@Tonybell I've since done everything again after plugging directly into my router & still nothing. again, it see's it on my phone but will not connect. so, has to be faulty

@RickJamesBish ahh right. I did it through my switch box connected from my router

See your answer re: Omada. Why do they make these things so damn complicated

@RickJamesBish Thanks for all that. I have already done this many times. in the end I found something by accident and tried this. I went into ipv4 & changed temporarily the ip to 192.168.0.10 Subnet...

Ok, tried for 3 hrs to access EAP225 outdoor via web page using tplinkeap.net but not page. then I tried EAP's IP, still cannot access it. how am I supposed to set this thing up if I cannot access...

@Virgo Thanks for that Virgo. I did just that & used the wavlink set in Router mode. but i'm unsure as to how to set the router up to access it. when I plug it in it shows as so on LEDS but keeps...