Archer C80 (v1) - remove branding and passwords?
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I have this router from a previous ISP - they have now ceased business but I can still use this as an access point. This works, but the router has very tenacious branding from the ISP:
- Logo on the login page and heading
- Nasty default admin password and default wifi names/passwords
These can be changed (except the logo), but restore to the ISP's defaults (ie not the expected TP Link defaults) after a factory reset. Likewise I have upgraded to the latest firmware but but even then the defaults persist.
I would like to 'fully' reset this router to TP Link defaults - and/or I'm quite curious as to how these settings have been baked in?
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@mwrobot Follow-up - with a bit more detective work, finally solved this.
The ISP settings are baked in with a TP Link OEM tool called Agile Config - it allows to generate a settings file that (via some unknown protocol) gets uploaded to the router and survives a reset or firmware upgrade.
Elsewhere on this forum I found out how to remove the applied config:
https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/232130
Now the router is really reset to factory default!
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Hi @mwrobot
Try to upgrade the Archer C80 firmware via recovery mode using the following FAQ: https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/faq/1482/
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@endless_despair - many thanks for the suggestion and the link.
But from what I can see, this procedure is only available when the router is bricked? Mine is not - I can log in normally, so I can only upgrade the firmware through the usual web interface, I don't think I can get into this recovery mode.
Doing either a firmware update and/or a factory reset, restores the ISP's default password.
I'm baffled as to how they baked these settings in!
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Hi @mwrobot
As far as I know, you can get access to the recovery page even without it being bricked. Many users that encounter any issues on new firmware usually downgrade firmware of their routers using the recovery menu.
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@endless_despair Many thanks for the reply. The instructions were a bit flaky but I managed to get to the recovery mode (in this case I had to hold the reset switch while powering on).
Reinstalled firmware... and got the same result! It's still got ISP logo and defaults baked into it. It's not that big a deal but now I'm even more curious how it's done - it was a small ISP so I can't believe they bought custom hardware from TP Link?
I'm probably stuck with it but thanks again for the time :)
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@mwrobot Follow-up - with a bit more detective work, finally solved this.
The ISP settings are baked in with a TP Link OEM tool called Agile Config - it allows to generate a settings file that (via some unknown protocol) gets uploaded to the router and survives a reset or firmware upgrade.
Elsewhere on this forum I found out how to remove the applied config:
https://community.tp-link.com/en/home/forum/topic/232130
Now the router is really reset to factory default!
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