Please log in with router's password
Folks - these routers are secure. There is nothing to see here, move along.<p>Here's the user manual for the TP-Link AC2300 "Archer C7", as found in the google results:<p><a href="https://static.tp-link.com/2019/201912/20191231/7106508598_Archer%20C2300(US)_QIG_V2.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://static.tp-link.com/2019/201912/20191231/7106508598_A...</a><p>Step 2 of first time setup forces a default password change. There is no way around this step.<p>The defaults for the router also do not allow router access from the WAN port.<p>This means:<p>1) These routers all have secured passwords that are non-default.<p>2) These routers were deliberately placed on the internet by people that knew enough about them to do so.<p>Just because it's not how <i>you</i> would configure your router doesn't make it wrong. There are legit reasons to place a router on the internet, so long as it's secured properly... how else would you remotely manage a router at a different physical location, for instance.<p>__Lastly__ click "Next Page" on the OP search results. The estimated 7,000+ results becomes 21. Many of which are HN aggregators reporting on this thread here.<p>So... out of the possible millions of routers TP-Link has sold in this model line, less than 21 are on the public internet - many of which no longer load via IP address (indicating they are no longer publicly accessible), and the rest have professional CNAME's attached, indicating professional management.<p>Nothing here...