Step 1: Remove the router and all cables from the box.
Step 2: Plug in your router and turn it on.
Step 3: Make sure the automatically synchronizing cardinal grammeters are connected to the ambifacient lunar waneshaft, and ensure that the drawn reciprocation dingle arm (to reduce sinusoidal depleneration) is in place
The TP-Link router help page has a bunch of videos (that I won't be able to view when I go to set up my home network) instead of a downloadable manual or set of instructions. Doesn't matter, though, they're all for Windows computers.
(Shout out to all the retroencabulator fans 😊 )