Private address
192.168.1.1
192.168.1.1 is in 192.168.0.0/16, one of the three private address blocks (RFC 1918). It isn't routed on the public internet, so there's nothing public to look up. A common default address for home routers. Typed into a browser on your own network, it usually opens the router's settings page.
At a glance
- Block
- 192.168.0.0/16
- Defined in
- RFC 1918
- On the public internet
- No
About this block
RFC 1918 sets aside 10.0.0.0/8, 172.16.0.0/12 and 192.168.0.0/16 for private networks. Any home, office or data center can use them, so the same address is in use on millions of separate networks at once.
A router translates them to its own public address on the way out (NAT). That's why a private address says nothing about who's using it: 192.168.1.1 on your network and on your neighbor's are different devices.
Where you'll see it
- Your router's settings page, often at 192.168.0.1, 192.168.1.1 or 10.0.0.1.
- The addresses your router hands to devices on its network.
- The first hop of a traceroute, which is usually your own router.
- Inside cloud networks (AWS VPCs, for example) and Kubernetes clusters.