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Western Digital Login Instructions
How To Login to a Western Digital Router And Access The Setup Page

The Western Digital router web interface is the control panel for your router it's where all the settings are stored and changed. To make changes to your network you'll need to login to your Western Digital router.

Requirements to access the Western Digital web interface

Accessing the Western Digital web interface is pretty straightforward and all you'll need is:

  • Western Digital router
  • Access to the network, Either through LAN-cable or through Wi-Fi
  • A web browser, which you clearly have.

Following are the instructions to connect to your Western Digital router's interface for configuration and diagnotstics.

1. Make sure you are connected to your Western Digital router

To be able to reach the setup pages of your Western Digital router, you'll need to be connected to its network.
So start by connecting to the network, either through WiFi or through ethernet cable.

Tip: If you don't know the WiFi password for your Western Digital router, you can always connect to it with an ethernernet cable, which won't require a password.

2. Open your web browser and navigate to 192.168.1.1

Open your browser and type the router's IP address into the address field. The most common IP for Western Digital routers is: 192.168.1.1 If that IP address doesn't work, you can search the default Western Digital IP address list for your specific model.

Tip: Since you're already connected to your Western Digital router, you can also use whatsmyrouterip.com to quickly find the IP. It is the "Router Private IP"-value.
192.168.1.1
Type the IP into the address field and press go

3. Enter the username and password for your Western Digital router

In the username and password field, enter your current username and password and press enter / sign in.

Default login credentials for Western Digital

If you're not sure about the username/password you can look at the default Western Digital credentials to see what the defaults are, and how to reset to them.
- The credentials can also be printed on the label on the back of your router.


That's it! You can now configure anything you want on the device.


How to configure your Western Digital router

Once you have logged in to the Western Digital admin interface you should be able to change any settings that are available.
Be careful when you configure your router so that you don't break the network.

Tip: write down your current settings before changing anything so that you can revert it incase of trouble.

What if my Western Digital router or network stops working after a configuration change

In case you by mistake make some change that breaks your Western Digital home network, you can always go back to zero by following the generic 30 30 30 hard reset trick.

This is usually the last resort, and if you still have access to the Western Digital interface you can always login to try and revert the settings first (This of course assumes you wrote down the original value before changing it).