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

 

1. 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.

 

2. Go to Basic, choose TP-LINK Cloud, and click Register Now.

 

3. 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.

 

4. Check your mailbox and open the activation mail, then tap Click to Finish Registration.

 

5. 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

 

1. Download and install the Tether APP on your smartphone from APP Store or Google Play.
2. 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.

 

3. Click New User, type in an email and create your own password.

 

4. 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.

 

5. 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.

 

6. 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.