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Login to the Asus RT-AC88U

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This guide shows you exactly how to login to the Asus RT-AC88U router.

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This is the login guide for the Asus RT-AC88U 3.0.0.4.384_45713. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Find Your Asus RT-AC88U Router IP Address

In order to login to the Asus RT-AC88U router, we need to know it's internal IP address.

Known RT-AC88U IP Addresses
192.168.1.1
http://router.asus.com/

Pick one of these IP addresses 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. I will not hurt anything to try different IP addresses.

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

The next step is to try logging in to your router.

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Login to the Asus RT-AC88U Router

The Asus RT-AC88U 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-AC88U Internal IP Address

Either copy/paste or type the internal IP address of your Asus RT-AC88U router into the address bar of your web browser. The address bar will look like this:

Press the Enter key on your keyboard. You should see a window asking for your Asus RT-AC88U password.

Asus RT-AC88U Default Username and Password

You must know your Asus RT-AC88U username and password in order to log in. It's possible that the router's password is still set to the factory default. Here is a list of all known factory default usernames and passwords for the Asus RT-AC88U router.

Asus RT-AC88U Default Usernames and Passwords
UsernamePassword
adminadmin

Put your username and password in the appropriate boxes. Keep trying them all until you get logged in.

login
This is the login page from your Asus RT-AC88U router.

Asus RT-AC88U Home Screen

If your password is correct then you will be logged in and see the Asus RT-AC88U home screen, which looks like this:

home
This is the home page from your Asus RT-AC88U router.

When you see this screen, then you are logged in to your Asus RT-AC88U router. You are ready to follow any of our other guides for this router.

Solutions To Asus RT-AC88U Login Problems

If you cannot get logged in to your router, here a few possible solutions you can try.

Asus RT-AC88U Password Doesn't Work

Your router's factory default password might be different than what we have listed here. You can try other Asus passwords. Head over to our list of all Asus Passwords.

Forgot Password to Asus RT-AC88U Router

If your ISP provided your router, then you may have to call them and ask them if they know how to login to your router. Sometimes they will have your password on file.

How to Reset the Asus RT-AC88U Router To Default Settings

As a last resort, you can reset your router to factory defaults. Your last option when you are unable to get logged in is to reset your router to factory default settings.

Other Asus RT-AC88U Guides

Here are some of our other Asus RT-AC88U info that you might be interested in.

This is the login guide for the Asus RT-AC88U 3.0.0.4.384_45713. We also have the following guides for the same router: