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Cisco 870 Series Login Instructions

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This page shows you how to login to the Cisco 870 Series router.

Other Cisco 870 Series Guides

This is the login guide for the Cisco 870 Series.We also have the following guides for the same router:

Find Your Cisco 870 Series Router IP Address

We need to know the Internal IP Address of your Cisco 870 Series router before we can login to it.

192.168.1.254

If you did not see your router's ip address in the list above. There are 2 additional ways that you can determine your router's IP address:

  1. You can either follow our How To Find Your Routers IP Address guide.
  2. Or you can use our free software called Router IP Address.

Now that you have your router's Internal IP Address we are ready to login to it.

Login to the Cisco 870 Series Router

The Cisco 870 Series has a web interface for configuration. You can use any web browser you like to login to the Cisco 870 Series. In this example we'll use Internet Explorer.

Enter Cisco 870 Series Internal IP Address

Put the Internal IP Address of your Cisco 870 Series in the Address Bar of your web browser. It looks like this:

Then press the Enter key on your keyboard. You should see a dialog box pop up asking your for your Cisco 870 Series username and password.

Cisco 870 Series Default Username and Password

You need to know the username and password to login to your Cisco 870 Series. All of the default usernames and passwords for the Cisco 870 Series are listed below.

admin admin

Enter your username and password in the dialog box that pops up. It looks like this:

Cisco 870 Series login screen

Cisco 870 Series Home Screen

You should now see the Cisco 870 Series Home Screen, which looks like this.

router status mac address internet IP
This is the status page from your Cisco router.

If you see this screen, then congratulations, you are now logged in to your Cisco 870 Series. You are now ready to follow one of our other guides.

Solutions To Cisco 870 Series Login Problems

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

Cisco 870 Series Password Doesn't Work

You should try other Cisco passwords. We have a large list of Cisco Passwords that you can try located here. Perhaps your router's default password is different than what we have listed here.

Forgot Password to Cisco 870 Series 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 Cisco 870 Series Router To Default Settings

If you still can not get logged in then you are probably going to have to reset your router to its default settings. You may want to follow our guide called How To Reset your Router.

Other Cisco 870 Series Guides

Here are some of our other Cisco 870 Series info that you might be interested in.

This is the login guide for the Cisco 870 Series.We also have the following guides for the same router: