Saving And Restoring The Fritz!Box Settings - AVM Fritz!Box 3490 Configuration And Operation Manual

Saving and Restoring the FRITZ!Box Settings

8.5 Saving and Restoring the FRITZ!Box Settings
All of the settings you configure in the FRITZ!Box can be saved
in a backup file. With this file you can restore your settings at
any time:
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Saving Settings
Backup files that are not protected by assigning a password
are a security risk. Protect your backup file with a password
to avoid security problems.
A wizard is available in the FRITZ!Box user interface to assist
you in saving your FRITZ!Box settings, which guides you
through the process step by step.
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The wizard guides you through the menus and dialogs to save
your settings.
Restoring Settings
With the "Restore" function in the "System / Backup" you can
have all settings from a backup file you created with this or
another FRITZ!Box loaded in full to your FRITZ!Box. Your cur-
rent FRITZ!Box settings will be overwritten by this function.
You can use the following backup files to restore settings:
FRITZ!Box 3490
in the same FRITZ!Box or another FRITZ!Box of the same
model
in a different FRITZ!Box model.
In this case you can select which settings are to be ap-
plied to the FRITZ!Box.
Open the FRITZ!Box user interface; see
On the "Overview" page, select the "Wizards" menu.
Start the "Save and Restore Settings" Wizard.
In the next window, select the "Save settings" options
and then click "Next".
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