Shawn Michael

Routers:

Routers are the devices that router the data packets between the computer networks. They are the devices that manage the internet traffic. Their purpose is to route the data packets between two or more computer networks. In internet the data is transferred in the form of data packets. Each data packet has it’s own destination address. The router reads the data’s destination and forwards the data packet to the right destination.

The data packet reaches to every node or the every router that is in the place so that it can find the correct router to get used. Each router has a routing table to verify the address that is carried by each data packet and routes it to the perfect destination.

These routing tables are of two types. They are either manual or dynamic.

Manual routing table:

These routing tables are to be changed manually or simply known as they are manually configured. Not very common.

Dynamic routing table:

These routing tables are modified with each requests and updated frequently by contacting with other routers in the network and enables the fast transferring of the data packets from one network to the other.

Also there are many types of routers that are deployed in many different types. They are as listed below.

• Core Router
• Edge Router
• Branch Router
• Logical Router

The above are the most commonly used router types and they are explained as below.

Core Router:

Core routers are the routers that are used by the Internet service providers. They are the most powerful form of routers and they are at the center forwarding the data from one end to the fiber optics backbone. These routers are the core routers of big enterprises and they forward data packets much faster than any other traditional routers.

Edge Router:

Edge routers are not as powerful as any core routers. They are used mostly at the verge end of the LAN network devices where are connected to the public network connection. These routers are the most used commercial routers and also know as subscriber edge routers.

Branch Router:

Branch routers, as the name suggests they connect two different office locations of a same office to WAN. They act as an intermediate between two edge routers and connect them via branch routers.

Logical Router:

Logical routers are the configured part of the hardware router. It copies the functionality of the hardware and enables you to replicate it’s functionalities. It helps you to mimic many router domains with in the same router.

Wireless Router:

Wireless routers are just as like the traditional routers but gives you the great mobility for notebook laptops and mobile devices. They allow you to access the public network or the internet within their accessible range without wire connection.

Here we gonna look at the edge routers that we are using in our home and small office. We can log in to the home or office router using their default gateway IP address.

Some of the default IP address gateways are:

• 192.168.1.1
• 192.168.2.1
• 192.168.1.254
• 192.168.0.1
• 192.168.254.254
• 10.0.0.1

Using the above IP address you can easily log in to the router device. The ip address and their default router login details are given below.

There are many IP address as many as 65,536 IP address so far in here. This IP 192.168.2.1 is also one of them. It is the 16-bit block of private IPv4 address that exists with the above said IP address group. Normally there are two kinds of IP addresses that are most commonly used with the devices. They are public IP address and Private IP address.

Public IP address means that every devices that are connected to the internet must have a IP address that is accessible from the outside world. These IP addresses are unique for each devices and no two devices will have the same IP address.

Private IP addresses are used in the local network of the devices for internal router routing purposes. Here other devices in another network may also have the same IP address which can be used to access the router settings page. These devices with local IP address can’t be accessed from the outside world.

Here the IP address 192.168.2.1 is one of those private address that is used within the network of the devices inside. This allocation is done by some of the non profit organisations in america who look after the IP allocation of the IPv4 address. In the near future the allocated IPv4 address will get replaced by the IPv6 address soon.

The devices such as SMC, Siemens, Belkin and Edimax are the ones who use the 192.168.2.1 IP address to access the router settings page. Use the below combo box to check the default router data of the router brand that you are using here.

Ways to login to Router 192.168.2.1

• Open your default browser. Now in the address bar type the address http://192.168.2.1
• Don’t type this address in the google search bar. If you do then it will lead only to the results of the IP address and not to the router settings page.
• Once you correctly mention the address in the address bar then the settings page of the router will get opened.
• Now you will be prompted for the admin username and password. If you are logging in for the first time then you need to use the default router password for it. For more detailed info Check here.
• Once you log in, there you can change the wifi password, restrict the number of devices connected etc.

Find default router credentials :

To find the default router credentials you may check the back of the router box and you will find the credentials entered there. Or else you can use the combo box to get the details about the different router tables and their credentials.

Can we change the IP address ?

Yes, of course. We can change the IP address from 192.168.2.1 to some other IP address ranging from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.254.254 Since this ip address is a private one we can change the IP of course. Some examples be like 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.23.23 etc. Hope you understand the concept behind this.

Below are the methods to change the IP address.

• Open the router settings using the default credentials.
• Now go to advanced settings.
• Then open the Network Configuration category
• Now You will have a field saying LAN IP address. There you can enter the required value.
• Save and restart the router.

After changing the IP address now you have to login to the router using the changed IP address to access all the setting of the router. If you have any doubts regarding this kindly leave a message below so that we can help you to solve the issue.