192.168.42.1 Login Admin
To access the router admin page, simply enter 192.168.42.1 into your web browser's address bar or click the link below. This will direct you to the login page of your router's control panel.
The IP address displayed here is typically the default address for your router’s admin interface. However, please ensure that you are connected to the same network as the router for this to work correctly. If you are using a different network or have made custom settings, the address may vary.
How to log in to 192.168.42.1
- Connect to the router. Join its Wi-Fi network or plug a computer into one of its LAN ports. Mobile data will not work.
- Open the admin page. Type
http://192.168.42.1into the browser’s address bar (not the search box) and press Enter. - Accept the certificate warning if one appears. Routers use self-signed certificates, so “Not secure” on this page is normal inside your own network.
- Enter the username and password. Look at the sticker on the bottom of the router first: many models print a unique password there.
- Change the default password in the administration or system section as soon as you are in.
Default logins for IP 192.168.42.1
Who uses 192.168.42.1 by default
Router models in our database with 192.168.42.1 as the default address: 1. Brands: 1.
Brands with the most models on 192.168.42.1
| Brand | Models |
|---|---|
| Netool | 1 |
Most common default username and password on 192.168.42.1
| Username | Password | Models |
|---|---|---|
| — | — | 1 (100%) |
“—” means there is no factory value: the field is left empty or a unique password is printed on the router’s label.
Default credentials work only until someone changes them. If none of these pairs fits, the password was changed; a factory reset restores the default.
Updated October 23, 2026 · Source: RFC 1918, Address Allocation for Private Internets
192.168.42.x: USB tethering and small devices
192.168.42.1 is a private address in the 192.168.42.0/24 network. You are most likely to see this network in one of these cases:
- Android USB tethering. When a phone shares its mobile data over a USB cable, Android has traditionally used the 192.168.42.x network for that link, and the computer receives an address in it. The phone has no admin page there: there is nothing to log in to, and settings are changed on the phone under hotspot and tethering.
- Field and test devices with their own Wi-Fi. Emlid Reach GNSS receivers, for example, open their status page at 192.168.42.1 when a phone is connected to their hotspot.
- Netool. Our database lists the Netool NE1 network tool with 192.168.42.1 as its default and no factory login.
How to open a device at 192.168.42.1
- Connect to the device’s own Wi-Fi network or plug into it.
- Turn off mobile data on the phone, so it does not drop a Wi-Fi network without internet.
- Open
http://192.168.42.1in the browser.
When 192.168.42.1 does not open
- It is a USB tethering link. The phone does not serve a web page; use the tethering settings on the phone.
- You are looking for your home router. Check your default gateway while connected to the home Wi-Fi, not to the phone.
- The device has already joined another network. Many gadgets drop their own hotspot once they connect to your Wi-Fi; find them in the router’s list of connected devices.
192.168.42.1: frequently asked questions
Why does my computer have a 192.168.42.x address?
Most often because it is connected to an Android phone by USB tethering. The phone gives the computer an address in this network.
What is the password for 192.168.42.1?
There is none for USB tethering. Devices such as the Netool NE1 in our database have no factory login either.
Brands using 192.168.42.1
