This page shows you how to login to the Netgear Nighthawk D8500 router.
Other Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Guides
This is the login guide for the Netgear Nighthawk D8500. We also have the following guides for the same router:
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Setup WiFi on the Netgear Nighthawk D8500
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Netgear Nighthawk D8500 User Manual
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Reset the Netgear Nighthawk D8500
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Screenshots
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Information About the Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Router
Find Your Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Router IP Address
We need to find your Netgear Nighthawk D8500 router's internal IP address before we can log in to it.
Known Nighthawk D8500 IP Addresses |
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192.168.1.1 |
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. 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:
- Follow our guide called Find Your Router's Internal IP Address.
- Use our free Router Detector software.
Once you have the internal IP Address of your router, you can log in to it.
Login to the Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Router
Your Netgear Nighthawk D8500 is managed through a web-based interface. You can manage it by using a web browser such as Chrome, Firefox, or Edge.
Enter Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Internal IP Address
Type the internal IP address that you picked above in the address bar of your web browser. The address bar looks like this:
Press the Enter key on your keyboard. You should see a window pop up asking you for your Netgear Nighthawk D8500 password.
Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Default Username and Password
In order to login to your Netgear Nighthawk D8500 you are going to need to know your username and password. Just in case the router's username and password have never been changed, you may want to try the factory defaults. Here is a list of all known factory default usernames and passwords for the Netgear Nighthawk D8500 router.
Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Default Usernames and Passwords | |
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Username | Password |
admin | password |
Enter your username and password in the window that pops up. You can try them all.
Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Home Screen
After you get logged in you should see the Netgear Nighthawk D8500 home screen, which looks like this:
When you see this screen, then you are logged in to your Netgear Nighthawk D8500 router. You are ready to follow any of our other guides for this router.
Solutions To Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Login Problems
Here are some things that you can try if you are having problems getting logged in to your router.
Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Password Doesn't Work
Perhaps your router's default password is different than what we have listed here. You can try other Netgear passwords. Here is our list of all Netgear Passwords.
Forgot Password to Netgear Nighthawk D8500 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 Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Router To Default Settings
The last option when you are unable to get logged in to your router is to reset it to the factory defaults. The last option when you are unable to get logged in to your router is to reset it to the factory defaults.
Other Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Guides
Here are some of our other Netgear Nighthawk D8500 info that you might be interested in.
This is the login guide for the Netgear Nighthawk D8500. We also have the following guides for the same router:
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Setup WiFi on the Netgear Nighthawk D8500
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Netgear Nighthawk D8500 User Manual
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Reset the Netgear Nighthawk D8500
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Screenshots
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 - Information About the Netgear Nighthawk D8500 Router