tp-link account ?
So, I just installed a pair of Deco X68, replacing a Calix router supplied by my ISP. Setup went easy enough, but it asked to create an account so I supplied by email address and a password. Now I'm wondering exactly what that account was for and where it and its password is used. At an earlier time I had been using a tp-link router (forgot the model) and at that time had established this user forum account. When I came here to inquire about the usage of the account/password I created during the Deco setup, I was most surprised to find my previously saved password was not valid, so on a guess I entered the one I used to initiate setup of the Deco. Even more surprised that it was accepted.
So, the question is, what are the places that use the account I setup during the Deco setup? What is the connection between that and these user forums?
I do see that if I try to access the router from a browser on my laptop (using its IP address as the url) it prompts for a password and accespts the same one I created on setup.. Any place else?