192.168.0.179 router login
To open the admin panel, type 192.168.0.179 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.
192.168.0.179 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.
There is no known credential pair for 192.168.0.179, and stating one would be a guess. What matters is the device itself: its factory username and password, if it has any, appear on the label attached to the case, in the printed quick-start guide, or in the downloadable manual matched to the model and hardware version.
How to log in to your router
Type 192.168.0.179 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 192.168.0.179, 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 entirely, holding the reset pinhole while the device is running usually clears the stored password. It also clears everything else, returning firmware settings to factory state, discarding saved configuration, and resetting the wireless network name and key to the printed defaults. Have the label to hand before you start, since you will need it to reconnect.
This address falls within 192.168.0.0/16, the block RFC 1918 reserves for private use and the one consumer networking gear leans on most heavily. Its 65,536 addresses under a 255.255.0.0 netmask are reused freely on millions of separate networks, so 192.168.0.179 identifies a device only in relation to the LAN you are standing on. Locally it belongs to 192.168.0.0/24, where usable addresses run 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.254 and 192.168.0.255 is the broadcast address.
Number 179 is deep inside the pool that home routers hand out automatically, well away from the low positions reserved for the gateway. Someone looking it up is most often trying to match the address to a piece of equipment, or to open a web interface that a setup wizard pointed them toward.
Whois information for 192.168.0.0/16
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NetRange: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
CIDR: 192.168.0.0/16
NetName: PRIVATE-ADDRESS-CBLK-RFC1918-IANA-RESERVED
NetHandle: NET-192-168-0-0-1
Parent: NET192 (NET-192-0-0-0-0)
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/192.168.0.0
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
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 192.168.0.0/24
The 192.168.0.0/24 subnet runs from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.254, with 192.168.0.255 reserved as the broadcast address. These are the addresses in it we hold router login details for.
Most looked up in this subnet
All addresses we cover here
250 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.