How to connect to your home router as an administrator

To access the router as an administrator, you should know IP address router, as well as password and name administrator user .

How to Access Your Router as an Administrator

Animated illustration of a man accessing his router on a computer — Lifewire / Tim Liedtke

Follow these steps to connect to the router with administrator rights:

These steps work for almost any router and modem and can be completed using any modern web browser on both desktop and mobile devices.

Make sure your computer is connected to the router with cable ethernet or wireless connection .

If you’re trying to access your router from outside your network, you’ll need to enable what’s commonly referred to as remote administration. You also need to know the external IP address of the router so that you can enter that address into your browser. However, this type of connection is not guaranteed even if the remote administrator setting is enabled because the IP address can change easily (if it is a dynamic IP address, which is what most home networks have).
Determine the router’s IP address. Most routers are made to use a default address such as 192.168.0.1 , 192.168.1.1 , 192.168.2.1 or 192.168.1.100 .

If they don’t work and you don’t know the router’s default IP address or it has been changed, see Management » How to find the IP address of the default gateway » .
Open a web browser such as Microsoft Edge , Internet Explorer , Chrome or firefox, and request a connection to the router using its IP address. For example, enter http://192.168.1.1 in the address bar to connect to the router with the IP address 192.168.1.1.
Enter your administrative login and authorization information.

Routers come with default usernames and passwords — usually the word admin, but they may be different for your router (some may not even have a password or use a username).

Follow these links to view passwords and default usernames for routers NETGEAR , D-Link , Linksys and cisco, if you have one of these routers, or refer to your router’s documentation if you’re not sure what it is.

Some routers are not accessed as described above. Most of them, but some like Google WiFi require different (usually simpler) steps, such as using a mobile app.

What should I do if I cannot access the router?

If after trying enter username and password on the router the browser will return error message your computer may not be connected to the correct router. Or the username and password combination might be wrong.

If you are sure you are using the correct IP address to access your router, try the following procedures:

Restart your router .
Open a web browser such as Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox and request a connection to the router using its IP address.
Temporarily turn off your firewall .
Open a web browser such as Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox and request a connection to the router using its IP address.
Reset your router to default .

This restores the router to its default state with the IP address, username, and password it was sent with.
Open a web browser such as Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Chrome or Firefox and request a connection to the router using its IP address.

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