192.168.178.1 belongs to 192.168.0.0/16, the private IPv4 range reserved by RFC 1918. With a netmask of 255.255.0.0 the block holds 65,536 addresses, none of which are routable across the public internet. Traffic sent to them stays inside the local network, so the same address is in use on millions of separate networks at once. That has a consequence worth stating plainly: a private address has no owner, no registrant, no internet provider and no geographic location. Any lookup that claims one for 192.168.178.1 is describing something other than the address.
Within the block the address sits in the 192.168.178.0/24 subnet, which offers 192.168.178.1 through 192.168.178.254 as usable host addresses, with 192.168.178.255 reserved for broadcast. 192.168.178.1 is the first usable address in that subnet, the conventional position for a default gateway: many router firmwares claim the lowest host address for themselves and hand out the rest by DHCP. Thirty-nine other addresses in this /24 are documented as ones people look up, which is what an active client range looks like, with phones, laptops and printers sitting above the gateway.
192.168.0.0/16 is the consumer block. Nearly every home router, mobile hotspot and small office access point ships a default gateway inside it, which is why it is the range most people encounter, though 192.168.178.0/24 is a less common choice than the crowded .0 and .1 subnets. In the vendor data available for this address, one entry applies: AVM ships FRITZ!Box models, including the 7490 and 7590, with 192.168.178.1 as the default gateway. Most visitors are trying to open that configuration page in a browser, usually to change a Wi-Fi password, see which devices are connected, forward a port, or recover access.
To open the admin panel, type 192.168.178.1 into your browser's address bar. If the page does not load, this is probably not the gateway address on your network — see the checks below. http://192.168.178.1
We hold no reported default credentials for 192.168.178.1. That is not a gap to fill with a guess: no vendor is documented as shipping this address as a factory default, so any list published for it would be invented. The credentials you need belong to whichever device holds this address on your own network.
Where to find them:
No default username and password pair is recorded for 192.168.178.1. The single vendor entry associated with this address lists no preset username and no preset password, so there is no factory combination to type, and any list that offers one for this address is guessing. On devices in this position, access is commonly governed by a device-specific password rather than a shared default.
Look for the device's own credentials where the manufacturer prints them: the label on the underside or rear of the unit, the quick-start card in the box, the printed or PDF manual for the exact model, or your provider's documentation if the router was supplied on lease. If a previous owner or installer changed the password, none of those will match.
| Vendor | Models | Username / Password |
|---|---|---|
| AVM | FRITZ!Box 7490, 7590 | blank / blank |
For the hardware documented at this address, the factory reset is performed through the web interface, in the settings or system section of the configuration pages. That normally means being logged in already, which is the catch when the problem is a forgotten password. If you cannot reach the interface, check the manual for your exact model for the alternative recovery procedure it documents.
A reset is not free. It clears the Wi-Fi network name and key, so every phone, laptop, television and smart plug must be rejoined; it clears port forwards, static DHCP leases, guest network settings and parental controls; and on units that also handle telephony, those settings go too. Any connection credentials your provider issued must be entered again. If you can still log in, export a settings backup first.
Reset method by vendor:
Type 192.168.178.1 into your browser's address bar and press Enter. Type it by hand rather than accepting an autocomplete suggestion, which often fills in a different address you visited before.
If the browser reports that it cannot reach 192.168.178.1, this is not the gateway address on your network. On Windows run ipconfig /all and read the Default Gateway line; on macOS open System Settings, Network, Details, TCP/IP; on Linux run ip route and read the address after "default via".
If the login page loads but rejects your credentials, and you have never changed them, use the defaults printed on the device's label. If they have been changed and nobody knows the new password, a factory reset is the only way back in.
Check before assuming. On Windows, run ipconfig /all in Command Prompt and read the Default Gateway line for your active adapter. On Linux, run ip route and read the address after "default via". On macOS, open System Settings, Network, your active connection, Details, then TCP/IP and read Router. If it shows 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1, that is the address to open instead.
Your computer must hold an address in the same subnet. In the same output above, confirm the client address begins 192.168.178 and the mask is 255.255.255.0. If it starts 169.254, DHCP failed and no gateway is reachable. Also check you are on the router's own Wi-Fi rather than a neighbouring network or a guest SSID, and disconnect any VPN before retrying.
This address is unusually easy to fumble because 168 already appears in it. 192.168.168.1 and 192.168.1.1 are different addresses on different subnets and will simply time out here. Type the digits rather than relying on autocomplete, which often stores an earlier wrong attempt, and check the third octet reads one seven eight before pressing enter.
Entering 192.168.178.1 into a search field, or into a browser that treats the input as a query, sends it to a search engine instead of your router. Type it in the address bar and, if the browser still searches, prefix it with http:// so it is unambiguously a URL. A private window avoids stale redirects cached from an earlier session.
No port suffix is needed; the plain address is enough unless you deliberately moved the admin interface. Browsers that force HTTPS may fail against a router serving plain HTTP, so try http:// explicitly. If the device does serve HTTPS with its own certificate, expect a warning about an untrusted issuer, which is normal for equipment on a local network.
Since no factory pair is recorded for this address, the password is either the device-specific one printed on the unit or one somebody set later. Check for capital letters and easily confused characters such as l, I, 1, 0 and O. Many devices add a delay after repeated failures, so pause between attempts rather than retrying quickly and locking yourself out further.
192.168.178.1 is often mistyped. These all refer to the same address:
l92.l68.l78.l, 192.168..178.1, 192 168 178 1, 192.168.178.1..
The most common slip is typing a lower-case letter L in place of the digit 1, or the letter O in place of a zero.
The 192.168.178.0/24 subnet runs from 192.168.178.1 to 192.168.178.254, with 192.168.178.255 reserved as the broadcast address. These are the addresses in it we hold router login details for.
40 addresses in this subnet have a page; the most looked-up are listed here.
~$ curl https://www.proxydocker.com/api/v2/free/8.8.8.8
{
"ipAddress": "8.8.8.8",
"countryCode": "US",
"countryName": "United States",
"stateProv": "California",
"city": "Mountain View"
}The free API is limited to 500 daily requests and returns city-level location data only. For larger volumes or more data such as latitude/longitude, ISP details and proxy detection, see our commercial offers.
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