Remote Management Features
Note:
This FAQ is suitable for TP-Link wireless router with cloud functions. If your TP-Link router doesn’t support cloud functions, you can neither bind a TP-Link cloud account to it nor manage it remotely although you have signed up.
A TP-Link cloud account, which is also called a TP-Link ID, is used to bind and remotely manage TP-Link routers, cloud cameras, smart plugs, and so on.
If you have already registered your email as a TP-Link ID via the Kasa APP, the tpCamera APP, or https://www.tplinkcloud.com , just use your TP-Link ID to manage your TP-Link router.
There are two ways to register a TP-Link cloud account: on the web management page or on the Tether APP.
Here we take Archer C8 V3 as an example.
Method 1: register on the web management page
- Connect your device to Archer C8 wired or wirelessly and make sure your device can get internet. Then open a web browser, type http://tplinkwifi.net in the address bar, and log into the management page of the router. The password is ‘admin’ by default.
- Go to Basic, choose TP-LINK Cloud, and click Register Now.
- Type your mailbox in the Email box as your cloud account and create your own password, then check Agree to TP-LINK Privacy Policy & Terms of Use. After that, just click Register and you will receive an email for verification.
- Check your mailbox and open the activation mail, then tap Click to Finish Registration.
- Now your cloud account has been successfully registered. Just go back to the management page of the router and login with your TP-Link ID and password to enjoy the cloud services.
Note: The TP-Link ID will be automatically bound to your router after you login.
Method 2: register on the Tether APP
- Download and install the Tether APP on your smartphone from APP Store or Google Play.
- Connect your smartphone to the WiFi network of your TP-Link router, then run the Tether APP (make sure your smartphone can get internet). Tap the Hamburger icon in the upper left corner and click Login.
- Click New User, type in an email and create your own password.
- Tap Sign Up and you will receive an email for activation. After activated, please tap Login to login with your registered TP-Link ID and password.
- Click the back icon, select Archer C8 to manage it. Then a tip will pop up and remind you to bind your device to a TP-Link cloud account, just click Bind Now.
- Tap Bind to combine your TP-Link router and TP-Link cloud account together. After that, you will find your TP-Link router showed as a cloud device on the Device page, which means that you can enjoy the cloud functions of your TP-Link router on the Tether APP.