@Osmaan Here is a link to a YT video that explains the firmware recovery for a TP-Link router via TFTP in fine detail. (just the model of router used is different)...

@santelia If the TL-WR940N remains at 192.168.0.1 when set to "Smart IP (DHCP)", then it means it has not successfully connected to the Wi-Fi hotspot. Normally, as soon as a connection has been...

@Drskhan Hi, The HomeCare service got broken a few months ago and TP-Link has since released firmware updates for all affected router models. https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/621632...

@Osmaan Hi, Have you already tried the steps outlined here https://openwrt.org/toh/tp-link/tl-wr940n#recovery_information? (it shouldn't matter whether DD-WRT or OpenWrt is currently on the router)

@santelia Hi, Change the "Working Mode" of the TL-WR940N to "Range Extender" and then click [Save]. The router will then reboot. After that log in again and go through the steps of the "Quick Setup".

@darkoS Hi, Do you know if the OpenVPN client on your Linux machine got updated recently? The Archer AX50 uses a quite old version of OpenVPN and newer versions of OpenVPN have been dropping support...