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192.168.1.101 / 192.168.1.102 / 192.168.1.103 – What’s the Purpose of These IP Addresses?

By Novak Bozovic / April 28, 2021

There are hundreds of millions of IP addresses out there. However, three of them stand out (due to several important reasons), and those are - 192.168.1.101, 192.168.1.102, and 192.168.1.103. We're sure you'll want to know more about those IPs, as well as how to use them. So, here's everything that you need to know.

What Are Router IP Address? What Types of IPs Are There?

First and foremost, know that '192.168.1.101,' '192.168.1.102,' and '192.168.1.103' are private IPs typically associated with certain home routers. As you can see, these are so-called consecutive IPs, which means they form a certain range.

This is also where we encounter two common terms, and those would be: private and public IP addresses. Let's take a closer look at those.

What Are Public & Private IPs?

To help you understand all of the possible purposes of the '192.168.1.101,' '192.168.1.102,' and '192.168.1.103' IPs, we first need to explain the general purpose of public and private IPs.

More on Private IPs - Classes & Ranges

Back in the '90s, the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) came up with three ranges of IP addresses. All of these are private IPs that router manufacturers can use to set up closed networks. As you can imagine, the simplest application of this rule can be found in your home. Here are the three major classes of IPs.

IP Class Starting IP Ending IP Number of Hosts
A 10.0.0.0 10.255.255.255 16,777,2016
B 172.16.0.0 172.31.255.255 1,048,576
C 192.168.0.0 192.168.255.255 65,536

This article talks about the '192.168.1.101,' '192.168.1.102,' and '192.168.1.103' IPs. Take a look at the table above, and you’ll see that all of those are "Class C" IPs. However, they only take three slots among the 65,000 possible IP addresses.

What’s important to know is that every IP address is the same. Their role doesn’t change, so it doesn’t make sense to change them manually. However, assigning IPs manually is done within large networks where IT experts are in charge.

How Do Routers Assign IP Addresses?

Home routers are programmed to define a range of IP addresses to other devices via DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol). As soon as you connect a new device to the Web (using your home network), your router will assign a new IP. Let’s see how that works.

This situation is actually quite simple because your router is doing everything automatically. All of these IPs are private IPs and can 'talk' to each other. However, those IPs cannot be used by anyone else on the Web to access your device. Once again, that is because we’re talking about closed Web connections, such as the one in your home.

If you disconnect any of the previously connected devices, their address will return to the DHCP pool. It then becomes available to other devices in your network.

How to Configure the 192.168.1.X Range of IP Addresses?

If you want to access your router and change its default IP range, here’s what you need to do.

How to Access Your Router’s Admin Panel?

The first step in the guide found above requires you to access your router admin. If you don’t know how that is done, we are going to explain the procedure. So, check below.

That would be all you need to know about the '192.168.1.101', '192.168.1.102', and '192.168.1.103' IPs. In case you have any questions, make sure to post your comment below. And lastly, thank you for reading!



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