We have a Tp Link TL-SG108E switch which is listed on the underside as being Version 1.10 . It describes itself as an 'Easy Smart Switch' and that the default IP address is 192.168.0.1

It is in an area of the site where there have been networking issues, and I am trying to gather more information about them.

I connected to it via ethernet and removed all other ethernet connections. I have set an IP address over ethernet of 192.168.0.3 and can ping the device, see it in nmap and see that it has port 80 open.

If I try to navigate to this IP address in Chrome or Edge I get a blank screen quite quickly - as opposed to it spinning for a while and saying 'This site cannot be reached' when I tried to navigate to 192.168.0.2

My thinking is that the management website on the switch is too old to be able to access via Chrome.

Any thoughts or solutions?

Replacing the switch isn't an option unless I can demonstrate that it is faulty. All I want to log in to do is to set it to an IP on our LAN so that I can continually ping it, to try and narrow down the location of the faulty networking. It is in an area of the site with a series of standalone buildings that are connected via daisy chained switches.

I'm specifically looking for advice on whether it will be possible to access this switch in a web browser via it's IP address. I have a list as long as my arm of improvements to the network I would like to make, and which I am trying to prioritise.