192.168.8.164 router login
To open the admin panel, type 192.168.8.164 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.
192.168.8.164 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 login is documented for 192.168.8.164, so none is stated. Any credentials that apply belong to the specific device using the address, and portable networking gear varies widely in how it authenticates, with some units using a randomly generated password unique to each unit.
Check the hardware itself first: labels are often printed under a removable back cover or beneath the battery on portable devices, and on the base or rear panel of fixed equipment. The packaged setup card, the model's manual and provider documentation are the other reliable sources.
How to log in to your router
Type 192.168.8.164 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 192.168.8.164, 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
For a device at 192.168.8.164, look for stored credentials and any manufacturer app that remains logged in before considering a reset. Factory resetting is costly in the usual way: the configuration returns to shipped defaults, so wireless names and keys, data or client limits, and any customised addressing are lost, and every connected device has to be paired again.
Portable hardware often uses a pinhole reset rather than a visible button, and hold times differ between models, so follow the instructions written for that specific product.
192.168.8.164 is part of 192.168.0.0/16, the private block behind most consumer networking. With a netmask of 255.255.0.0 the range spans 65,536 addresses and is where home routers, mobile hotspots and small office access points overwhelmingly place their default gateways. As private space, the same address exists concurrently on countless unrelated networks and identifies no owner or location.
The relevant subnet is 192.168.8.0/24, with usable hosts from 192.168.8.1 to 192.168.8.254 and 192.168.8.255 reserved as the broadcast address. This /24 is often seen on portable and battery-powered hotspot devices, which tend to run a small self-contained network for a handful of clients rather than a full household LAN. Host number 164 is high in the range and not a position associated with gateways, so it more likely marks a phone, laptop or tablet that has picked up a lease.
People looking this address up have generally seen it in a hotspot's connected-clients list, in a device's network settings screen, or in a log, and want to know what it corresponds to and whether it hosts anything they can open.
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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OrgAbusePhone: +1-310-301-5820
OrgAbuseEmail: abuse@iana.org
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Other documented addresses in 192.168.8.0/24
The 192.168.8.0/24 subnet runs from 192.168.8.1 to 192.168.8.254, with 192.168.8.255 reserved as the broadcast address. These are the addresses in it we hold router login details for.
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186 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.