@Tony why in the heck did they do that? They need to update the manual! And the site. That's false advertising. If someone has no computer and no cell that's just stupid as heck. there was absolutely...

Thanks. But the manual says to open the tether app and it shows the router via Bluetooth on first setup. You can’t log in TP-Link with no wan so it’s not possible. That’s why there’s the Bluetooth.

Ya. If you have a computer sure. But when on my phone logging in via the web ui it still asks for the TP-Link log in as if you have a wan connection which sometimes one may not. And I need this...

Ok. I read the manual. It don’t answer my most important questions regarding the tether app does not show anything local. It expects me to already be online when setting up first time. And then how...

@ArcherC8 OK. Manual says launch tether app. It will show the router and the image shows local. This is bull. When opening tether for the first time it doesn't do that. It shows a log in to TP-Link...

Section 12.1 has nothing to do with my question. It shows it's about LAN settings. But I'll read related parts in the manual.