RE200 V5 & RE220 V3 User Guide
Chapter 4 TP-Link Cloud Service
TP-Link Cloud service provides a better way to manage your cloud devices. Log in to your cloud device with a TP-Link ID, and you can easily monitor and manage your home network when you are out and about via the Tether app on your smartphone or tablet. To ensure that your cloud device stays new and gets better over time, the TP-Link Cloud will notify you when an important firmware upgrade is available. Surely you can also manage multiple TP-Link Cloud devices with a single TP-Link ID.
This chapter introduces how to register a new TP-Link ID, bind or unbind TP-Link IDs to manage your cloud device, and the Tether app with which you can manage your home network no matter where you may find yourself.
It contains the following sections:
When you log in after initial setup, the web page will ask whether you need TP-Link Cloud service. You can also access the TP-Link Cloud settings as follows:
1.Visit http://tplinkrepeater.net, and log in with the password you set for the extender.
2.Go to Settings > TP-Link Cloud.
3.Click Sign Up and follow the instructions to register a TP-Link ID. The TP-Link ID used to log in to the extender for the first time will be automatically bound as an Admin.
Notes:
•To learn more about the Admin and User TP-Link ID, refer to Manage the User TP-Link IDs.
•Once you have registered a TP-Link ID on the web management page, you can only register another TP-Link ID via the Tether APP. Please refer to Manage the Extender via the TP-Link Tether App to install the app and register a new one.
•If you want to unbind the admin TP-Link ID from your extender, please go to Settings > TP-Link Cloud, an click Unbind in the Device Information section.
2. Change Your TP-Link ID Information
Follow the steps below to change your email address and password of your TP-Link ID as needed.
1.Visit http://tplinkrepeater.net, and log in with your TP-Link ID or the password you set for the extender.
2.Go to Settings > TP-Link Cloud, and focus on the Account Information section.
•To change your email address:
1.Click 
behind the Email.
2.Enter the password of your TP-Link ID, then a new email address. And click Save.
•To change your password:
1.Click 
behind the Password.
2.Enter the current password, then a new password twice. And click Save.
3. Manage the User TP-Link IDs
The TP-Link ID used to log in to the extender for the first time will be automatically bound as the Admin account. An admin account can add or remove other TP-Link IDs to or from the same extender as Users. All accounts can monitor and manage the extender locally or remotely, but user accounts cannot:
•Reset the extender to its factory default settings either on the web management page or in the Tether app.
•Add/remove other TP-Link IDs to/from the extender.
3.1. Add TP-Link ID to Manage the Extender
1.Visit http://tplinkrepeater.net, and log in with your TP-Link ID or the password you set for the extender.
2.Go to Settings > TP-Link Cloud, and focus on the Bound Accounts section.
3.Click 
, enter another TP-Link ID as needed and click Save.
Note:
If you need another TP-Link ID, please register a new one via the Tether app. Please refer to Manage the Extender via the TP-Link Tether App to install the app and register a new TP-Link ID.
4.The new TP-Link ID will be displayed in the Bound Accounts table as a User.
3.2. Remove TP-Link ID(s) from Managing the Extender
1.Visit http://tplinkrepeater.net, and log in with your TP-Link ID or the password you set for the extender.
2.Go to Settings > TP-Link Cloud, and focus on the Bound Accounts section.
3.Tick the checkbox(es) of the TP-Link ID(s) you want to remove and click Unbind.
4. Manage the Extender via the TP-Link Tether App
The Tether app runs on iOS and Android devices, such as smartphones and tablets.
1.Launch the Apple App Store or Google Play store and search “TP-Link Tether” or simply scan the QR code to download and install the app.
2.Launch the Tether app and log in with your TP-Link ID.
Note: If you don’t have a TP-Link ID, create one first.
3.Connect your device to the extender’s or host router’s wireless network.
4.Go back to the Tether app, select the model of your extender and log in with the password you set for the extender.
5.Manage your extender as needed.