Why cannot I access the Internet after connecting TP-LINK Router to my modem
Suitable for:54Mbps Wireless G Router,150Mbps Wireless N Router,300Mbps Wireless N Router,Wired Router
Problem description: Sometimes, you can access the Internet by directly connecting your computer to the modem, but when you add a router into your network, you can’t make it. If you have a similar problem, please try the solutions below:

Method 1 Change the WAN Connection Type to Dynamic IP. Before you install the TP-Link Router, if your computer (directly connected to your ADSL\Cable modem) is abl e to access the Internet automatically without running any additional program, please use Dynamic IP as the W AN connection type.TP-LINK Router use Dynamic IP mode by default, if you didn’t change this setting before, and please skip to next method. Step1 Open the web browser and type the LAN IP address of the router in the address bar, the default IP address of TP-LINK router is 192.168.1.1, and then press Enter.

Note: if you cannot access 192.168.1.1, please check the IP address of your computer or reconfigure the IP addr ess of your computer.

Step2 Type the username and password in the login page, the default username and password are both admin.

Note: 1. If you got a server error -401, it means you entered a wrong username or password. If you forget the user name or password that you set, you need to reset the router to factory default settings.

2. If the login page cannot display, please refer to Why I can not log into the Web-based Utility/Management P age of TP-LINK wireless router to check the problem.

Step 3 Click Network->WAN in the left menu , and change the WAN Connection Type to Dynamic IP Addres s then click the Save button.

Step 4 Wait for a few minutes, if it shows that the WAN port had received the IP address (shown as below), tha t means the connection