172.16.16.245 router login
To open the admin panel, type 172.16.16.245 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.
172.16.16.245 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 on record for this address, and guessing one would be worse than useless. Whatever device answers on 172.16.16.245, its own defaults are the ones that matter: check the printed label on the underside or rear panel, the quick-start card in the box, or the manufacturer's manual for that exact model.
How to log in to your router
Type 172.16.16.245 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 172.16.16.245, 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 the device is actually yours to reset; on a managed or business network it may not be. A hardware reset, usually a recessed button held for roughly ten to thirty seconds, restores factory defaults and erases every custom setting, including port forwarding, static leases and any Wi-Fi name and password you chose, which revert to the values on the label.
172.16.16.245 falls inside 172.16.0.0/12, the middle RFC 1918 range that runs from 172.16.0.0 to 172.31.255.255 and covers 1,048,576 addresses under the netmask 255.240.0.0. This is the range most often mistaken for public space, since 172.x addresses below 172.16 or above 172.31 are routable on the open internet. Nothing about the address identifies an owner, a network or a place; private ranges are reused freely by anyone who wants them.
Its /24 is 172.16.16.0/24, where hosts run from 172.16.16.1 to 172.16.16.254 and 172.16.16.255 is the broadcast address. Host position 245 sits high in that range, well away from the low-numbered slots gateways usually occupy, so on most networks it belongs to a client or appliance rather than the router. Fifty-one other addresses in this /24 are documented here.
Whois information for 172.16.0.0/12
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NetRange: 172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
CIDR: 172.16.0.0/12
NetName: PRIVATE-ADDRESS-BBLK-RFC1918-IANA-RESERVED
NetHandle: NET-172-16-0-0-1
Parent: ()
NetType: IANA Special Use
OriginAS:
Organization: Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA)
RegDate: 1994-03-15
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/172.16.0.0
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 172.16.16.0/24
The 172.16.16.0/24 subnet runs from 172.16.16.1 to 172.16.16.254, with 172.16.16.255 reserved as the broadcast address. These are the addresses in it we hold router login details for.
All addresses we cover here
52 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.