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Login to the Asus RT-AC86U

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This page shows you how to login to the Asus RT-AC86U router.

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This is the login guide for the Asus RT-AC86U 3.0.0.4.386_40451. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Find Your Asus RT-AC86U Router IP Address

We need to find your Asus RT-AC86U router's internal IP address before we can log in to it.

Known RT-AC86U IP Addresses
192.168.1.1

Choose an IP address from the list above and then follow the rest of this guide.

If later on in this guide you do not find your router using the IP address that you pick, then you can try different IP addresses until you get logged in. It should be completely harmless to try different IP addresses.

If, after trying all of the above IP addresses, you still cannot find your router, then do one of the following:

Choose an internal IP Address using one of the above methods and then try to login to your router.

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Login to the Asus RT-AC86U Router

Your Asus RT-AC86U is managed through a web-based interface. The way you manage it is by using a web browser like Firefox, Edge, or Chrome.

Enter Asus RT-AC86U Internal IP Address

Find the address bar in your web browser and type in the internal IP address of your Asus RT-AC86U router. The address bar looks like this:

Press the Enter key on your keyboard. You will see a window asking for your Asus RT-AC86U password.

Asus RT-AC86U Default Username and Password

You must know your Asus RT-AC86U username and password in order to log in. It's possible that the router's password is still set to the factory default. Below is a list of all known Asus RT-AC86U default usernames and passwords.

Asus RT-AC86U Default Usernames and Passwords
UsernamePassword
adminadmin

Enter your username and password in the dialog box that pops up. You can try them all.

login
This is the login page from your Asus RT-AC86U router.

Asus RT-AC86U Home Screen

You should now see the Asus RT-AC86U home Screen, which looks similar to this:

home
This is the home page from your Asus RT-AC86U router.

If you see this screen, then you know that you are logged in to your Asus RT-AC86U router. You are ready to follow any of our other guides for this router.

Solutions To Asus RT-AC86U Login Problems

Here are some other ideas that might help you get logged in to your router.

Asus RT-AC86U Password Doesn't Work

Perhaps your router's default password is different than what we have listed here. You can try other Asus passwords. Here is our list of all Asus Passwords.

Forgot Password to Asus RT-AC86U Router

If your Internet Service Provider supplied you with your router, then you might want to try giving them a call and see if they either know what your router's username and password are, or maybe they can reset it for you.

How to Reset the Asus RT-AC86U Router To Default Settings

If all else fails and you are unable to login to your router, then you may have to reset it to its factory default settings. Our How To Reset your Router guide can help you reset your router to factory defaults.

Other Asus RT-AC86U Guides

Here are some of our other Asus RT-AC86U info that you might be interested in.

This is the login guide for the Asus RT-AC86U 3.0.0.4.386_40451. We also have the following guides for the same router: