192.168.99.1 router login
To open the admin panel, type 192.168.99.1 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.
192.168.99.1 router passwords
One default username and password pair has been reported for devices answering on 192.168.99.1.
| Username / Password | Percentage |
|---|---|
| admin / admin | 100% |
Reports for 192.168.99.1 point consistently to the username admin with the password admin, the only pair on record. Because that is a well-known default, treat it as a starting point and nothing more: change it as soon as you are in. If it is rejected, the device has been reconfigured, and the real defaults will be on its label or in its manual.
How to log in to your router
Type 192.168.99.1 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 192.168.99.1, 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 admin/admin fails and no one remembers the replacement, resetting to factory settings is the remaining route, usually a pinhole held while the unit runs. The trade is real: custom settings, forwarded ports, firewall exceptions and DHCP reservations all disappear, and the wireless name and password fall back to the label values. Photograph the current settings first if the interface is still reachable.
Sitting in 192.168.0.0/16, 192.168.99.1 is private address space under the 255.255.0.0 mask, one of 65,536 addresses in the block that consumer networking equipment leans on almost universally. Routers, hotspots and small office access points ship gateways from this range, which is why it dominates the addresses people search for. Being private, it is reusable without coordination and says nothing about who runs the network.
The local segment is 192.168.99.0/24, with hosts from 192.168.99.1 to 192.168.99.254 and the broadcast address 192.168.99.255 at the top. The .1 ending is the classic gateway slot, so this address commonly identifies the router itself rather than a connected client, and 18 further addresses in the subnet are documented. Anyone landing here has usually typed it into a browser bar hoping for an administration interface and now needs a way in.
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
OrgAbuseRef: https://rdap.arin.net/registry/entity/IANA-IP-ARIN
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 192.168.99.0/24
The 192.168.99.0/24 subnet runs from 192.168.99.1 to 192.168.99.254, with 192.168.99.255 reserved as the broadcast address. These are the addresses in it we hold router login details for.
All addresses we cover here
19 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.