Open your setup page

Each PacketMole unit has its own setup page. Connect to the unit first, then open it.

Complete setup video

Follow the full Home and Away setup from opening the box through verifying your home IP. The written manual linked below has the additional pre-trip rehearsal and troubleshooting details.

Watch on YouTube 3:42 · English captions

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Video chapters

  1. 0:00Welcome and overview
  2. 0:20What’s in the box
  3. 0:51Connect the Home unit
  4. 1:20Open the PacketMole setup page
  5. 1:35Sign in and approve the Home exit node
  6. 2:03Finish Home setup
  7. 2:14Set up the Away unit
  8. 2:38Connect Away to Wi-Fi
  9. 2:57Sign Away in with Tailscale
  10. 3:19Verify your home IP
  11. 3:31Finish and get support
  1. Home unit: plug your laptop into the Home unit's LANport with an Ethernet cable, and turn the laptop's Wi-Fi off.
  2. Away unit:join the Away unit's private Wi-Fi. The name and password are on the Away unit's setup card.
Open my unit's setup page

Or type this address yourself: http://192.168.8.1/setup/

If it doesn't open

The button does nothing, or the page won't load

Your device is not connected to the unit yet. On a laptop, turn Wi-Fi off and use the Ethernet cable in the Home unit's LAN port. On a phone, check that you joined the Away unit's Wi-Fi, not another network. Then try again.

At a hotel, or with no internet?

This website needs the internet, but your unit's setup page does not. Join your Away unit's Wi-Fi and type http://192.168.8.1/setup/ directly. Bookmark it for next time.

The browser says “Not secure”

A small “Not secure” label next to the address is expected for this local page. A full-page certificate warning is not: stop, check that you typed the address exactly, and if it persists email support@packetmole.com.

The router login page opens instead

Unplug the unit's power cable, wait 10 seconds, plug it back in, wait 90 seconds, then try the full address again. Do not press Reset. More help is in the online manual and the FAQ.