10.0.8.1 router login
To open the admin panel, type 10.0.8.1 into your browser's address bar. If the page does not load, this is probably not the gateway address on your network — see the checks below.
10.0.8.1 router passwords
Where to find them:
- The label on the underside or back of the router — most manufacturers print the default admin username, password and Wi-Fi key there.
- The quick-start card or manual that came in the box.
- Your ISP's account portal, if the device was supplied by them — many set a unique password per line rather than a shared default.
Even though this address often marks a gateway, no default username and password is on record for it, and no vendor is known to ship it preconfigured. The correct login belongs to the specific device: read the credentials printed on its label, consult the manual for the model, or check the ISP's documentation if the router was supplied with the service.
How to log in to your router
Type 10.0.8.1 into your browser's address bar and press Enter. Type it by hand rather than accepting an autocomplete suggestion, which often fills in a different address you visited before.
If the browser reports that it cannot reach 10.0.8.1, this is not the gateway address on your network. On Windows run ipconfig /all and read the Default Gateway line; on macOS open System Settings, Network, Details, TCP/IP; on Linux run ip route and read the address after "default via".
If the login page loads but rejects your credentials, and you have never changed them, use the defaults printed on the device's label. If they have been changed and nobody knows the new password, a factory reset is the only way back in.
If you do not know the password
If the gateway password has been changed and lost, a factory reset returns the router to label defaults, typically by holding a recessed button while it is powered on. This is disruptive on a gateway: routing, DHCP scope, port forwarding and firewall rules all revert, and the Wi-Fi name and key change back to the printed values, dropping every wireless client.
10.0.8.1 sits in 10.0.0.0/8, the largest range RFC 1918 reserves for private use. Its 255.0.0.0 netmask covers 16,777,216 addresses that never appear in public routing tables. Networks of any size can claim part of it, and in practice it is subnetted far below /8 for corporate and campus LANs, ISP-managed CPE, carrier equipment, VPN address pools and container networks.
What distinguishes this address is its position. In 10.0.8.0/24, where usable hosts run 10.0.8.1 to 10.0.8.254 and 10.0.8.255 is the broadcast address, 10.0.8.1 is the very first usable address, the slot conventionally given to the router, firewall or layer-3 interface serving the segment. That makes it a plausible default gateway and a likely management page, which is why most visitors arrive intending to open its web interface. A further 78 addresses in this /24 are documented individually.
Whois information for 10.0.0.0/8
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NetRange: 10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
CIDR: 10.0.0.0/8
NetName: PRIVATE-ADDRESS-ABLK-RFC1918-IANA-RESERVED
NetHandle: NET-10-0-0-0-1
Parent: ()
NetType: IANA Special Use
OriginAS:
Organization: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
RegDate: 1995-06-23
Updated: 2013-08-30
Comment: These addresses are in use by many millions of independently operated networks, which might be as small as a single computer connected to a home gateway, and are automatically configured in hundreds of millions of devices. They are only intended for use within a private context and traffic that needs to cross the Internet will need to use a different, unique address.
Comment:
Comment: These addresses can be used by anyone without any need to coordinate with IANA or an Internet registry. The traffic from these addresses does not come from ICANN or IANA. We are not the source of activity you may see on logs or in e-mail records. Please refer to http://www.iana.org/abuse/answers
Comment:
Comment: These addresses were assigned by the IETF, the organization that develops Internet protocols, in the Best Current Practice document, RFC 1918 which can be found at:
Comment: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1918
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/ip/10.0.0.0
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OrgId: IANA
Address: 12025 Waterfront Drive
Address: Suite 300
City: Los Angeles
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90094
Country: US
RegDate:
Updated: 2012-08-31
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OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org
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Other documented addresses in 10.0.8.0/24
The 10.0.8.0/24 subnet runs from 10.0.8.1 to 10.0.8.254, with 10.0.8.255 reserved as the broadcast address. These are the addresses in it we hold router login details for.
Most looked up in this subnet
All addresses we cover here
79 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.