10 Useful Options You Can Configure In Your Router’s Web Interface

Your wireless router has a variety of useful options you can configure. These are practically hidden — you wouldn’t know these features exist unless you were digging through your router’s configuration pages.

Bear in mind that different routers have different options. You may not have all the options listed here on your own router. The options will also be in different places with different names.

Accessing Your Router’s Web Interface

The vast majority of routers have web-based configuration pages that you can access in your web browser as long as you’re on the same local network as the router. To access your router’s web interface, you’ll just need to plug your router’s local IP address into your web browser’s address bar.

To find its IP address, open the Network and Sharing Center in the Windows Control Panel. Click the name of your Internet connection.

Click the Details button to view more information about the connection.

Look for the IPv4 Default Gateway IP address in the details window. Plug this IP address 

   into your web browser’s address bar.

You’ll need to log in with your username and password combination. If you don’t know        these, your router is probably using its default combination — check your router’s manual    or perform a web search for its model number and “default password.” If you’ve previously changed the password and can’t remember it, you can reset your router’s password to the default.

Once you’ve logged in, you can now browser your router’s configuration pages and configure its settings.