Your router has two addresses: the public one facing the internet (websites see it; it’s on the homepage) and the local one facing your home network. You open the router’s admin page with the local one, also called the default gateway.
The most common router addresses
192.168.1.1 (the most common), 192.168.0.1, and on some models 192.168.2.1 or 10.0.0.1. Type http://192.168.1.1 into the address bar. These are private addresses: they only work from inside your home network.
Finding it
- Windows: run
ipconfigin a Command Prompt; the “Default Gateway” line is your router. - macOS: System Settings → Network → your connection → Details → TCP/IP, the “Router” line; or
route -n get defaultin Terminal. - Android and iPhone: the Wi-Fi network’s details, under “Gateway” or “Router”.
The label under the router usually shows the default address and first login details.
If the page won’t open
Make sure you’re on the router’s Wi-Fi or cable (not mobile data), switch off any VPN, type http:// explicitly, and restart the router if it still doesn’t load.
What you can do there
Change the Wi-Fi name and password; check the WAN page — if its address differs from your public address here you may be behind CGNAT; reserve local addresses and set up port forwarding, then test it with the port checker.
Security
Change the default admin password, switch off remote (WAN-side) administration if you don’t use it, and keep the firmware up to date.