Subj : Do you dread trying to change your router settings? Login problem
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Feb 01 2024 13:00:05

Do you dread trying to change your router settings? Login problems could soon 
be a thing of the past

Date:
Thu, 01 Feb 2024 12:44:47 +0000

Description:
Forget clumsy strings of numbers, you could have a simple word as the key to 
your router login portal.

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Your router login is not something you might need to use very often, but when 
you do, navigating to it  in order to get into the router and configure or 
check something  can be a bit of a pain. 

However, all that might change in the future due to a planned move from ICANN 
(the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) as The Verge 
reported (and The Register first flagged up). 

Currently, with a good many routers , youll access its admin login via your 
web browser by typing in four numbers representing a local address (on your 
LAN), namely 192.168.x.x (and its usually 192.168.1.1, but the latter two 
numbers can be different in some cases). 

This is a bit clunky and archaic, and the mentioned differences can be 
confusing, though usually your router is labeled with the correct address (or 
the instructions have this info). 

Sometimes, though, you might be flailing around on Google (or your preferred 
search engine ) trying to determine exactly what you need to type into your 
browser URL bar to access the routers configuration menus. 

All that could change in the future, though, as ICANN is set to make it so 
that all you need to do is type .internal for any router, and youll get the 
login portal in your browser. In other words, no messing about trying to 
remember sets of numbers, all that needs to be entered is a simple word which 
is the same for everyone. Analysis: A happy side-effect? 

All thats in theory  and it sounds like a good theory  but this move hasnt 
happened yet. 

At the moment, its still a proposal from ICANN, and even if the plan for 
..internal goes ahead, itll rely on routers supporting it. (Of course, some 
routers offer configuration via a dedicated app anyway, and so are ahead of 
the game in that respect, rather than relying on a panel accessed via a 
browser). 

For now, and in the near future, quite a number of routers (without apps) 
will still be using the traditional 192.168.x.x address to access their 
devices settings. 

ICANNs proposal isn't really aimed at consumers, but more broadly, at 
businesses and their intranets (sprawling internal networks), and ensuring 
the security and stability of the global domain name system . 

The use of .internal for consumers will be more of a side-effect thats 
helpful than anything else, but itll still be very welcome  if this plan 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/wi-fi-broadband/do-you-dread-trying-to-cha
nge-your-router-settings-login-problems-could-soon-be-a-thing-of-the-past


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