Logging in to your Netgear router lets you change the WiFi settings, update the firmware, set up parental controls and open ports. These steps work for Nighthawk, Orbi, the older Netgear routers, and Netgear cable and DSL gateways.
Step 1: Connect to the Router
Connect your computer or phone to the Netgear router, either by WiFi or with a network cable in one of its LAN ports. You don't need Internet access to log in.
Step 2: Go to the Login Page
Type one of these into your browser's address bar and press Enter:
- http://www.routerlogin.net: works for most Netgear routers, whatever their IP address is. routerlogin.com works too.
- http://orbilogin.com: Orbi mesh systems.
- http://192.168.1.1 or http://192.168.0.1: the router's IP address. Cable gateways usually use 192.168.0.1.
- http://10.0.0.1: some ISP-supplied models.
If none of these work, find your model on the Netgear IP address page.
Step 3: Enter the Username and Password
Netgear routers pop up a sign-in box. The default details are:
- Username: admin
- Password: password
Both are lowercase. On newer routers set up with the Nighthawk or Orbi app, use the admin password you created during setup. Some models also ask you to answer the security questions you set then.
See all known defaults on the Netgear passwords page.
Step 4: The NETGEAR genie Home Page
After you sign in you will see the BASIC > Home page. It shows the Internet, Wireless, Attached Devices and Parental Controls panels.
From here you can change the router's IP address.
Netgear Login Problems
routerlogin.net opens a Netgear website, not the router. That happens when your device isn't connected to the Netgear router. It can also happen when the browser has cached the address. Connect to the router, then try the IP address (192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1) instead.
The sign-in box keeps coming back. The password is wrong. Check that Caps Lock is off and try password. If someone changed it, use password recovery (below) or a factory reset.
Password recovery. If password recovery was turned on, click Cancel in the sign-in box. You can then reset the password by entering the router's serial number and answering your security questions.
"Router is already in use" / someone else is logged in. Only one person can be logged in at a time. Log out on the other device, or wait a few minutes.
A cable or mobile gateway from your ISP. These often have their own password, which is printed on a label, such as attadmin on some AT&T hotspots.
Netgear Router Screenshots
Screens from the Netgear routers we have. Click a model to open it.
Netgear Router Manuals
- Netgear AC1450 user manual (manual-1745)
- Netgear AC790S user manual (manual-2115)
- Netgear AC810S user manual (manual-2431)
- Netgear AirCard 782S user manual (manual-1746)
- Netgear AirCard 810S user manual (manual-2432)
- Netgear C3000 N300 user manual (manual-1946)
- Netgear C3700-100NAS user manual (manual-1747)
- Netgear C6250-100NAS user manual (manual-2235)
- Netgear C6300 user manual (manual-1907)
- Netgear C6300BD user manual (manual-1984)
- Netgear C6300BD-202 user manual (manual-2506)
- Netgear C6900 user manual (manual-2507)
- Netgear C7000-100NAS user manual (manual-1947)
- Netgear CBVG834G user manual (manual-421)
- Netgear Centria WNDR4700 user manual (manual-2082)
- Netgear CG3000 user manual (manual-422)
- Netgear CG3000D user manual (manual-423)
- Netgear CG3000D user manual (manual-1949)
- Netgear CG3000D user manual (manual-1950)
- Netgear CG3000D user manual (manual-1951)
- Netgear CG3000DCR Comcast user manual (manual-1948)
- Netgear CG3000v2 user manual (manual-1952)
- Netgear CG3100 user manual (manual-424)
- Netgear CG3100 VOO user manual (manual-1999)
- Netgear CG3100D-2 user manual (manual-1218)
- Netgear CG3101D user manual (manual-425)
- Netgear CG3700EMR user manual (manual-1953)
- Netgear CG3700EMR-1CMNDS user manual (manual-1748)
- Netgear CG4500BD user manual (manual-1749)
- Netgear CG4500BDv2 user manual (manual-2159)
- Netgear CG814GCMR user manual (manual-426)
- Netgear CG814WG user manual (manual-427)
- Netgear CG814WG user manual (manual-428)
- Netgear CGD24G user manual (manual-429)
- Netgear CGD24N user manual (manual-431)
- Netgear CGD24N user manual (manual-432)
- Netgear CVG824G user manual (manual-433)
- Netgear CVG834G user manual (manual-434)
- Netgear D6000 user manual (manual-2272)
- Netgear D6200 user manual (manual-1219)
- Netgear D6220 user manual (manual-2508)
- Netgear D6300 user manual (manual-435)
- Netgear D6400 user manual (manual-2042)
- Netgear D7000 user manual (manual-2116)
- Netgear D7800 user manual (manual-2093)
- Netgear DG480 user manual (manual-436)
- Netgear DG632 user manual (manual-437)
- Netgear DG824M user manual (manual-438)
- Netgear DG834G user manual (manual-439)
- Netgear DG834GSP user manual (manual-440)
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- Netgear DGFV338 user manual (manual-442)
- Netgear DGN1000 user manual (manual-443)
- Netgear DGN1000SP user manual (manual-444)
- Netgear DGN2000 user manual (manual-445)
- Netgear DGN2200 user manual (manual-446)
- Netgear DGN2200 user manual (manual-1220)
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- Netgear DGN2200B user manual (manual-447)
- Netgear DGN2200v3 user manual (manual-448)
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- Netgear N450 user manual (manual-2180)
- Netgear Nighthawk D8500 user manual (manual-2434)
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- Netgear WGR614 user manual (manual-507)
- Netgear WGR614 user manual (manual-508)
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- Netgear WGR614 user manual (manual-510)
- Netgear WGR614 user manual (manual-511)
- Netgear WGR614 user manual (manual-512)
- Netgear WGR614 user manual (manual-513)
- Netgear WGR614v10 user manual (manual-2268)
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- Netgear WGU624 user manual (manual-519)
- Netgear WGXB102 user manual (manual-522)
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- Netgear WN802T user manual (manual-523)
- Netgear WNDR3300 user manual (manual-524)
- Netgear WNDR3400 user manual (manual-525)
- Netgear WNDR3400 user manual (manual-526)
- Netgear WNDR3400v2-alt user manual (manual-2439)
- Netgear WNDR3400v3 user manual (manual-1664)
- Netgear WNDR3700 user manual (manual-527)
- Netgear WNDR3700v3 user manual (manual-2302)
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- Netgear WNDR3700v5 user manual (manual-2262)
- Netgear WNDR3800 user manual (manual-528)
- Netgear WNDR4000 user manual (manual-529)
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- Netgear WNDR4300v2 user manual (manual-2124)
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- Netgear WNDR4500 user manual (manual-1227)
- Netgear WNDR4500v3 user manual (manual-2187)
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- Netgear WNR1000 user manual (manual-534)
- Netgear WNR1000 user manual (manual-535)
- Netgear WNR1000 user manual (manual-536)
- Netgear WNR1000v3 Genie user manual (manual-1959)
- Netgear WNR1000v4 user manual (manual-2283)
- Netgear WNR2000 user manual (manual-537)
- Netgear WNR2000 user manual (manual-538)
- Netgear WNR2000 user manual (manual-539)
- Netgear WNR2000 user manual (manual-1960)
- Netgear WNR2000v5 user manual (manual-1961)
- Netgear WNR2500 user manual (manual-2150)
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- Netgear WNR3500 user manual (manual-543)
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- Netgear WPN802v2 user manual (manual-549)
- Netgear WPN802v2 user manual (manual-550)
- Netgear WPN824 user manual (manual-551)
- Netgear WPN824 user manual (manual-553)
- Netgear WPN824N user manual (manual-552)
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