192.168.1.2: Common router IP address

192.168.1.2 is a private, default IP address for some types of home broadband routing. It is also often assigned to individual devices on a home network when a router has an IP address of 192.168.1.1. As a Private IP address, 192.168.1.2 does not need to be unique across the Internet, but must be unique within the local network.

Although this IP address is set by the manufacturer by default for some routers, any router or computer on the local network can be set to use 192.168.1.2.

How the private IP address works

No special meaning or value for individual IP addresses - they are simply designated as "private" by Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), a global organization that manages IP addresses. Private IP addresses are only used on private networks and cannot be accessed from the internet, but are only accessible from devices on the private network. This is why modems and routers can work easily using the same default private IP address. To access the router from the Internet, you must use the router's public IP address.

The range of addresses reserved for use by IANA on private networks is within 10.0.xx, 172.16.xx and 192.168.xx

Use 192.168.1.2 to connect to a router

If the router is using 192.168.1.2 address on the local network, you can log in to the administrative control panel by entering its IP address into the web browser's URL address bar:

http://192.168.1.2/

The router will then prompt for an administrator username and password. All routers are configured with the manufacturer's default username and password. The most common default username is " Admin ", " 1234 " or no username. Similarly, the most common passwords are " admin ", " 1234 " or nothing, similar to the username. The default username / password is usually recorded at the back of the router.

It is usually not necessary to access the router's administration interface, but it may be useful if you have trouble connecting.

Why is 192.168.1.2 so popular?

Manufacturers of routers and access points must use IP addresses in private. Initially, manufacturers of broadband routers like Linksys and Netgear chose the default 192.168.1.x. Although this particular scope started technically at 192.168.0.0, most people often think that a sequence of numbers will start from 1 instead of 0, so 192.168.1.1 is the most reasonable choice for the beginning of a range of home network addresses.

With this router assigned to the first address, it will assign the address to each device on the network. Therefore, IP 192.168.1.2 becomes the most popular starting point.

Network-connected devices do not achieve higher performance or better security from IP addresses, whether it is 192.168.1.2, 192.168.1.3 or any other private address.

Assign 192.168.1.2 to a device

Most networks specify a private IP address automatically using DHCP. This means that the device's IP address can be changed or reassigned to another device. Try to assign this address manually (a process called "fixed" or "static" address assignment) can also proceed but may result in a connection problem if the network router is not set. corresponding configuration.

Here's how the IP allocation works:

1. Each local router uses DHCP configured with a range of private addresses that it can allocate to clients.
2. On the home router, the default address is 192.168.1.1, the default address of the guest address ranges from 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.254. Most routers will assign IP addresses to network devices starting at the beginning of this range, so you rarely see the IP address on your network outside of the scope mentioned above.
3. A router generally will not check if 192.168.1.2 (or any other address in this range) has been manually assigned to a client before automatically assigning it to a client. This can cause IP address conflicts in which two devices on the same local network try to use the same IP address.
4. IP address conflicts will interrupt the network communication of both devices. For these reasons, you should allow your router to control the assignment of IP addresses in the home network.

See more:

1. Why is Localhost's IP address 127.0.0.1?
2. Here's how to check if your IP address is static or dynamic
3. How to find the IP address of another computer on the LAN