Axis Default Passwords
This page lists 13 confirmed default credentials for Axis equipment, covering 12 models. The pairing you are most likely to need is root with pass.
Entries are reachable over https, multi and http. 4 of these entries use a protocol that sends the password in clear text, so use them on a trusted network and change the password once you are in.
root10 of 13 entriespass7 of 13 entries| Model | Protocol | Access | Username | Password |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2100 | MULTI | Admin | leave blank | no password set |
| 540/542 PRINT SERVER | MULTI | Admin | root | pass |
| A1001 NETWORK DOOR CONTROLLER | HTTPS | Admin | root | you create this on first boot |
| A1601 NETWORK DOOR CONTROLLER | HTTPS | Admin | root | you create this on first boot |
| ALL AXIS PRINTSERVER Rev. ALL | MULTI | Admin | root | pass |
| GENERIC | — | — | root | no password set |
| I5304 NETWORK ANSWERING UNIT | HTTPS | Admin | Admin | pass |
| NETCAM Rev. 200/240 | — | — | root | pass |
| NETCAM Rev. 200/240 | TELNET | Admin | root | pass |
| NETWORK CAMERAS AND ENCODERS ON AXIS OS 11.6 AND LATER | HTTPS | Admin | you choose this on first boot | you create this on first boot |
| NETWORK CAMERAS AND ENCODERS ON AXIS OS 5.51.6 THROUGH 11.5 | HTTP | Admin | root | you create this on first boot |
| NETWORK CAMERAS AND ENCODERS ON AXIS OS EARLIER THAN 5.51.6 | HTTP | Admin | root | pass |
| WEBCAMS | HTTP | Admin | root | pass |
About Axis
Axis Communications invented the network camera in 1996 and supplies professional surveillance hardware.
Reaching the login page
The admin page on most Axis units answers at http://192.168.0.90. If that address does not load, the router is whatever your computer lists as its default gateway — ipconfig on Windows or ipconfig getoption en0 router on a Mac will tell you.
Axis cameras use the account root, and recent firmware makes you choose its password during first-time setup.
What the Axis defaults look like
root is the username on 10 of the 13 entries. One entry asks for no username at all. 2 of them shipped with no password at all.
Where one is set, pass comes up most often, on 7 entries. 4 of them are reached over a protocol that puts the password on the wire in clear text, so work from a machine on the same wired network rather than across the internet, and change the password once you are in.
If the Axis password has already been changed
There is a recessed reset button on the back or underneath that needs a straightened paperclip. Hold it in for thirty seconds with the unit powered on. Let go when the lights change pattern, and give it a couple of minutes to come back up.
The catch with an ISP-supplied unit is that a reset also clears the broadband credentials, and on some lines the router will not reconnect until those are re-entered. Find them before you press anything, or be ready to ring the provider.
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