10.5.45.1 router login
To open the admin panel, type 10.5.45.1 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.
10.5.45.1 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.
No default sign-in details are recorded for 10.5.45.1, and none should be assumed just because the address is a gateway. Gateways on 10.x networks are frequently configured by an IT department or service provider, so the working credentials may be theirs. For consumer equipment, the shipped username and password appear on the device label or in its manual.
How to log in to your router
Type 10.5.45.1 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 10.5.45.1, 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
Before resetting a gateway, remember that everything downstream depends on it. If the password is unknown, ask the administrator or provider first. A factory reset removes routing, DHCP ranges, port forwards and firewall policy along with the password, and the Wi-Fi name and key drop back to the label values, so every connected device has to be rejoined.
10.5.45.1 comes from 10.0.0.0/8, the broadest RFC 1918 range at 16,777,216 addresses with a 255.0.0.0 mask. Because it is private space, the same address exists on many separate networks at once and belongs to no organisation, provider or place. The subnet in play is 10.5.45.0/24, with usable hosts between 10.5.45.1 and 10.5.45.254 and 10.5.45.255 set aside for broadcast.
What distinguishes this address is its position: the first usable host in the subnet, which is the slot most administrators assign to the router or layer-3 interface serving that segment. Seeing it as your default gateway is entirely ordinary. No other addresses in this /24 are documented here. Visitors typically want to open the gateway's management page, confirm that their device is pointed at the right router, or work out why traffic stops at this hop.
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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OrgAbuseName: ICANN
OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org
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