Admin Login details for 192.168.8.1

: June 9, 2024
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Admin Login details for 192.168.8.1
IP address detector
Login instructions for 192.168.8.1
Problems connecting to 192.168.8.1
Routers that use 192.168.8.1 as their default IP address
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192.168.8.1 admin interface to access your router admin interface, type http://192.168.8.1 into the browser’s url field and press enter. You can also click the following button to open the admin interface http://192.168.8.1/

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We could not detect the router IP on your network. This might be due to security concerns. If you want to find your IP now you have 2 options:

Check with whatsmyrouterip.comThe whatsmyrouterip.com tool has more advanced ways of finding your IP address and might be able to figure it out.
Allow microphone access temporarily allowing microphone access, our tool will be able to find the router’s IP address. The microphone access will be closed almost instantly, and you can always manage what sites have access to your microphone by typing chrome://settings/content/microphone in the address bar

Default login details for 192.168.8.1
The most common combinations of username/password

Username	Password	How common
admin	admin	54.5%
cameras	cameras	9.1%
admin	–	9.1%
root	–	9.1%
root	”blank”	9.1%
–	admin	9.1%

These login instructions are quite generic, and if you know which router brand you have, we recommend that you visit the Router Login instructions page to get the specific instructions.

Make sure you are connected to the network of your modem/router.
Open http://192.168.8.1 in your web browser.
Enter the username and password for your router, if you don’t know them you can try the above common defaults, otherwise check from the Password lookup page.

http://192.168.8.1 returns a “site cannot be reached” page or other errors that can mean several things, please see the troubleshooting section below

Problems connecting to 192.168.8.1

If you have trouble connecting to your router/modem at 192.168.8.1 you can check the following

Make sure you are connected to the network make sure your device is connected to the router, either by ethernet cable or over WiFi.
Check that your router is running ensure that the router is plugged in and turned on, lights should be lit or blinking depending on your make and model.
Make sure your router’s IP address is actually 192.168.8.1If your router’s IP is something other than 192.168.8.1 you won’t be able to reach it there.
Check our router detector at the top of the page, or go to whatsmyrouterip.com to see what their tool says. Make sure you have spelled the IP correctly and not e.g. 192.168.8.lIP addresses will only contain numbers 1-9 and periods. It is quite common that people to misread 0 for O and 1 for I or l when they type the address.

What is the 192.168.8.1 address?
The IP address 192.168.8.1 belongs to an address range that has been reserved for private networks. Every device that connects to your home network will get a similar address, with the last digit differing. The devices connected to your home network will then use your router and the 192.168.8.1 as the default gateway to access the internet, and your router will handle everything to tie together your public IP address to your home network. The IP address ranges that are reserved for private networks are the following

192.168.0.0 – 192.168.255.255172.16.0.0
172.31.255.25510.0.0.0
10.255.255.255

Most commonly used is the 192.-range, sometimes the 10.-range, and not so often the 172.*-range. If you want to learn more about IP addresses check out our article What Is an IP Address and Why Is It Important?

192.168.8.1 is common with GL.iNet, WRTnode, Medialink & Beelink routers
Out of all the IP addresses possible in the private network range, 192.168.8.1 has been chosen by 11 manufacturers as the most common IP address. This makes it easy for both professionals and common people to remember the address when needing to work with routers, it is as simple as typing 192.168.8.1 into the address bar of the browser. Among the bigger manufacturers to use 192.168.8.1 as the default IP address are: GL.iNet, WRTnode, Medialink, Beelink, Adaptec, IGNITION Design Labs, Hi-Link, Nexx, TETON camera, and EasyAcc. You should note however that certain models might still use different addresses than the common ones, so it is always wise to check the manual as well.