Directly entering also took me to the router's logon page. That is, the only thing the router was connected to, was my computer.Įntering took me to which was the router's internal administrative website. To be sure, I did a factory reset of a TL-WR841N router and then connected to it off-line. A TP-LINK router or extender should intercept requests to and and direct them to the router/extender rather than the Internet. What does this mean to owners of TP-LINK routers and Wi-Fi extenders?īoyd Chan, who seems to have written the first article on this, says 'Unfortunately, for owners of TP-Link routers, this means that when they attempt to access their routers using they will be directed somewhere other than the router login page.'īy and large, this should not be a problem for owners of TP-LINK devices. This while not connected to a TP-LINK device. The two that it no longer owns both resolve to pages trying to sell ownership of the domains. A check of the WHOIS information for shows that it too, is owned by an anonymous entity and is currently for sale.Īs I write this (July 4th) the domain still owned by TP-LINK does not resolve anywhere on the Internet. As the name implies, this one is used on TP-LINK Wi-Fi extenders. My research found another problematic domain,. Interestingly, the Quick Installation Guide for the TL-WR841N now says to use the good domain () while we saw above that the label on the back of the router says to use the bad one (). But a couple other documentation notes still promote the use of ( How to configure Access Control on TP-LINK Wireless N Router? and How do I change the administrative username or password of TP-LINK Wireless Routers?).

Tp link extender admin page