How to login to Linksys Cisco WRT120N Router console

- Connect a cable from your laptop/PC to one of the four Ethernet ports behind the router. Router can be accessed through wireless as well, but its highly recommended to connect by a cable. You can use a normal LAN called also known as Ethernet cable


- To access the router console, open your browser and type in the address bar 192.168.1.1
For this, you can use any browser, however Internet Explorer is recommended

- If everything goes well, you’ll get the router console login screen. Login with the default username and password both as admin (refer above pic), If you don't get the login wondow, read the next article

Part 2 - Checking Connectivity

Not every time you will get the login screen open up after entering the IP address, in which case you need to check whether there is a proper connectivity between the router and your computer.

To check the connectivity, you can use the command prompt.

-          If you have a windows computer click on start > all programs > accessories > command prompt , you will get a black window open up

-          Type in there ping 192.168.1.1 and hit enter (refer pic below)

-          If you get a proper reply with 0% packet loss, the connectivity is good, you can reset your browser and try as mentioned in the next post ( Part 3 ).

-          If you get 25%-75% loss - check the cable, replug it on both ends and connect to a different socket on the router, then try the ping command again to check the reply. If you still get packet loss, try changing the cable.

-          If you get 100% loss, there is total loss of connectivity. Cable/router could have gone bad or may be a manual IP needs to be assigned, as explained in the below post ( Part 4 ).

Part 3 - Reset Browser

Even if the connectivity between the router and the PC is good, you may not be able to login to your router console due to restrictions or settings on the browser. So you can try resetting the browser to its default while deleting cookies and files.

-          For this, click alt+t on your explorer

- Click on internet option > Advanced > Reset

- Put a tick on ‘delete personal settings’ and click Reset

-          Click reset again for confirmation, and once reset is done you will be prompted to close and reopen explorer.

-          Once a new browser window is open, you might be prompted to download the latest version of explorer, you can ignore this.

-          Try logging in to 192.168.1.1 and see if you are able to get the username and password window

If all this still doesn’t give you the login screen, you can reset your router as explained in Step 5

Part 4 - Set manual IP address

To easily access your local area connection, type in the command ncpa.cpl on command prompt and hit enter.

-          Right-click on local area connection and click Properties. While you do this just make sure your LAN is enabled, if it is already enabled then it shows a disable option - refer below pic

-          Click the Networking tab. Under This connection uses the following items, click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4),and then click Properties.

-          Click Use the following IP address, and then, in the IP address 192.168.1.50 Subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and Default gateway 192.168.1.1 . The IP need not be 50 itself, you can enter any number between 2 and 254

-          Click ok and exit from these settings.

Now repeat the previous step again (ping 192.168.1.1) and see if you are getting a proper response or not. If its is still giving you 100% loss, you can reset the router as mentioned in the next article

Part 5 - Reset Your Router

If you have checked the cabling, reset browser, set manual IP and is still unable to login to your router, then you will have to reset it. Before you reset your router, make sure you are in a position to set it up, because once all the settings get wiped off from the router once you reset it.

- Make sure you have your internet user name and password with you, the one supplied by your ISP (not your wireless name and password)

- You need to have your internet connection parameters. Contact your ISP, they will provide you these details.

To reset the router, use a pin or sharp object to press the small red button behind the router, while idt is ON. Keep this button pressed for a few seconds and when you release, you’ll find the lights on the router flash, indicating that the router is resetting to factory defaults.

Wait a few seconds and when the lights on the router are stable, use the command screen to ping the router to check whether you are getting a 0% packet loss. If so, then try to login to 192.168.1.1 through your explorer window as mentioned previously

If none of these steps works, then try with a different computer, reset a second time or with a different browser.

A few times, I got lucky by using a normal folder window, instead of using a browser.

If none of these steps work, take your router to a computer technician