172.20.6.2 router login
To open the admin panel, type 172.20.6.2 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.
172.20.6.2 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 credentials are documented for 172.20.6.2, and none are guessed here. If a login appears, identify what is listening: on physical hardware the factory username and password are on the device's label and in its manual, while containers and virtual appliances take their initial password from the image documentation or the values set when the instance was created.
How to log in to your router
Type 172.20.6.2 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 172.20.6.2, 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
With the password unknown, physical hardware normally needs a factory reset via its reset button, which clears the saved configuration and returns any wireless name and passphrase to the values on the label. If instead the address belongs to a container or virtual machine, the equivalent is recreating the instance from its image or restoring a snapshot, which likewise discards any changes made since deployment.
172.20.6.2 sits in 172.16.0.0/12, the mid-size RFC 1918 range that runs from 172.16.x.x to 172.31.x.x, uses a 255.240.0.0 netmask and holds 1,048,576 addresses. This block causes confusion more often than the others, because 172.x.x.x addresses outside 172.16 through 172.31 are ordinary public space. It is common in mid-size business networks, lab setups, VPN subnets and Docker's default bridge networking. The local segment is 172.20.6.0/24: hosts 172.20.6.1 to 172.20.6.254, broadcast 172.20.6.255.
Second position in the subnet is a low, deliberately assigned slot rather than a typical gateway address — often a container, a virtual machine, or a fixed appliance next to the router. Four other addresses from this /24 are documented here. Lookups usually follow a container or VPN log entry.
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 172.20.6.0/24
The 172.20.6.0/24 subnet runs from 172.20.6.1 to 172.20.6.254, with 172.20.6.255 reserved as the broadcast address. These are the addresses in it we hold router login details for.
All addresses we cover here
5 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.