[Alupis]

That link isn't from the routers this post links to (specifically Archer C7 and C9 routers).

And, your link is old, to say the least. That screenshot is from the Windows XP era.

You're trying to lampoon TP-Link for things that simply are not true anymore, nor have been for a long while.

I'll repeat again - the defaults on these routers is to prohibit WAN access and they force a password change at setup. What more are you complaining about?

[Johnny555]

Also from the page I linked to:

Updated 04-18-2019 07:10:55 AM

This Article Applies to: TL-WR841N (and a couple dozen others).

You can buy a TL-WR841N today for $20. It was released in 2015, so it may be an "old" router, but old routers never die, they just get cheaper.

[Alupis]

OK so what? Nothing you've stated here applies to the original post. You're fabricating some outrage about nothing relevant. The original post shows Archer C7 and C9 routers...

[Johnny555]

What original post? It was a google search that reveals some router's remote admin page, that search doesn't mention any specific router brand or model.

But regardless, I was responding specifically to your comment:

manually overriding this configuration usually demonstrates a sufficient enough understanding that the default credentials have likely also been changed

(That's why I quoted it in my reply)

And the point I was trying to make is that merely being able to override the default remote admin setting does not ensure that the user has any idea what the ramifications are. I'm surprised you're even arguing against that.

[Alupis]

> What original post? It was a google search that reveals some router's remote admin page, that search doesn't mention any specific router brand or model.

It does, click any of the links. The specific search string OP used returns only C6, C7 and C9 routers (I clicked through 2 pages of results).

You saw TP-Link and went off about things that were valid to complain about in the past... but are not specifically with these routers, and probably no new model TP-Link or any sane manufacturer is turning out today.

> And the point I was trying to make is that merely being able to override the default remote admin setting does not ensure that the user has any idea what the ramifications are

Again, if you actually clicked through the OP, you'd notice most of the bare IP address results are dead (meaning they are no longer on the internet), and the ones with CNAME's attached appear to be professionally managed. The assumption is sound.

[Stupulous]

You can exclude strings to dig up more models. I got this far, but I think google is ignoring the last exclusion.

"Please log in with router's password" -"hacker news" -C6 -C7 -C9 -C90 -C60 -A9 -A7 -A6 -AX3000 -MR100 -MR150 -MR200 -MR600 -MR6400 -AC2300 -AC2600 -AX50 -C6U -VR300 -VR600 -VR2100 -TD-W9970 -TD-W9960