Huawei EchoLife HG866 Login Instructions

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If you need to login to the Huawei EchoLife HG866 router, then this guide shows you how.

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This is the login guide for the Huawei EchoLife HG866. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Find Your Huawei EchoLife HG866 Router IP Address

The first thing that we need to know in order to login to the Huawei EchoLife HG866 router is it's internal IP address.

Known EchoLife HG866 IP Addresses
192.168.100.1
192.168.1.1

Start with the first IP address in the list 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, after trying all of the above IP addresses, you still cannot find your router, then do one of the following:

After you find your router's internal IP Address, it is time to try logging in to it.

Login to the Huawei EchoLife HG866 Router

Your Huawei EchoLife HG866 router has a web interface. You can manage it by using a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.

Enter Huawei EchoLife HG866 Internal IP Address

Put the internal IP Address of your Huawei EchoLife HG866 in the address bar of your web browser. Your address bar should look something like this:

Press the Enter key on your keyboard. You should see a window pop up asking you for your Huawei EchoLife HG866 password.

Huawei EchoLife HG866 Default Username and Password

You need to know your username and password to login to your Huawei EchoLife HG866. Just in case the router's username and password have never been changed, you may want to try the factory defaults. Below is a list of all known Huawei EchoLife HG866 default usernames and passwords.

Huawei EchoLife HG866 Default Usernames and Passwords
UsernamePassword
rootadmin
adminadmin

In the window that pops up, enter your username and password. You can try them all.

Huawei EchoLife HG866 login screen

Huawei EchoLife HG866 Home Screen

Once you are logged in you will see the Huawei EchoLife HG866 home screen, like this:

router status mac address internet IP
This is the status page from your Huawei EchoLife HG866 router.

If you see this screen, then you know that you are logged in to your Huawei EchoLife HG866 router. At this point, you can follow any of our other guides for this router.

Solutions To Huawei EchoLife HG866 Login Problems

Here are some ideas to help if you are having problems getting logged in to your router.

Huawei EchoLife HG866 Password Doesn't Work

It's possible that your router's factory default password is different than what we have listed. Start by trying all of the other known Huawei passwords. Head over to our list of all Huawei Passwords.

Forgot Password to Huawei EchoLife HG866 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 Huawei EchoLife HG866 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. 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.

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This is the login guide for the Huawei EchoLife HG866. We also have the following guides for the same router: