Wireless Router IP Address - How To Get It?

1) Connect your computer network interface card and your WiFi router with the UTP cable.
Set up your computer to obtain the IP address automatically. This is the default setting. You will get the IP address from your Wireless Router (from its DHCP server).

2) Click on Start and then Run.
Type cmd. In command prompt type ipconfig.

Connection-specific DNS Suffix. :
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.30
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1

In this example the IP address of the computer is 192.168.1.30, subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 and the default gateway is 192.168.1.1. A default gateway is in fact your Wireless Router. So, the IP address of your wireless router is 192.168.1.1.

The vendors of the WiFi routers usually use the IP address 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.2.1, but with the previous procedure you could easily find out the IP address of your Wireless Router. The most of WiFi routers are configured with the web user interface.

3) Enter the IP address of Wireless Router in your web browser.

After typing a password you will get the home page. Now you can start Setting up your Wireless Router.

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