192.168.100.1 router login
To open the admin panel, type 192.168.100.1 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.
192.168.100.1 router passwords
10 default username and password pairs have been reported for devices answering on 192.168.100.1, ordered by how often each one is seen.
| Username / Password | Percentage |
|---|---|
| admin / password | 27% |
| blank / blank | 24% |
| admin / admin | 12% |
| admin / w2402 | 12% |
| admin / motorola | 6% |
| n / a | 6% |
| root / root | 3% |
| user / user | 3% |
| admin / 1234 | 3% |
| blank / admin | 3% |
Reports gathered for this address do not converge on a single pair. admin / password leads at about 27 percent, which matches the Arris SURFboard entry. Around 24 percent report that no credentials were needed at all, and a further 6 percent are logged as n / a, which more often means the reporter could not identify a login than that none exists. admin / admin and admin / w2402 follow at 12 percent each, admin / motorola at 6 percent, then root / root, user / user, admin / 1234 and a blank username with the password admin at 3 percent each.
Check the label on the device before working through any of that list. The sticker on the unit in front of you, or its manual, is stronger evidence than an aggregate spread across unrelated hardware.
Routers that use 192.168.100.1 as their default gateway
| Vendor | Models | Username / Password |
|---|---|---|
| Arris | SURFboard SB/SBG series | admin / password |
| Technicolor | TC series | admin / admin |
| Huawei | HG8245, EchoLife | root / admin |
How to log in to your router
Type 192.168.100.1 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 192.168.100.1, 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
The three vendors documented on this address — Arris, Technicolor and Huawei — all use a recessed pinhole button. With the unit powered on, press it with a straightened paperclip and hold for roughly ten to thirty seconds until the indicator lights cycle, then allow a couple of minutes for the device to boot before trying 192.168.100.1 again. After a reset the credentials on the label apply, not any password that was set later.
A reset is not free. It clears the Wi-Fi name and key, port forwards, DHCP reservations, and any bridge or routed mode change. On ISP-supplied modems and ONTs it can also drop provisioning such as PPPoE or VLAN settings that the provider then has to reissue, so exhaust the label and the documented pairs first.
Reset method by vendor:
- Arris, Technicolor, Huawei — recessed reset hole on the back panel. Hold it down with a straightened paperclip for about ten seconds with the router powered on, until the status lights cycle.
Troubleshooting 192.168.100.1
The address does not respond at all
If the browser times out, the most likely cause is that your network does not use this subnet. Confirm your own gateway before anything else. You also need to be attached to the device itself: on a phone still using mobile data, or on a guest network that isolates clients from infrastructure, the management page will not answer even when the address is correct.
Check which gateway your device actually uses
On Windows, run ipconfig /all in Command Prompt and read Default Gateway for the active adapter. On Linux, run ip route and take the address after "default via". On macOS, open System Settings, then Network, then Details for the active interface and read Router under TCP/IP. Whatever that line shows is your management address; if it is not 192.168.100.1, this page is not it.
Two subnets and double NAT
A gateway on 192.168.100.x frequently sits upstream of a second router serving 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x to your computers. From inside that second network, 192.168.100.1 is one hop away and often unreachable. Connect a laptop directly to the upstream unit, or look at the second router's WAN address: it will fall inside 192.168.100.0/24 if that is the layout.
Login page loads but rejects credentials
A login form proves the device is reachable, so the address is not the problem. Work through the pairs above in order of reported frequency, and include the blank username with admin as password, since that combination appears in the reports. Many units lock out for several minutes after repeated failures, so pause between attempts instead of retrying quickly.
HTTP, HTTPS and port confusion
Type http://192.168.100.1 in full. Browsers now attempt HTTPS first, and older management interfaces serve plain HTTP only, so the upgrade can fail with no useful message. Some units serve HTTPS with a self-signed certificate that produces a warning you have to accept, and a few move the interface to a non-standard port such as 8080 or 8443. The label or manual will say which.
Mistyping the address
192.168.100.1 is easily typed as 192.168.1.100, 192.168.10.1, or with a lowercase L in place of the final 1. Each of those is a different host or an invalid string. Avoid the browser search bar as well, since unrecognised text is sent to a search engine; including the http:// prefix forces the browser to treat it as a destination.
Questions about 192.168.100.1
Is 192.168.100.1 my router's address?
Only if your network is configured that way. It is private space that anyone can assign, so it is a factory default on some equipment and completely unused on most networks. Check the default gateway on a connected computer using ipconfig /all on Windows, ip route on Linux, or the network details pane on macOS. Whatever that reports is the address to open.
What is the default password for 192.168.100.1?
There is no single answer, because the address is not tied to one product. Reports for it are led by admin / password at about 27 percent, with admin / admin and admin / w2402 at 12 percent each and admin / motorola at 6 percent. The dependable source is the label on the device or its manual, which lists the credentials for that particular unit.
Why does this address work on one network but not another?
Because 192.168.0.0/16 is unallocated private space that every network reuses independently. There is no global registry behind 192.168.100.1 and no organisation that owns it. On one network it is a cable modem or ONT management interface, on the next it is unassigned, and on a third it belongs to a printer or a workstation.
How does it differ from 192.168.1.1?
Technically it does not. Both are first-usable host addresses of a /24 inside the same RFC 1918 block, and neither confers any capability on the device holding it. The difference is convention: 192.168.1.x is the common LAN default, so 192.168.100.x is often chosen to keep a modem or ONT management interface on its own subnet, separate from the network your devices sit on.
Can anyone on the internet reach my 192.168.100.1?
No. RFC 1918 addresses are not routed across the public internet, and providers drop packets destined for them, so the address is only reachable from within the local network. Exposure comes from other directions: remote management enabled on the device's public WAN address, or anyone already connected to your Wi-Fi. Both are worth checking, and neither is fixed by the address being private.
Nothing is handing out addresses. Can I still connect?
Yes, by setting a static address on your computer in the same subnet, for example 192.168.100.50 with mask 255.255.255.0 and gateway 192.168.100.1. Avoid 192.168.100.1 itself and the broadcast address. Once the management page is open and DHCP is working again, set the adapter back to automatic, otherwise it will fail on any other network you join.
What are 192.168.100.0 and 192.168.100.255 used for?
They are the network and broadcast addresses of the 192.168.100.0/24 subnet and cannot be assigned to a host. That leaves 192.168.100.1 through 192.168.100.254 usable, 254 addresses in total, of which .1 is conventionally taken by the gateway and the rest are typically issued by DHCP or reserved for static assignments.
192.168.100.1 belongs to 192.168.0.0/16, the largest of the three ranges RFC 1918 reserves for private use. The block carries a 255.255.0.0 netmask and spans 65,536 addresses, and it is the consumer range: nearly every home router, mobile hotspot and small office access point ships with a default gateway somewhere inside it, which is why it is the private range most people run into. None of it is routable on the public internet and none of it is allocated to anyone, so the identical address is live on millions of unrelated networks at the same time. It has no owner, no ISP and no location.
Within that block the address is the first usable host of 192.168.100.0/24, a subnet running from 192.168.100.1 to 192.168.100.254 with 192.168.100.255 as its broadcast address. First-usable is the conventional slot for a gateway, and equipment defaulting to this subnet commonly takes .1 for itself and hands out the remaining 254 addresses by DHCP. The third octet is worth noting: most consumer gear defaults to 192.168.0.x or 192.168.1.x, so a device sitting on 192.168.100.x has often been placed there deliberately, to keep a modem or ONT management interface clear of the LAN behind it.
Vendors documented as shipping this address as a default gateway include Arris on the SURFboard SB and SBG series, Technicolor on the TC series, and Huawei on the HG8245 and EchoLife lines. Those are cable modems, cable gateways and fibre ONTs rather than plain Wi-Fi routers, which fits the separate-management-subnet pattern; no other vendor should be inferred from the address alone. Most people looking it up are trying to open a modem or gateway management page, having forgotten the password, wanting to check line or signal status, needing to switch the unit between routed and bridge mode, or having found the address in a manual and got no response from it.
192.168.100.1 is often mistyped. These all refer to the same address:
l92.l68.l00.l, 192.168.1oo.1, 192.168..100.1, 192 168 100 1, 192.168.100.1..
The most common slip is typing a lower-case letter L in place of the digit 1, or the letter O in place of a zero.
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
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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.
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Comment: http://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/rfc1918
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Other documented addresses in 192.168.100.0/24
The 192.168.100.0/24 subnet runs from 192.168.100.1 to 192.168.100.254, with 192.168.100.255 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
255 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.