192.168.4.2 router login
To open the admin panel, type 192.168.4.2 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.
192.168.4.2 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 recorded for 192.168.4.2. Given that this position is often assigned manually, the device behind it could be almost anything, and only its own documentation lists a factory login. Check the printed label, the quick-start sheet, or the manual for the exact model; equipment supplied by a provider may have credentials issued separately.
How to log in to your router
Type 192.168.4.2 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 192.168.4.2, 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
Recovering a forgotten password generally means a factory reset, held on the reset button while the device is powered. Be aware that a manually assigned address is part of the configuration being erased, so after the reset the device will very likely no longer respond on 192.168.4.2. Wireless settings also drop back to the values printed on the label.
192.168.4.2 comes from 192.168.0.0/16, the consumer-facing RFC 1918 block of 65,536 addresses masked at 255.255.0.0. Because manufacturers put default gateways inside this range as a matter of course, it is the private space most users encounter, and the same address can exist simultaneously on any number of unconnected networks.
Its subnet is 192.168.4.0/24, offering hosts from 192.168.4.1 up to 192.168.4.254 with 192.168.4.255 as broadcast. The address sits at position 2, immediately after the slot a gateway conventionally uses. Low numbers like this are often assigned by hand to equipment that needs a stable address, such as an access point, a repeater or a server, and they also appear as the second endpoint of a small point-to-point link. Visitors usually want to confirm what is holding it. A further 99 addresses in this subnet are documented.
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
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OrgTechHandle: IANA-IP-ARIN
OrgTechName: ICANN
OrgTechPhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgTechEmail: abuse@iana.org
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Other documented addresses in 192.168.4.0/24
The 192.168.4.0/24 subnet runs from 192.168.4.1 to 192.168.4.254, with 192.168.4.255 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
100 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.