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Login to the Asus RT-AC86U

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If you need to login to the Asus RT-AC86U router, then this guide shows you how.

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This is the login guide for the Asus RT-AC86U Asuswrt-Merlin 384.16. 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

You may have to try using a few different IP addresses from the list above. Just pick one 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:

Once you have the internal IP Address of your router, you can log in to it.

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Login to the Asus RT-AC86U Router

Your Asus RT-AC86U router has a web interface. You can manage it by using a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.

Enter Asus RT-AC86U Internal IP Address

Put the internal IP Address of your Asus RT-AC86U in the address bar of your web browser. 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. If you are not sure what the username and password are, then perhaps they are still set to the factory defaults. Below is a list of all known Asus RT-AC86U default usernames and passwords.

Asus RT-AC86U Default Usernames and Passwords
UsernamePassword
adminadmin

Put your username and password in the appropriate boxes. You can try them all.

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

Asus RT-AC86U Home Screen

After you get logged in you should see the Asus RT-AC86U home screen, which looks like 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 things that you can try if you are having problems getting logged in to your router.

Asus RT-AC86U Password Doesn't Work

Your router's factory default password might be different than what we have listed here. Be sure to try other Asus passwords. We have an extensive list of all Asus Passwords that you can try.

Forgot Password to Asus RT-AC86U Router

If you are using an ISP provided router, then you may need to call their support desk and ask for your login information. Most of the time they will have it on file for you.

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

If you still cannot get logged in, then you are probably going to have to reset your router to its default settings. For help resetting your router, follow our How To Reset your Router guide.

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 Asuswrt-Merlin 384.16. We also have the following guides for the same router: