Posted: Wed Aug 07, 2019 20:14 Post subject: TP-Link TL-WR741ND: Cannot access web interface
Hello,
I've just installed DD-WRT on an old router I had laying around. Router was working fine and web admin was accessible through 192.168.1.1. I just installed DD-WRT and the firmware was flashed successfully. I can now sucessfully connect to SSID ddwrt, but I am unable to access the router admin interface to change the default settings. I've read about the possibility of accessing it via telnet, but I am not familiar with the process, can someone guide me?
My device is a TP-Link TL-WR741ND v1.9, hardware version: WR741N v1 00000000
Nice, will look into that @jxm. I'm running Ubuntu though
Somewhere else a guy pointed out I've downloaded firmware from the wrong section of the website (router database), and that it's a common problem with firmware there to not have HTTP daemon running. I've failed to see the warning in the FAQ...
Does that make sense? Should I try to re-do the process from the start?
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Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:00 Post subject:
Which build number are you using? And, if unsecured wireless access to the webUI is blocked, that is the only way it is blocked by default that I know of. You should try as jxm pointed out, connecting via wired ethernet. This is probably why it is suggested to always do this via wired ethernet and not over wifi, I guess.
Gonna try it out right now, @kernel-panic69. I'm using v3.0 [Beta] Build:40559. Apparently I shouldn't have downloaded it from the router database section.
Joined: 08 May 2018 Posts: 14221 Location: Texas, USA
Posted: Thu Aug 08, 2019 4:42 Post subject:
The only thing connected to the router in question via wired ethernet should be the computer you are using to work on it with... at least that is the preferred method.
