10.9.0.1 router login
To open the admin panel, type 10.9.0.1 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.
10.9.0.1 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 this address, and none should be assumed. Private addresses are assigned by whoever configures the network, so the same address fronts entirely different hardware and software from one site to the next, each with its own defaults. Any credential list published for 10.9.0.1 as such is guesswork.
Find the defaults for the actual device instead: check the label or sticker on its underside or rear panel, the printed quick-start guide, the manufacturer's support page for that exact model, or the documentation an ISP supplies with managed equipment. On corporate and campus networks the credentials are commonly set by an administrator and are not printed anywhere.
How to log in to your router
Type 10.9.0.1 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 10.9.0.1, 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 login is unknown, first confirm you are on the right network segment and that 10.9.0.1 is genuinely your default gateway, then try any credentials recorded by whoever set the equipment up. On managed or corporate networks the administrator or ISP support line is the correct route, and may be the only one, since access is often restricted deliberately.
A factory reset is a last resort. No specific vendor is known to ship this address as a default gateway, so no single reset procedure applies; consult the documentation for your particular model. On many devices a reset clears the entire configuration, including the LAN addressing that made 10.9.0.1 reachable, along with wireless names and passphrases, port forwarding, VPN settings and firewall rules. Record the current configuration first where you can.
10.9.0.1 is a private IPv4 address drawn from 10.0.0.0/8, the largest of the three blocks reserved by RFC 1918. With a netmask of 255.0.0.0 the block spans 16,777,216 addresses, none of which are routable across the public internet. Because this space is unallocated and reusable by anyone, the same address can be in service simultaneously on countless unrelated networks, and it carries no owner, registrant, ISP or geographic location. Traffic to it never leaves the local network it is configured on.
The /8 is rarely deployed whole. It is normally subnetted far below its native size, and is common in corporate and campus networks, ISP-managed customer premises equipment, carrier-grade gear, VPN address pools and container or orchestration networks. Here the enclosing subnet is 10.9.0.0/24, whose usable range runs from 10.9.0.1 to 10.9.0.254 with 10.9.0.255 reserved as the broadcast address. 10.9.0.1 sits at the first usable position, the slot most administrators reserve for the default gateway or router interface.
Most people arriving at this address are trying to open a device's local management interface over HTTP or HTTPS after finding 10.9.0.1 listed as their default gateway, or are working out which device on a segment holds that role.
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
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OrgAbuseHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgAbuseName: ICANN
OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org
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OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
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OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org
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Other documented addresses in 10.9.0.0/24
The 10.9.0.0/24 subnet runs from 10.9.0.1 to 10.9.0.254, with 10.9.0.255 reserved as the broadcast address. These are the addresses in it we hold router login details for.
All addresses we cover here
3 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.