Troubleshooting Guide

Quick GL iNet Setup And Troubleshooting Guide

  • May, Mon, 2025

Consistent need for a wifi connection no longer counts as luxury. Rather it falls under the premises of basic necessity. No matter whether it’s work from home or need of the internet while travelling, the GL iNet offers routers for all needs. To make the use of these routers right configuration is crucial. Therefore, here we’ll share the complete GL iNet setup guide. After proper setup, you’ll be able to perform all the internet activities with complete ease. The setup steps are simple and can be done under ten minutes. 

Installation Requirements 

Before proceeding with the GL iNet setup guide, first collect the setup essentials. These are:

  • Most important is your GL iNet router.
  • A power adapter.
  • An Ethernet cable. This cable can be used for connecting your smart device to the GL iNet router. Alternatively for connecting to the Internet. 
  • A smart device for initiating the setup. 
  • Lastly, a vacant and properly working power outlet that will help with the activation of the router by supplying necessary power. 

GL iNet Setup Guide

First open up the external antennas of your GL iNet router to 180° if any. Now follow the next steps accurately one-by-one. 

  • Activate The Router

Fetch the power adapter. Let its power pin make its way towards the router’s power port. Now plug in the adapter into a rightly working power socket. Turn it on. The router’s front panel LED needs to stabilize before moving towards the next setup step. As it simply means the router is all decked up for the configuration.

  • Connect To The Router

In this step of GL iNet setup guide you require an up-to-date smart device. Now the task is to connect the device to the router. For zero hassle take the advantage of Ethernet cable. Move it from your device to the router and make a connection. For no wiring hassle connect using default network SSID and password. The same details are put up on the router’s panel. 

  • Open The Admin Panel 

For opening up the admin panel, first launch an internet browser. Access its address field. Type in 192.168.8.1. Push enter key. With this you gain access to the admin panel. Facing issues? Clear browser’s cache and cookies. Update the browser. If still not working use a different browser like internet explorer, chrome, firefox, safari or edge. 

  • Follow The Prompts 

The admin panel first asks to select the language. As you do so, tap Next. Now create a password that contains at least five characters and click the Submit option. From here move to the Internet option. There are multiple ways to connect to the Internet, select one and proceed with the on-screen instructions to build a successful connection. 

By following this simple GL iNet setup guide, you ensure a reliable internet connection for everything be it work, entertainment or travel. 

Resolving Frequent Disconnection Issue

If you are facing sudden disconnections or other issues with the GL iNet router working, then consider these simple troubleshooting points:

  • First upgrade the pending firmware updates by logging into the web admin panel. Pending updates usually creates ruckus like that of sudden disconnection. 
  • Every GL iNet router can handle a certain number of devices. So make sure you haven’t exceeded the limit. 
  • Moving further, if there are electrical and metal objects in close proximity to your router then this can be a potential reason behind disconnection. So consider repositioning the router. 
  • When nothing works, perform factory reset and follow the above written GL iNet setup guide for reconfiguration.