192.168.55.1 router login
To open the admin panel, type 192.168.55.1 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.
192.168.55.1 router passwords
One default username and password pair has been reported for devices answering on 192.168.55.1.
| Username / Password | Percentage |
|---|---|
| sweex / mysweex | 100% |
One default pair has been reported for this address: the username sweex with the password mysweex. It is worth trying, but it applies only to equipment that actually ships with it, and any router whose password has been changed will reject it. If it fails, fall back to the credentials printed on the device label or listed in its manual.
How to log in to your router
Type 192.168.55.1 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 192.168.55.1, 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
When neither the reported pair nor anything you recall works, a factory reset is the remaining route: hold the reset pinhole for about ten to thirty seconds while the unit is powered. Understand the trade-off first. All configuration goes, including the internet connection profile, and the Wi-Fi network name and password revert to the label defaults, which disconnects every device until they are re-paired.
192.168.55.1 belongs to 192.168.0.0/16, the RFC 1918 consumer block. Its 255.255.0.0 mask covers 65,536 addresses, and it is the space almost all residential gateways, travel routers and small office access points draw from, which is why the same numbers recur on millions of unrelated networks. The address is private, so it is reused freely and identifies no organisation.
The surrounding segment, 192.168.55.0/24, offers 192.168.55.1 through 192.168.55.254 for hosts and ends at the 192.168.55.255 broadcast address. Ending in .1 puts this address at the conventional gateway slot, the first usable number in the subnet, which is where routers are commonly configured by default. People looking it up have generally read it from an ipconfig output or a phone's Wi-Fi details as their default gateway, and want to open the admin interface at http://192.168.55.1.
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
OrgTechRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA-IP-ARIN
Other documented addresses in 192.168.55.0/24
The 192.168.55.0/24 subnet runs from 192.168.55.1 to 192.168.55.254, with 192.168.55.255 reserved as the broadcast address. These are the addresses in it we hold router login details for.
All addresses we cover here
14 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.