Is it WA701N or WA701ND? What's the hardware version? On bottom of it, what's the default access?
In default settings, connecting to your PC by wire, what's the IP address obtained by DHCP on the PC? Have a check pls.

I have the same problem as Scalimur.

Have been using our TL WA701ND (Ver 1.2) successfully in "Client" mode to pick up Wireless from our router and provide a wired internet connection to our TV.

We got a new router (TP-Link Archer D9) and couldn't get Internet to the TV through the WA701ND so hit "Factory Reset" on the Configuration options of the WA701ND so we could re-start configuration settings from scratch.

Trouble is now the AP seems to be bricked. We cannot connect to this with a LAN cable. The IP Address following the Factory Reset should be 192.168.1.254 (as per the sticker on the bottom of the device, and as per the message on the RHS of the Config Screen before hitting OK to Factory Reset). Windows networking says the device connected by LAN cable does not have a valid IP Address, IPCONFIG from the Command Prompt cannot find the device, Ping to 192.168.1.254 fails...

How can resetting to Factory Defaults Brick the TL WA701ND? I have not installed any firmware updates, the device should be absolutely standard.. Have also attempted Reset using the little pinhole button on the back, but this doesn't change anything.

Please, TP-Link Techs, can you advise how to fix this?

Thanks.

Nole

Doh, Problem Solved!!

Sorry if I've wasted anyone's time but I realise now that the problem is not the TL WA701ND, but my ignorance of networking.

The Factory Reset put the IP address to 192.168.1.254 (from 192.168.0.254 previously).. The laptop was obtaining its IP address from the Router which was 192.168.0.100. Changing this to a Fixed IP address of 192.168.1.100 presumably put it in the same Domain? as the WA701ND, so then I could ping it and log in..., and change the IP Address back to the same range as the rest of the stuff in the house..., then change the laptop back...

So, problem solved.. I think I used to know that devices had to be in the same IP address range to be able to speak to each other, but I'd forgotten.....

So, sorry to suggest any crit of TP-Link's wonderful devices.....:cool:

Nole

@Nole thank you so much for this, seems to be a operator system problem rather than a tp link problem, the router/repeater (like said above) will not give the correct ipv4 IP address needed  to communicate with the device, 

 

Going into network settings and changing the protocol ipv4 properties to the numbers in @Nole's post and setting the primary dns to 8.8.8.8 fixed my problem thank you