10.5.5.1 router login
To open the admin panel, type 10.5.5.1 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.
10.5.5.1 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 username and password pair is documented for 10.5.5.1, and none should be assumed. An IP address is a network location, not a product, so any private address can belong to equipment from any manufacturer, each with its own defaults.
The reliable source is the device itself. Check the label or sticker on its underside or rear panel, where default administration credentials are commonly printed alongside the wireless network name and key. Failing that, consult the printed or online manual for the exact model, or, on equipment supplied by an internet provider, the provider's own setup documentation. Where credentials were changed during installation, only the installer or provider can confirm them.
How to log in to your router
Type 10.5.5.1 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 10.5.5.1, 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 interface at 10.5.5.1 loads but the login is rejected, first confirm the address is actually this network's gateway by checking the gateway entry in a connected computer's or phone's network settings; misremembered credentials and the wrong address look the same from the browser.
A factory reset is the last resort, and it is not free. It commonly clears the wireless network name and key, port forwarding, static leases, firewall rules and any provider-specific connection settings, so devices must be rejoined and the configuration rebuilt. Since no vendor is documented for this address, follow the reset procedure in the manual for your specific model, and export or note the current configuration first where the device allows it.
10.5.5.1 is a private IPv4 address drawn from 10.0.0.0/8, the largest of the three ranges reserved by RFC 1918 for private use. With a netmask of 255.0.0.0, that block spans 16,777,216 addresses and is never routed on the public internet, so the same address exists independently inside countless unrelated networks. Nothing about the address itself identifies a network, an operator or a place; it is meaningful only inside whichever network you are currently attached to.
Because of its size, 10.0.0.0/8 is typically subnetted far below /8, and it turns up in corporate and campus networks, ISP-managed customer equipment, carrier-grade gear, VPN address pools and container or orchestration networks. Here the relevant subnet is 10.5.5.0/24, whose usable host range is 10.5.5.1 to 10.5.5.254 with 10.5.5.255 as the broadcast address. Eleven other addresses in this /24 are separately documented.
As the first usable address in its subnet, 10.5.5.1 sits in the position most often assigned to the router or default gateway, which is why people reach a page like this one: usually to open a web administration interface at http://10.5.5.1, to confirm the address really is their gateway, or to work out why the page will not load.
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
OrgName: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
OrgId: IANA
Address: 12025 Waterfront Drive
Address: Suite 300
City: Los Angeles
StateProv: CA
PostalCode: 90094
Country: US
RegDate:
Updated: 2012-08-31
Ref: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA
OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: ICANN
OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org
OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgTechName: ICANN
OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org
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Other documented addresses in 10.5.5.0/24
The 10.5.5.0/24 subnet runs from 10.5.5.1 to 10.5.5.254, with 10.5.5.255 reserved as the broadcast address. These are the addresses in it we hold router login details for.
All addresses we cover here
12 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.