@Sunshine thanks for your response, i did eventually get it working, starlink was blocking the IP setup page which was creating the drama. I just had to be very quick to adjust the settings. 🤦♀️

My archer vr400 factory reset itself and now when i try to login to configure the tplink modem page says 'you are connected to starlink' and will not let me go any further. Am not getting the network...