172.16.60.2 router login
To open the admin panel, type 172.16.60.2 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.
172.16.60.2 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 default username and password pair is documented for 172.16.60.2, and guessing one would be misleading: credentials belong to the device, not to the address, and any piece of equipment on a private network can be configured to answer here. Look instead at the hardware itself. Many devices print the default login on a sticker beside the serial number and MAC address, usually on the underside or rear panel. Failing that, consult the manual for the exact model, or the ISP's own documentation if the equipment was supplied with a service. On anything already commissioned, those defaults have often been changed.
How to log in to your router
Type 172.16.60.2 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 172.16.60.2, 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 the interface at 172.16.60.2 rejects every login, identify the device before doing anything drastic — match the MAC address in your ARP table or DHCP server leases, or trace the cable — because the recovery procedure is model-specific. A factory reset, commonly a recessed button held for roughly ten to thirty seconds while the device is powered, is the usual last resort, and it is expensive here. The .2 position suggests a static assignment, so a reset typically drops the device back to DHCP or to a different default address and wipes VLANs, firewall rules and the rest of the site configuration. Export the running config first if any access remains.
172.16.60.2 sits inside 172.16.0.0/12, the mid-size private range reserved by RFC 1918. That block is defined by the netmask 255.240.0.0 and covers 1,048,576 addresses running from 172.16.0.0 through 172.31.255.255. Because the space is private, the address is not routable across the public internet and carries no owner, registrant, ISP or geographic location — any network may reuse it internally, and many do simultaneously. The block is often mistaken for public space, since 172.x addresses outside the 172.16 to 172.31 window are globally routable.
Within that block the address belongs to the subnet 172.16.60.0/24, whose usable host range is 172.16.60.1 to 172.16.60.254, with 172.16.60.255 reserved as the broadcast address. It is the second usable host, not the first, so it is less commonly the default gateway; on many networks .1 holds the router and .2 onward are handed to servers, access points, wireless controllers, hypervisor management ports or other statically addressed hosts. Ranges in this block are common in mid-size business networks, lab environments, VPN subnets and Docker bridge networks.
Most people reaching this page found the address in a DHCP lease, an ARP table, a browser bookmark or a config file, and want to know what is likely answering at it and how to log in. Eleven other addresses in 172.16.60.0/24 are documented alongside it.
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
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Other documented addresses in 172.16.60.0/24
The 172.16.60.0/24 subnet runs from 172.16.60.1 to 172.16.60.254, with 172.16.60.255 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.