192.168.100.40 router login
To open the admin panel, type 192.168.100.40 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.
192.168.100.40 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 192.168.100.40, and that is what you should expect. A private address is not tied to any product, so the login belongs to whichever device currently holds it rather than to the number itself. Check the label on the underside or rear of the unit, where defaults are commonly printed next to the serial number and Wi-Fi key. If the label is gone, consult the quick-start sheet, the manufacturer's manual for that exact model, or your provider's support pages when the equipment came with your service.
How to log in to your router
Type 192.168.100.40 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 192.168.100.40, 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
Before anything drastic, try any credentials noted when the device was first configured, and check whether the interface offers a password recovery option. A factory reset is the fallback and it is not free: on many devices it is a recessed button held for roughly ten to thirty seconds while the unit is powered on, and it clears Wi-Fi names and keys, port forwards, reserved leases and any provider-specific configuration. It can also change the LAN addressing, so the device may no longer answer on 192.168.100.40 afterwards. Export a configuration backup first if you can still sign in.
192.168.100.40 is a private IPv4 address drawn from 192.168.0.0/16, the range RFC 1918 reserves for internal networks. With a 255.255.0.0 netmask the block covers 65,536 addresses, none of which are routable across the public internet. It is the consumer block: nearly every home router, mobile hotspot and small office access point ships a default gateway somewhere inside it, which is why it is the range most people run into. Because the space is unallocated and reusable, the same number is live on countless unrelated networks at once, and it identifies no owner, provider or location.
Within that block the address falls in the 192.168.100.0/24 subnet, whose usable hosts run from 192.168.100.1 to 192.168.100.254, with 192.168.100.255 reserved for broadcast. It sits at the fortieth host position. Gateways are commonly placed at the first or last usable address, so .40 is usually not the router itself but a device on the network: often a static or reserved assignment, since many routers begin their DHCP pool higher in the range.
Most people arriving at this address have seen it in a router's client list, an ARP table, a log entry or a device label, and want to know what is answering on it and how to reach its settings.
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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OrgAbuseName: ICANN
OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org
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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.
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255 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.