@funkyTek 

 

A few things to try:

 

Try using tplinklogin.net and tplinkWIFI.net

 

Can you sign on using the tether app?

 

Did you change the LAN IP Address

 

Are you running a VPN?

 

See this topic https://community.tp-link.com/us/home/forum/topic/163990

Thanks @ArcherCB, Unfortunately, I tried all those. I think the webserver in the router is no longer functional.

@funkyTek 

 

In that link I provided is instructions to disassociate your router with the TP-Link Cloud in case you may have set that up. (BTY this is what I suspect is the issue)

 

Quote from it. "All you will need to do is to disassociate your router with the TP-Link Cloud. What will happen is the login name will revert back to the default user name which is admin. Log into the router go to Basic > TP-Link Cloud > Click on "Unbind". To change the default login name and password, you would go to Advanced > System Tools > Administration."

 

If you did not associate your router to the cloud, then next I would try power off the router and unplug it. Disconnect it from the modem, USB devices, and all but one Ethernet connected PC, wait 5 min so the capacitors have time to drain, plug it back in, power it up and see if you can connect to it.  

 

If it does not connect, then I agree with support that it is time to do a factory reset. 

 

I assume you are worried about being without internet if the factory reset does not work. If it were me and I did not have a backup router and could not borrow one, I would buy a replacement router from a company with a good return policy but not open it, do the factory reset, and if it works, return the router unopened. 

 

Side note, I would not buy a router that requires me to connect to the internet to make changes. I want to make all my router changes locally.

 

@ArcherC8 again, thanks for the reply.

I did look at your link, but I did not connect it to the cloud and I cannot get a login page, much less login to make any changes.

 

I did try disconnecting the router from the modem (actually a fiber NIC in my case) and had only my PC directly connected.

I might not have included that in my debug synopsis.

 

I like your idea of doing the not-open-return.