my attempts to contact support and explain the situation resulted in my being told the only choice (as I was unable to access the admin pages on the router, which is incorrect) was to hard reset the router, I have no expectation that any action will be taken.
Has anyone else encountered this and know what to do to resolve it?
(I'm hoping someone at TP-Link will read this and pass it along to the app devs)
(I have reset the admin password to something properly secure :))
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Hello,
My setup:
TP-Link Archer VR600 Hardware V1.
TP-Link RE500 Wi-Fi Range Extender Hardware V1.
TP-Link Tether app v3.4.7 installed on Android Smartphone.
Issue with Tether:
Unable to log into VR600.
Able to log into RE500.
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I have reset the router (for other reasons), and the tether app is now working. It feels to me to be very poor software design, if the only way to fix an app for a mobile device to manage a router is to hard reset the router, especially, as, for me, that would have involved changing pretty much everything about the config (including the IP address range used). However, as good as the actual router seems to be, I am no longer using my TPLink as a primary, and it is in fact, now only in use by one device (which can't seem to handle using the 5ghz wifi on a dual frequency wifi network.
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@taikos2022 This is what finally worked for me: go to the web setup page, click "advanced" - "system tools" - "administration" - "local management" and add the mac address of your phone. An uninstall/reinstall of the tether app after this may be necessary.
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I am experiencing the same problem with the Tether app on my Galaxy S10+ and on my Galaxy tablet. I recently installed an RE300 Range Extender and the extender device opens on the Tether app with no password issues. I can then select and open the the router device in the Tether app. This is a work around that needs to be fixed by
Tp-Link.
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Exactly the same problem here. No way to access thru tether app. Only I can access with ip http://192.168.0.1/
Repeater dont have any problem, but main router does.
Really annoying issue, already try other devices, and nothing.
Hope it will be solved soon.
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@js001 Trash the TP-Link router and purchase a NETGEAR. TP-Link has no intension of fixing their app.
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