How to Find Your Router IP Address

Your router IP is its address on your local network, usually 192.168.1.1, 192.168.0.1 or 10.0.0.1. Your devices call it the “default gateway”.

A router's IP address is the address assigned to the router on the local network — the side facing the devices in your home or office, not the side facing the internet. This local address functions as the network's default gateway: every device that wants to send traffic outside the local network forwards packets to this address first, and the router handles delivery from there.

The term "default gateway" comes from IP routing. When a device has no specific route configured for a destination, it uses its default route — which points to the gateway IP — and delegates forwarding to the router. Windows surfaces this as "Default Gateway" in network diagnostics. macOS and iOS use the label "Router." Linux exposes it as the "default via" entry in the routing table returned by ip route.

Why Your Router Uses 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1

Consumer routers default to addresses in the 192.168.0.0/16 block because this range is reserved for private use under RFC 1918. It is not routable on the public internet, which eliminates any risk of collision with external addresses. The specific values 192.168.1.1 and 192.168.0.1 are manufacturer conventions: they are the first assignable host addresses in the 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.0.0/24 subnets respectively. The router assigns itself this address and then distributes addresses in the same subnet to connected devices via DHCP — Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, standardized in RFC 2131. ISP-provided equipment frequently uses the 10.0.0.0/8 private range instead, most commonly 10.0.0.1.

Why You Need Your Router IP Address

The router IP address is the entry point to the router's web administration interface — the panel where Wi-Fi passwords, port forwarding rules, firmware updates, DNS server configuration, and parental controls are managed. It is also essential for network troubleshooting: if a device cannot reach its gateway, it cannot reach anything outside the local network. Knowing the gateway address lets you verify the default route is correctly configured and quickly identify whether a connectivity problem originates on the local network or upstream.

Each operating system surfaces the router IP address in a different location and under a different label. The table below gives the exact method, command or UI path, and the result label for every major platform.

iOS does not have a command-line interface, but the router IP address is accessible directly from Wi-Fi settings without any additional app.

Open Settings → Wi-Fi. Tap the (i) information icon to the right of the network you are connected to. Scroll down to the IPv4 Address section. The address listed next to Router is your router's IP address. This field is visible regardless of whether the IP configuration is set to Automatic (DHCP) or Manual.

The "Router" field on iOS shows the local gateway IP — not the public IP address. The public IP is assigned to the router's WAN interface by the ISP and is a separate, different address.

Android's path to network details varies between manufacturers and Android versions, but the gateway address is accessible on all current builds.

Open Settings → Wi-Fi (on Samsung devices: Connections → Wi-Fi). Tap the name of your connected network. A Details or Manage network settings option appears — tap it. The IP address listed next to Gateway is your router's IP address.

On some Android builds, the Gateway field is only visible when IP assignment is set to Static. If the field does not appear, temporarily switch to Static — the values pre-populate from DHCP, including the gateway. Record the gateway IP, then switch back to DHCP. The gateway address does not change when you switch back.

Every consumer router has a physical label on its base or rear panel. This label typically lists the factory-default gateway IP address — often labeled "Default IP," "Router IP," or "Gateway" — alongside the default Wi-Fi SSID, Wi-Fi password, and sometimes the default admin credentials.

The label shows the factory-configured default. If the router IP has been changed by a network administrator or ISP technician, the label value may no longer match the current address. In that case, use the platform-specific commands described above to retrieve the current address from a connected device. The label method is most reliable for a freshly factory-reset or newly installed router.

Common factory defaults by manufacturer: Netgear and Linksys typically use 192.168.1.1; D-Link and TP-Link commonly use 192.168.0.1; Asus uses 192.168.1.1; Apple AirPort (discontinued) used 10.0.1.1; Comcast/Xfinity-provided equipment commonly uses 10.0.0.1.