TP-Link Router Login — 192.168.0.1 and tplinkwifi.net
Most TP-Link routers answer on 192.168.0.1. The company also runs tplinkwifi.net, which resolves to the same panel and is the address printed on newer boxes.
Reaching the TP-Link panel
Either http://192.168.0.1 or http://tplinkwifi.net will do. The hostname is more forgiving because it survives the router being moved to a different address, but it depends on the router’s own DNS answering, so it occasionally fails where the raw IP works. Try the IP if the hostname stalls.
Older TP-Link units use admin for both the username and the password. Anything made in the last few years skips defaults entirely: on first boot the router insists you create a password before it will let you configure anything. If you are looking at a “create password” screen rather than a login box, the router is either new or freshly reset — pick something strong and continue.
Worth changing on the first visit
TP-Link’s interface has a Basic view and an Advanced view. Basic covers the essentials; almost everything interesting is under Advanced.
Wireless › Security
Set WPA2 or WPA3. If the router still offers WEP as an option, that is a sign the firmware is well out of date.
System Tools › Firmware Upgrade
Turn on automatic updates if the model supports it. TP-Link ships patches regularly and most users never install them.
System Tools › Administration
Where remote management lives. Leave it off unless you specifically need to reach the router from outside your home.
Guest Network
One toggle isolates visitors from your printers, NAS and smart-home hubs while still giving them internet.
192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 on TP-Link?
TP-Link is the main reason this question exists. The company moved from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.0.1 partway through its history, and Archer models vary depending on when they were manufactured and which region they were sold in.
Trying both takes seconds. If neither responds, read the real gateway address off your computer rather than working down a list — ipconfig on Windows, or System Settings › Network › Details › TCP/IP on macOS.
Compare all the common addresses: every router IP address.
A note on Deco systems
TP-Link’s Deco mesh units are managed through the Deco phone app rather than a browser panel, and several settings simply do not exist in a web interface at all. If you have a Deco and the browser panel looks unusually bare, that is why — the app is the primary interface, not a convenience layer.