10.5.5.2 router login
To open the admin panel, type 10.5.5.2 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.
10.5.5.2 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 username and password combination is on record for 10.5.5.2. Addresses in private space say nothing about the make of hardware behind them, so there is nothing generic to try. Read the factory credentials from the label on the device, its documentation, or the configuration notes left by whoever built the network segment.
How to log in to your router
Type 10.5.5.2 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 10.5.5.2, 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 access is lost, look for a console or serial connection first, since infrastructure devices often allow local recovery without wiping anything. Failing that, a factory reset removes all customisation, including tunnel and routing configuration and this static address, and reverts any wireless network to the name and passphrase printed on the hardware.
10.5.5.2 comes from 10.0.0.0/8, private address space set aside by RFC 1918 and unreachable from the public internet. The block totals 16,777,216 addresses with a 255.0.0.0 mask and is the usual pick where structure matters, showing up in corporate and campus LANs, ISP-managed home gear, carrier equipment, VPN pools and container networking, always subnetted well below the /8.
The subnet at hand is 10.5.5.0/24, whose hosts occupy 10.5.5.1 to 10.5.5.254 and whose broadcast address is 10.5.5.255. Host number 2 is a low, deliberate-looking slot, just past the customary gateway position, and is often used for a firewall's inside interface, a server, or the far end of a site-to-site tunnel. Visitors here typically want to reach a management interface or confirm what the address represents.
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
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA-IP-ARIN
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.