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.
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.
"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
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.