How to find the IP address of the router to improve work efficiency

How to find the IP address of a router is an essential element for many enterprise network administrators to view their office network environment. Finding the router IP address becomes essential when updating firmware, changing network settings, and performing general troubleshooting.

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If you are using Windows, find the IP address of the router:

Go to Start

Enter "cmd" in the search box and cmd.exe will appear. Then left-click and a black box will pop up as shown below:

When a black box appears, type "ipconfig" and press Enter, as shown below:

To make it easier for everyone to identify, I marked the gateway address of the router in yellow. The "gateway IP address" is the IP address of your router. As shown in the picture above, my router IP address is: 192.168.0.1.

If you are using Mac OS X, find the IP address of your router:

I used another router for demonstration. You need to open System Preferences once, select "Network", then go to "Advanced" and select the TCP/IP tab. You will see the IP address of this router: 192.168.2.1, as shown below: