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Login to the Asus RT-AC5300

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If you need to login to the Asus RT-AC5300 router, then this guide shows you how.

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This is the login guide for the Asus RT-AC5300 Asuswrt-Merlin 386.3_2. We also have the following guides for the same router:

Find Your Asus RT-AC5300 Router IP Address

The first thing that we need to know in order to login to the Asus RT-AC5300 router is it's internal IP address.

Known RT-AC5300 IP Addresses
192.168.1.1

You may have to try using a few different IP addresses from the list above. Just pick one and then follow the rest of this guide.

If you do not find your router's interface later in this guide, then try a different IP address. Keep trying different IP addresses until you find your router. I will not hurt anything to try different IP addresses.

If, after trying all of the above IP addresses, you still cannot find your router, then try the following:

Once you have the internal IP Address of your router, you can log in to it.

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Login to the Asus RT-AC5300 Router

The Asus RT-AC5300 is managed through a web-based interface. The way you manage it is by using a web browser like Firefox, Edge, or Chrome.

Enter Asus RT-AC5300 Internal IP Address

Either copy/paste or type the internal IP address of your Asus RT-AC5300 router into the address bar of your web browser. The address bar looks like this:

Press the Enter key on your keyboard. You should see a window pop up asking you for your Asus RT-AC5300 password.

Asus RT-AC5300 Default Username and Password

You need to know your username and password to login to your Asus RT-AC5300. If you are not sure what the username and password are, then perhaps they are still set to the factory defaults. Try all of the Asus RT-AC5300 factory default usernames and passwords below.

Asus RT-AC5300 Default Usernames and Passwords
UsernamePassword
adminadmin

Put your username and password in the appropriate boxes. You can try them all.

login
This is the login page from your Asus RT-AC5300 router.

Asus RT-AC5300 Home Screen

When you get logged in you should be at the Asus RT-AC5300 home screen, which looks similar to this:

home
This is the home page from your Asus RT-AC5300 router.

When you see this screen, then you are logged in to your Asus RT-AC5300 router. At this point, you can follow any of our other guides for this router.

Solutions To Asus RT-AC5300 Login Problems

If you cannot get logged in to your router, here a few possible solutions you can try.

Asus RT-AC5300 Password Doesn't Work

It's possible that your router's factory default password is different than what we have listed. Start by trying all of the other known Asus passwords. Head over to our list of all Asus Passwords.

Forgot Password to Asus RT-AC5300 Router

If your Internet Service Provider supplied you with your router, then you might want to try giving them a call and see if they either know what your router's username and password are, or maybe they can reset it for you.

How to Reset the Asus RT-AC5300 Router To Default Settings

If all else fails and you are unable to login to your router, then you may have to reset it to its factory default settings. If all else fails and you are unable to login to your router, then you may have to reset it to its factory default settings.

Other Asus RT-AC5300 Guides

Here are some of our other Asus RT-AC5300 info that you might be interested in.

This is the login guide for the Asus RT-AC5300 Asuswrt-Merlin 386.3_2. We also have the following guides for the same router: