TP-LINK’s Tether App provides the easiest way to access, manage and share your router’s resources with your iOS devices. From setup, to parental control, to media sharing, Tether provides a simple, intuitive user interface to see what the status of your router is, who’s online and what their privileges are. Unique to Tether, from PC-based web management tools, is its DLNA® compatibility allowing you to stream media from a flash disk connected to your router onto your device.

- Set up your router
- Manage permissions, set administrators and managed devices
- See if any unauthorized users are accessing your network and block them if necessary
- Parental control function with schedule and URL-based Internet access management
- Access files and media from router-connected USB flash drives

To get started with Tether, be sure you are connected to one of our compatible routers below:

TL-WDR4900

Many more coming soon! (TL-WDR3500, TL-WDR3600, TL-WDR4300, Archer C7, Archer C4…)

* Upgrade firmware is required.


Setting up your Router with Tether

Straight out of the box, use Tether to set up your new TP-LINK router listed in the compatible routers list above. Setup SSID, password and Internet settings to get online in no time!


Managing Administrators with Tether

Tether lets you designate which of your devices or users gets to control the router and permissions that come with that. Set up an administrator device and choose the devices to be managed to apply permissions however you see fit!


Live Network Management Access with Tether

Tether will give you an overview of who is connected to the router; see someone who shouldn’t be there? Tether also lets you block them from your network at the touch of a button. Say goodbye to Wi-Fi hogging strangers!


Keeping Children Safe from Harmful Content with Tether

Using a URL-based ‘white list’, you can determine which sites are safe to visit (and in so doing, prevent access to those that aren’t), while also limiting access to the network during certain times of day for your children’s devices, so bed time - means bed time!


Streaming Router-Connected Files and Media to your Devices

Tether uses DLNA® to detect and stream media files on USB hard drives or flash disks connected to your router, to your iOS devices.

• Supported audio formats: AAC, HE-AAC, AMR-NB, FLAC, MP2, MP3, Vorbis, OGG, and PCM/WAVE.

• Supported video formats: H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4 SP and FLV

• Supported photo formats: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP.