192.168.0.254

192.168.0.254 – The Default IP Address for Home Routers

TP-Link, Tenda, TeleWell use 192.168.0.254 as their router’s default IP address. The extenders of these three network manufacturing organizations also use this IP address for the configuration and synchronization process. 

There are also some alternatives to this IP address. And, they are 192.168.1.1, 192.168.0.1, 192.168.2.1 and many more. You need to make use of 192.168.0.254 to log in to your router. After that, the configuration process will occur. Furthermore, accessing the additional features of the router will require an IP address. You will come to know about all of them later on. 

How does 192.168.0.254 work?

The private IP address is not accessible by anyone except you. So, how does it communicate with the internet? Whenever you try to access a webpage, 192.168.0.254 communicates with all the public IP addresses. On the other hand, it keeps the authentication private. Only the request for accessing a website is delivered to the selected IP. After granting the request from the desired website’s main server, it brings back to the router. Thus, you can access the webpage with ease. 

How to Login via 192.168.0.254?

Gather the username and password from the router’s manual book. Navigate to the default browser of your computer or mobile device. Place 192.168.0.254 in the address bar of the web browser. When the login page appears, apply the username and password. Hopefully, it will work. If not, then delete the data from the blank boxes. It seems that there are no predefined usernames and passwords to the router. Hit the Login button to enter the router’s management interface. 

Following the Configuration Process

The user interface of the router is different from each other. Thus, the concept of the configuration process is the same, but the process might be different. The 192.168.0.254 IP is used as default in three main routers, as mentioned above. So, let’s get to known their configuration process. 

TP-Link

Navigate to the Wireless settings from the router’s management page. In this section, you have to set the SSID and password. Set the auto format in both the channels’ drop-down options. Moreover, you can tick mark on the SSID broadcast and save the changes.

After that, select the Wireless security option to activate the network type and encryption method.  Click on the WPA/WPA2 radio button and select WPA2-PSK. The encryption type must be AES. Enter the router password and save the changes. If the firmware of the TP-Link router is the latest, then the network credentials will be synchronised automatically by the device. 

Tenda

You must log in via 192.168.0.254 to the Tenda router before accessing the router management page. The first step will be to select the internet connection type. Select PPPoE for dynamic and DHCP for static connections. After that, check the status of the router. In this router, you have to clone the MAC address of the computer. After typing the system’s MAC address, click on Clone MAC address and OK to continue. 

The next step will be choosing the WAN speed. Nowadays, every broadband, co-axial, DSL connection is full-duplex. So, select 100MBps Full-duplex and click on OK. Hopefully, you have a WAN ethernet connection, select Wired WAN. In the case of wireless, select Wireless WAN. 

Coming to the LAN settings, you have to apply the network IP address and subnet mask. The LAN mac address will be synced automatically. After that, leave the secondary SSID blank.  The wireless working mode, network mode must be set to default. You can activate the SSID broadcast so that everyone can see the Wi-Fi router name.  Lastly, the AP isolation, channel bandwidth, APSD cable should be in default mode. 

TeleWell

And, for the TeleWell router, the configuration process is not much different from the others. As usual, you have to log in with 192.168.0.254. After that, set the SSID and password for the router’s security. Set the connection type and enter all the network credentials. Go through all the on-screen instructions. At last, save the configuration and close the page. 

Important Information regarding Router Password

The router password must be 8 to 12 characters long. They must be mixed with capital and small alphabets. In addition to that, inducting special characters like symbols will be convenient. Never keep the password for a longer period. Moreover, try to memorise it and avoid writing it down anywhere. 

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