Ashwin asks: I have just bought a brand new Netgear WGR614 wifi router. It works great, but I need to change a few security settings. I can’t access the web based set up page, what is default Netgear IP address ?
Ashwin, default IP address for most of the Netgear routers is 192.168.0.1. You can access the web based setup page for Netgear routers through accessing URL http://192.168.0.1 . However in case, you have received the router from your Internet Service Provider as a package, the Default IP address may differ. In that case you can find it out by the following method.
Finding Default Netgear IP address in Windows Vista and Windows 7
Step 1 . Click on START. In the search box, type ‘cmd’ (without quotes) and press enter. This will launch the command prompt.
Step 2. In the command prompt window type ‘ipconfig’ and press Enter.
Step 3 .Now note down the IP address next to ‘Default Gateway’. This is the current IP address of your router.
Windows XP
Click on Start > Run. In the window that appears, type ‘cmd’ and hit enter to open command prompt Rest steps same as Windows 7.
Mac OS X
Step 1 . Click the Apple logo at the top of the screen, then click “System Preferences.” Alternatively, click the System Preferences icon in the dock.
Step 2 .Click the “Network” icon.
Step 3 .Click the drop-down menu next to “Show,” and select the network connection that you would like to display the information for, such as “Built-in Ethernet.”
Step 4 Click “Advanced,” and make sure that the “TCP/IP” tab is on top on the screen that appears.
Step 5 .Examine the set of numbers next to “Router.” This set of numbers (e.g. “192.168.0.1″) is the address of the device that your computer is connected to on the network.
This way you can easily find out the default IP address for your Netgear router .