How to find your router's address when you do not know what router you have

Read it off the device you are already using

Every device on your network is told the router's address when it connects. It is called the default gateway, and finding it takes about twenty seconds.

Windows

1. Open Settings, then Network & internet, then Wi-Fi or Ethernet depending on how you are connected.
2. Open the properties for the connection.
3. Look for IPv4 default gateway. That number is your router.

macOS

1. Open System Settings, then Network.
2. Select your connection and open Details, then TCP/IP.
3. The value next to Router is the address you want.

iPhone and iPad

1. Open Settings, then Wi-Fi.
2. Tap the small information icon next to the network you are connected to.
3. Scroll to Router.

Android

1. Open Settings, then Network & internet, then Internet.
2. Tap the gear icon beside your network, then Advanced or Network details.
3. Look for Gateway.

Or look it up by what you have

If you know the make and model, go straight to its page. We list the address, what the login actually is, and what its lights mean.

Common addresses, and who uses them

• 192.168.1.1Cisco and DrayTek
• 192.168.0.1Cradlepoint, NOW Broadband and Ruckus
• 192.168.1.254BT
• 192.168.100.1Virgin Media
• 192.168.1.99Fortinet
• 192.168.128.1Cisco Meraki
• 192.168.68.1TP-Link
• 192.168.86.1Google

If the address will not open

Three things account for nearly all of it. You have typed the number into a search box rather than the address bar, so the browser searched for it instead of visiting it. You are on mobile data or a different network, so the address points at nothing. Or your hub is in modem mode, which on some makes moves the settings page to a completely different address.