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Netgear WNDR4500 Login Instructions

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If you need to login to the Netgear WNDR4500 router, then this guide shows you how.

Other Netgear WNDR4500 Guides

This is the login guide for the Netgear WNDR4500 v2. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Find Your Netgear WNDR4500 Router IP Address

Before you can log in to your Netgear WNDR4500 router, you need to figure out it's internal IP address.

Known WNDR4500 IP Addresses
192.168.1.1

Choose an IP address from the list above and then follow the rest of this guide.

If you do not find your router's interface later in this guide, then try a different IP address. Keep trying different IP addresses until you find your router. 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 you can try one of the following steps:

Once you have the internal IP Address of your router, you can log in to it.

Login to the Netgear WNDR4500 Router

Your Netgear WNDR4500 router has a web interface. The way you manage it is by using a web browser like Firefox, Edge, or Chrome.

Enter Netgear WNDR4500 Internal IP Address

Type the internal IP address that you picked above in the address bar of your web browser. The address bar will look like this:

Press the Enter key on your keyboard. You should see a window asking for your Netgear WNDR4500 password.

Netgear WNDR4500 Default Username and Password

In order to login to your Netgear WNDR4500 you are going to need to know your username and password. It's possible that the router's password is still set to the factory default. Try all of the Netgear WNDR4500 factory default usernames and passwords below.

Netgear WNDR4500 Default Usernames and Passwords
UsernamePassword
adminpassword

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

Netgear WNDR4500 login screen

Netgear WNDR4500 Home Screen

After you get logged in you should see the Netgear WNDR4500 home screen, which looks like this:

router status mac address internet IP
This is the status page from your Netgear WNDR4500 router.

If you see this screen, then congratulations, you are now logged in to your Netgear WNDR4500. You are ready to follow any of our other guides for this router.

Solutions To Netgear WNDR4500 Login Problems

Here are some things that you can try if you are having problems getting logged in to your router.

Netgear WNDR4500 Password Doesn't Work

Perhaps your router's default password is different than what we have listed here. You should try other Netgear passwords. We have an extensive list of all Netgear Passwords that you can try.

Forgot Password to Netgear WNDR4500 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 WNDR4500 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. As a last resort, you can reset your router to factory defaults.

Other Netgear WNDR4500 Guides

Here are some of our other Netgear WNDR4500 info that you might be interested in.

This is the login guide for the Netgear WNDR4500 v2. We also have the following guides for the same router: