10.24.120.1 router login
To open the admin panel, type 10.24.120.1 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.
10.24.120.1 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.
Sitting at the gateway position says nothing about which product is there, and no vendor is known to ship this exact address as a factory default, so no default login can be given. Read the credentials from the equipment itself: the service label, the setup sheet in the box, the vendor's manual, or documentation from the provider that supplied the device.
How to log in to your router
Type 10.24.120.1 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 10.24.120.1, 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
Losing the password to a gateway is more disruptive than losing it to a client. A factory reset clears routing, firewall rules, DHCP scopes and VLAN settings along with the password, and the device may return to a different address entirely, breaking connectivity until it is reconfigured. Wireless names and keys revert to whatever the label prints.
10.24.120.1 is drawn from 10.0.0.0/8, the 16,777,216-address private block defined by RFC 1918 and written with a 255.0.0.0 netmask at its full extent. In practice the range is split far below /8 for enterprise segments, carrier equipment and virtual networks, and the address here is the first usable host in one such slice.
That slice is 10.24.120.0/24, running 10.24.120.1 to 10.24.120.254 with a broadcast address of 10.24.120.255. Ending in .1 puts this address in the position most administrators reserve for the router, firewall or switched virtual interface that serves the subnet, which is the strongest thing that can be said about it. People searching for it are commonly trying to reach a management interface after seeing it listed as their default gateway.
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.
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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
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