How to perform a Firmware Update on a Tp-link router?
New firmware in a router can remove the issues caused because of the previous firmware version. It removes the bugs, repairs network issues, adds new features, and enhances the existing features in a router that results in improving the current performance of your Tp-link router. A user can either perform the Tp-link firmware update through the manual method or directly using the web interface of the tplinkwifi.net window.
Note: To avoid disconnection during the process, a user is required to have a wired connection between the router and the computer via Ethernet cable.
Steps to perform Tp-link firmware update using the manual method
- Visit the official website of the Tp-link device and check if there is a new version of firmware available or not.
- Users are being advised to verify the hardware version of the router. An incorrect hardware version can download the wrong firmware that may void the warranty and damage your device.
- Keep the downloaded firmware file in an extracted form using WinRaR or Windows Extractor.
- Now, launch a browser on the computer connected to the Wi-fi network.
- Type tplinkwifi.net on the address bar of the browser. You can also type 192.168.1.1 as the web address of the browser.
- Hit enter, and you will get redirected to the default Tp-link router login page.
- Mention the login credentials on their respective fields. Type “admin” on the username tab and mention the password you set on the password field.
- Both the login credential fields are case-sensitive.
- Click on the login button, and the tplinkwifi.net web page appears on the screen.
- From the main navigation panel, go to the Advanced tab, click on the Administration option and click on the Firmware update tab.
- Scroll down the Firmware update page and find the Browse button.
- Click on the Browse button to locate the downloaded firmware file.
- Navigate the cursor to the location where you have kept the downloaded firmware file.
- Select the file on your computer and click on the Open tab.
- Click the upload button to initialize the firmware update process and the tplinkwifi.net interface begins to upload it
- Do not interrupt the process by any means, it may lead to failure in the update process.
- Avoid activities such as – Open a new tab on the browser, launch a new web browser, turn off the power, click on the hyperlink and close off the current browser. Any activity during the process may bring failure in the firmware update of a router.Wait for a while and the Tp-link router automatically restarts when the process gets completed.
Note: Users are advised to read release notes before the update process so that they could know the settings that will get removed during the process. You can create a backup of the configuration settings and can restore them when the firmware update gets done. Both the backup and restore processes can be done using the tplinkwifi.net interface.