A router is a device that communicates between the Internet (or public network) and the devices in a local network (or private network).
A typical home router, that usually acts as a default gateway for the local devices, can be configured using a web-based configuration page that can be accessed from a web-browser if you know the router’s IP address.
In this note i will show how to find out the router’s IP address in Windows, Linux and MacOS from the command line.
What Is My Router’s IP Address
To display the IP address of the default gateway in Windows i.e. the router’s IP address, execute the route command with the print option from the command prompt:
C:\> route print
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.31 50
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 On-link 127.0.0.1 331
192.168.1.0 255.255.255.0 On-link 192.168.1.31 306
192.168.1.31 255.255.255.255 On-link 192.168.1.31 306
To find out the router’s IP address in Linux or MacOS, execute:
$ route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 600 0 0 wlp2s0 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 wlp2s0 192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 600 0 0 wlp2s0
