How to access your router’s settings

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Sometimes you have to access your router’s settings. Time flies by and you need to upgrade your firmware, or you need to tweak some settings to make your Wi-Fi better, you recently bought abrand-new routerto set up, or you just want to see what’s going on in there. Thankfully, accessing your router’s settings is really easy as long as you do the few steps to get you started. Once you’re in, you’ll have a plethora of options and won’t be as confused if anything goes wrong.

Find your router’s IP address via Command Prompt

Find your router’s IP address via settings

Access your router’s settings via IP

And boom, you have successfully done the work to access your router’s settings. It’s not super hard, but can be a bit confusing if you’re completely new to anything networking. The good news is that with this ability to log into your router, you can change a huge number of settings to make your life easier and thelatest devicesrun faster. Modern routers even have options like the ability to add a VPN service or to enable QoS for better connection speeds with certain applications.

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