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Login to the Netgear Nighthawk XR500

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This guide shows you exactly how to login to the Netgear Nighthawk XR500 router.

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This is the login guide for the Netgear Nighthawk XR500 v2.3.2.40. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Find Your Netgear Nighthawk XR500 Router IP Address

We need to find your Netgear Nighthawk XR500 router's internal IP address before we can log in to it.

Known Nighthawk XR500 IP Addresses
192.168.1.1
http://www.routerlogin.net/

Choose an IP address from the list above 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:

Choose an internal IP Address using one of the above methods and then try to login to your router.

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Login to the Netgear Nighthawk XR500 Router

Your Netgear Nighthawk XR500 router has a web interface. The way you manage it is by using a web browser like Firefox, Edge, or Chrome.

Enter Netgear Nighthawk XR500 Internal IP Address

Either copy/paste or type the internal IP address of your Netgear Nighthawk XR500 router into the address bar of your web browser. The address bar will look like this:

Press the Enter key on your keyboard. A window will show asking for your Netgear Nighthawk XR500 password.

Netgear Nighthawk XR500 Default Username and Password

You need to know your username and password to login to your Netgear Nighthawk XR500. 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 Netgear Nighthawk XR500 default usernames and passwords.

Netgear Nighthawk XR500 Default Usernames and Passwords
UsernamePassword
adminpassword

Enter your username and password in the dialog box that pops up. You can try them all.

Netgear Nighthawk XR500 login screen

Netgear Nighthawk XR500 Home Screen

After you get logged in you should see the Netgear Nighthawk XR500 home screen, which looks like this:

status
This is the status page from your Netgear Nighthawk XR500 router.

When you see this screen, then you are logged in to your Netgear Nighthawk XR500 router. You are now ready to follow one of our other guides.

Solutions To Netgear Nighthawk XR500 Login Problems

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

Netgear Nighthawk XR500 Password Doesn't Work

It's possible that your router's factory default password is different than what we have listed. You can try other Netgear passwords. Here is our list of all Netgear Passwords.

Forgot Password to Netgear Nighthawk XR500 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 Netgear Nighthawk XR500 Router To Default Settings

Your last option when you are unable to get logged in is to reset your router to factory default settings. For help resetting your router, follow our How To Reset your Router guide.

Other Netgear Nighthawk XR500 Guides

Here are some of our other Netgear Nighthawk XR500 info that you might be interested in.

This is the login guide for the Netgear Nighthawk XR500 v2.3.2.40. We also have the following guides for the same router: