NETGEAR ROUTER LOGIN
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Router manufacturer Netgear has a website to help customers who don't remember the addresses of their routers. Normally, when you log in to a broadband router to do admin work, you must know the internal IP address for the router. The correct address depends on the model of the router and whether its default information has been changed.
Netgear's Router Address Web Page
Many Netgear home routers are configured to use either www.routerlogin.com or www.routerlogin.net instead of an IP address. When either of these URLs is visited from inside a home network, a Netgear router recognizes the website domain names and translates them to the appropriate router IP address automatically.
To log in to a Netgear router:
Open a web browser on a computer or mobile device that is connected to the network.
Go to the address bar and enter http://www.routerlogin.net or http://www.routerlogin.com.
Enter the username and password for the router. The default username is admin and the default password is password. If the username and password were changed, enter that information instead.
The home screen for your router opens.
How to log in to your Netgear router from a PC
1. Primary Netgear router login method
First of all, you’ll need to open your favorite web browser (it doesn’t matter which browser, any will do fine). Then simply type the following into the address (URL) bar of your browser and press Enter:
Alternatively, you can also type:
You should then see the router login window, which asks for your username and password. If so, skip to step 3. If your router login window fails to appear, proceed to step 2 which is an alternative method of logging in.
2. Alternative Netgear router login method (via IP)
Alternatively, you can type in the IP address of your Netgear router in the URL bar of the browser.
The IP address is a four figure number, with periods between each number, and you can think of it as a digital address showing where your router is located on the local network. Typically, it will be something like 192.168.xxx.xxx where those last two numbers (xxx) can differ slightly.
This IP address might be written down in your router’s instruction booklet somewhere, but if not, you can find it out easily enough using your PC.
In Windows 10, go to the search box (just next to the Start button), type in ‘C’, and suggestions beginning with the letter ‘C’ will appear above: click on Command Prompt. (On earlier Windows versions, click Start, click in the search field – or on the magnifying glass icon – and type in cmd then click Command Prompt).
3. Enter user credentials
At the Netgear router login window, which requests your username and password, type in your credentials, then click 'Sign in', and there you go – you’ve successfully logged into your Netgear router.
You can now move on to the (optional) section at the bottom of this article on common settings to take a look at once you’re inside the Netgear router’s menus.
There’s one potential stumbling block here, and that’s if you’ve forgotten either your username or password. You did change these from the default values, right – or at least the password?
Those default values are username ‘admin’ and the password is ‘password’ (these defaults are written on the bottom of your router somewhere) – but because they’re so insecure (and known to anybody), you should always change them.
Nevertheless, if you’re not sure what on earth your password details are, you might as well try these default values just in case. Just be sure to change them afterwards. Failing that, you’ll need to perform a password recovery.
4. Password recovery
On the Netgear router login window that requests your username and password, click Cancel. Now, if you’ve previously enabled password recovery, the Router Password Recovery screen will appear.
You’ll need to fill in your router’s serial number (written somewhere on the device, likely the underside), and answer some security questions. Once that’s done, the password will be displayed for you to see.
If you didn’t enable password recovery, or have forgotten the answers to the security questions, then we’re afraid you’re out of luck. You will simply have to start from scratch by performing a factory reset on your Netgear router, which will reset the username and password to the defaults (as discussed above).
To carry out a factory reset, make sure the router is turned on, then find the reset button (it will almost certainly be on the rear of the device). This is a small hole which you have to insert a paperclip into and press down for seven seconds (maybe a few more for good measure).
The router will then be reset, but note that you will have lost all of your settings (you will need to set up the device again from scratch).