Router Stickers

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What information do router stickers carry?

These are the most crucial pieces of information You can find on your router’s sticker:

  • Brand and Model
  • MAC Address
  • Default Gateway address (required for setting the router up)
  • The default username and password for the setup panel
  • Name (SSID) and password of the default wireless network

These pieces of information are essential in the initial days of owning a router, in order to set up a router, you will need both the default gateway address and the username with password. The brand and model might be vital in looking for help on the internet when something goes wrong with your router. The MAC Address might also prove helpful when trying to set up your network yourself. 

Where can I find the router stickers?

Go to your router, carefully pick it up (watch out for cables!) and rotate it to see its back. There, mostly at the bottom, you should see stickers with all the crucial information we have mentioned above. And if you cannot find some of the data you’re looking for, use our website to find anything you are looking for!

Using router sticker data

Here we will show how you can use some of the information you can find on the back of the router.Router Password

Using the Default Gateway with username and password

  • Remember the IP Address of the default gateway that’s written on the back of your device.
  • Now, go to your computer and launch an internet browser.
  • Type the IP Address into the URL bar.
  • Considering you have connected your router to the computer via a cable you should now see your router’s setup login panel.
  • Good, look at the back of the router again and remember or write down the username and password.
  • In the end, simply enter those credentials into the fields visible on the page and click on a log-in button.
  • That’s how you use both the default gateway and credentials from the back of the router.

Using the SSID and Wi-Fi Password

  1. Make sure your router is connected to the internet via WAN.
  2. Look at the back of the router and look for Wireless Network Name (or SSID) and the WI-FI password.
  3. Using your phone or PC, look for a new Wi-Fi named exactly like the SSID on the back of your router.
  4. Try to connect to it using the password you’ve seen on the sticker.
  5. Excellent, now you have learnt how to use SSID and Wi-Fi password.