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Configuring Internet Access via Mobile Network..........66 Configuring Your Telephone Numbers..............67 Configuring Telephones..................68 Configuring a Door Intercom System..............70 Saving Power with the FRITZ!Box................ 71 Mesh with FRITZ!......................73 Expanding a Wi-Fi Network with Mesh............... 74 Enabling Mesh for FRITZ!Repeater and FRITZ!Powerline.......76 Using FRITZ!Box as a Mesh Repeater..............78...
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Starting Function Diagnostics................164 Starting Security Diagnostics................166 User Interface: System Menu..................169 Configuring Push Services.................. 170 Logging In with the User Interface as a FRITZ!Box User.......172 Selecting Signaling of the “Info” LED..............176 Locking and Unlocking Buttons................177 Setting the User Interface Language..............178 Changing Regional Options.................
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What Is MyFRITZ!?....................205 Creating a New MyFRITZ! Account..............208 Configuring MyFRITZ!App in Android..............209 Configuring MyFRITZ!App in iOS................ 210 Controlling FRITZ!Box with Keypad Codes............211 Information on Keypad Codes................212 Configuration on the Telephone................. 214 Operating on the Telephone................224 Restoring Factory Settings with the Telephone..........237 Malfunctions.......................239...
FRITZ!Box. • Provide for sufficient air circulation around the FRITZ!Box. • Make sure that the ventilation slits on the FRITZ!Box housing are al- ways unobstructed. • The FRITZ!Box should not be placed on carpets or upholstery.
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The device contains hazardous components and should only be opened by authorized repair technicians. • Do not open the FRITZ!Box housing. • If the FRITZ!Box needs to be repaired, please take it to a specialized vendor. Internet Security Comprehensive information about how to protect your FRITZ!Box and...
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With so many devices transmitting and receiving radio waves, interference can occur when radio waves overlap. • Do not use the FRITZ!Box in places where the use of radio devices is prohibited. • Follow any instructions to switch off radio devices – especially in hospitals, outpatient treatment centers, medical practices, and oth- er medical facilities –...
Use the comprehensive customer documentation to connect, configure, and operate your FRITZ!Box. The latest information on products, important developments, and up- dates is presented on social media. After a FRITZ!OS update, download the latest manual from en.avm.de/ service/manuals. Medium Contents...
Keep the following rules in mind for cleaning your FRITZ!Box: • Remove the FRITZ!Box from the mains before cleaning. • Wipe the FRITZ!Box with a slightly moist, lint-free cloth or an anti- static cloth. • Do not use any strong detergents or solvents for cleaning.
Via the integrated fax function you can also send and receive faxes without an external fax machine. Wireless Access Point The FRITZ!Box is a wireless access point for any wireless devices, for instance: • Notebooks • Tablets •...
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Hub in the Home Network The FRITZ!Box is the hub in the home network. All of the devices connected with the FRITZ!Box make up the home network. With the FRITZ!Box you can keep track of all devices.
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Smart Home The following Smart Home devices can be registered with the FRITZ!Box at the same time, and configured and controlled via the FRITZ!Box: Type of Device...
Device Data on the Type Label Overview Important device data on your FRITZ!Box are presented on the type label on the bottom of the housing. There you find the preset net- work key for Wi-Fi connections with the FRITZ!Box, the preconfigured FRITZ!Box password for the user interface, the serial number for sup- port queries, and additional data.
Power/DS The device has no electrical power. The device has electrical power and DSL is synchronized. The FRITZ!Box is ready for operation. flashing Device has electrical power and the con- nection to DSL is being established or has been interrupted.
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WLAN USB Stick concluded. Adjustable; see page 176 • flashing Updating FRITZ!OS. • green AVM Stick & Surf procedure with the • FRITZ!WLAN USB Stick in progress. Time budget for online time has been • reached. Adjustable; see page 176 • Error: Open the user interface; page 52.
Requirements • For internet access via DSL: DSL line • For internet access via VDSL: VDSL line • For configuration of the FRITZ!Box: a network device (computer or tablet) with network connection or Wi-Fi support and up-to-date web browser For comprehensive technical information about your FRITZ!Box, page 250.
Overview Connecting the FRITZ!Box entails the following steps: Instructions Place or hang up the FRITZ!Box in a suitable location. Connect the FRITZ!Box to the power supply. Connect the FRITZ!Box with your DSL or VDSL line. Connect your computers and network devices to the FRITZ!Box.
• Use only the power adapter included with delivery. Instructions: Plugging In to Electrical Power Connect the power adapter to the socket on the FRITZ!Box labeled “Power”. LAN 1 LAN 2...
Connecting with the Internet via DSL or VDSL line Overview If you have a DSL or VDSL line, then connect the FRITZ!Box directly to the telephone jack. Use the connecting cable included with delivery. Instructions: Connecting to the DSL or VDSL line Insert one end of the DSL cable into the “DSL”...
Connecting to the Internet Access: Via a Cable Modem Overview If you have a cable connection with a cable modem, you can connect the FRITZ!Box to the cable modem, from where it interfaces with the cable connection. Use a network cable. Requirements •...
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Insert the other end of the network cable into the “LAN 1” port on the FRITZ!Box. Connect a computer with the FRITZ!Box, see page 41 page 43.
Connecting to the Internet Access: Via a Fiber Optic Modem Overview If you have a fiber optic connection with a fiber optic modem, you can connect the FRITZ!Box to the fiber optic modem (FTTH ONT) in order to connect it with the fiber optic connection. Requirements •...
You can connect computers and other network devices with the FRITZ!Box using a network cable. This is recommended especially for the initial configuration of your FRITZ!Box. The way a computer is con- nected is the same regardless of the computer’s operating system.
The encryption method WPA2 and a network key (see the type la- bel on the bottom of the housing of the device) are preconfigured in the FRITZ!Box. A wireless device that would like to connect with the FRITZ!Box must register with the FRITZ!Box using the network key.
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With WPS (Wi-Fi Protected Setup) you can connect a wireless device with the FRITZ!Box quickly and easily without entering the Wi-Fi net- work key of your FRITZ!Box. This key is transmitted to the wireless de- vice automatically. With the wireless device, search for the Wi-Fi network of the FRITZ!Box.
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Important connected telephones. Instructions: Registering a Cordless Telephone You can register up to six cordless telephones like FRITZ!Fon with the FRITZ!Box. On a cordless telephone: Start registration with a base station. On the FRITZ!Box: Hold the “Fon/DECT” button down until the “Fon/DECT”...
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Instructions: Connecting an IP Telephone IP telephones are special telephones for internet telephony (IP stands for Internet Protocol). Connect the IP telephone to the FRITZ!Box using a network cable or Wi-Fi. In the user interface of your FRITZ!Box: Configure the telephone;...
In the user interface of your FRITZ!Box: Configure the IP tele- phone “FRITZ!App Fon”; page 68. Connection Status of FRITZ!App Fon The icon in the FRITZ!App Fon title bar shows the status of the connec- tion with the FRITZ!Box. Icon Meaning Wi-Fi connection to the FRITZ!Box is active.
Connecting a Door Intercom System Overview Door intercom systems with an a/b interface and IP door intercoms can be connected to the FRITZ!Box. Then you have the following op- tions: • You can answer the doorbell on your telephones, speak with visi- tors, and open the door, even on a mobile telephone or other tele- phone connection away from home.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Homepage of the User Interface Overview The “Overview” menu is the start page of your FRITZ!Box user inter- face. In addition to a clear menu structure and wizards offering step- by-step instructions, the homepage displays important information on the FRITZ!Box and all of the devices connected in the home network.
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FRITZ!Box interfaces Information on telephone calls and voice • messages on the integrated answering ma- chine Devices connected to the FRITZ!Box, such as • computers, smartphones, network storage, printers, or Smart Home devices Configured convenience features •...
Using the Wizard for Basic Configuration Overview The first time the user interface is opened, the Wizard for Basic Config- uration of the FRITZ!Box is started. This wizard assists you in entering your account information to connect to the internet and use your tele- phones.
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FRITZ!Box; page 170. Automatic Logout when Idle If you have not logged out of the FRITZ!Box user interface, and have not been active in the browser for 20 minutes, you will be logged out auto- matically. Instructions: Manual Logout...
Configuring the Internet Connection on the DSL or VDSL line Overview The internet connection is set up in the FRITZ!Box user interface. A wizard assists you in entering the account information from your in- ternet service provider. The first time the user interface is opened, the wizard opens automatically.
• The FRITZ!Box opens up its own IP network. • The firewall of the FRITZ!Box is enabled. Requirements • The FRITZ!Box is connected to a fiber optic modem, which is con- nected with the fiber optic connection; page 37. Instructions: Setting Up Internet Access on the Fiber Optic Connection Open the user interface;...
Some telephony providers configure your telephone numbers automat- ically. This configuration starts either right after the FRITZ!Box is con- nected to the internet or after the FRITZ!Box user interface is opened. Instructions: Configuring Your Own Telephone Numbers Open the user interface;...
• Further settings that depend on the kind of device. For IP telephones you can also enable international calls. IP telephones are configured in the FRITZ!Box such that only domestic calls and calls to emergency numbers are possible. Requirements •...
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Viewing Information on Energy Consumption The current power consumption of the total FRITZ!Box system is dis- played on the “Overview” page of the user interface. Information on the power consumption of the individual areas, and on the average power consumption over the last 24 hours, is presented in...
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• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Saving Power with Smart Home With intelligent Smart Home devices like FRITZ!DECT, electrical ap- pliances are integrated into the home network. This way they can be switched on and off by schedule.
Expanding a Wi-Fi Network with Mesh Overview If the Wi-Fi network of the FRITZ!Box does not reach all of your rooms, then you can extend it with a FRITZ!Repeater, a FRITZ!Powerline with Wi-Fi functionality, or with an additional FRITZ!Box. Mesh combines the individual Wi-Fi networks of the FRITZ! devices into a single powerful Wi-Fi network.
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For instructions, page 78. Features in the Mesh The FRITZ!Box is the hub of the Mesh, the Mesh Master. Other FRITZ! devices in the Mesh are Mesh Repeaters. The following features pro- vide for high-performance connections between the devices and for convenience in the Mesh: •...
• FRITZ!OS 7.00 or later is installed on the FRITZ!Box. • FRITZ!Repeater version 7.00 or later is installed on the FRITZ!Powerline or FRITZ!OS. • The FRITZ!Repeater or FRITZ!Powerline is located in the home net- work of the FRITZ!Box. Instructions: Enabling Mesh for a FRITZ!Repeater Open the FRITZ!Box user interface;...
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Connect 1240E, 546E, 540E WLAN/WPS All of the LEDs on FRITZ!Powerline will be flashing when you re- lease the button. Within 2 minutes, start WPS on the FRITZ!Box. Do this by pressing the “Connect/WPS” button until the “Info” LED starts flashing.
“Mesh Master” in the Mesh. Establish the connection between the FRITZ!Box 7530 AX and the “Mesh Master” via Wi-Fi or using a LAN ca- ble. All “Mesh Repeaters” automatically adopt the Wi-Fi network settings from the “Mesh Master”...
Overview The AVM services for diagnostics and maintenance keep your FRITZ! Box and the FRITZ!OS operating system up to date and support the se- curity and further development of your FRITZ!Box. We recommend leaving the use of all AVM services enabled for your FRITZ! device.
Example You have three children, all of whom use various devices that access the internet via FRITZ!Box. You would like to restrict your children’s use of the internet as follows: • Their daily time online is to be restricted to a few hours.
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Overview You can use a filter list to block access to websites with inappropriate content. Upon delivery, there are two empty lists in the FRITZ!Box. You can enter websites in these lists. These lists can then be used as filters in the access profiles.
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Protocol Internet Protocol Explanation IPv6 Within IPv6 networks you can open the FRITZ!Box firewall for the TCP and UDP protocols when entering the port range. One port can be opened for each computer in the network. IPv4 Within IPv4 networks you can open the firewall for the two protocols ESP and GRE, which do not use ports.
IP address. The IP address may change in the process. Dynamic DNS is an internet service that makes it possible for the FRITZ!Box to remain accessible from the internet at all times un- der a fixed name, the domain name, even when the public IP address changes.
Remote Access to the FRITZ!Box Overview Over the internet it is possible to access the user interface of the FRITZ!Box. With a laptop, smartphone or tablet you can configure set- tings in the FRITZ!Box user interface. HTTPS, FTP and FTPS...
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Overview VPN stands for Virtual Private Network. Via VPN, secure remote access to the network of the FRITZ!Box can be established. The connection is established via the internet. The data are transmitted in encrypt- ed form via what is known as a tunnel. This excludes the possibility of unauthorized access to the data.
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Under en.avm.de/vpn, the AVM website presents comprehensive infor- mation on VPN in general and in connection with the FRITZ!Box. Also on the VPN Service Portal is the “FRITZ!VPN” software for free downloading. The “FRITZ!VPN” program is a VPN client for Windows.
IPv6 stands for internet protocol version 6. This is the successor proto- col to IPv4. IPv6 is more powerful, and has more addresses and better security properties than IPv4. The FRITZ!Box supports IPv6 and can establish IPv6 connections. Services that Support IPv6 Home Network / In-...
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• IPv6 must be installed and enabled on the computers in your home network (standard in Windows since Windows Vista and Windows 7, in Mac OS X since macOS 10). Instructions: Configuring IPv6 in the FRITZ!Box Open the user interface; page 52. Select “Internet / Account Information / IPv6”.
IP address for the location and one for the identity. The FRITZ!Box can be configured as a LISP router. LISP is useful if technical or organizational reasons make it preferable to keep the same IP addresses, even when you switch internet service providers.
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FRITZ!Fon telephones. Quick-dial numbers can be configured only in the first local telephone book. Instructions: Setting Up a New Telephone Book in the FRITZ!Box Open the user interface; page 52. Select “Telephony / Telephone Book / New telephone book”.
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• By voice menu using any connected telephone. For more informa- tion, page 224. • By pressing a button on your FRITZ!DECT 440. Comprehensive in- structions on how to configure the buttons are presented in the lat- est FRITZ!DECT manual at en.avm.de/service/manuals.
Using the Fax Function Overview With the FRITZ!Box you can send and receive faxes. The FRITZ!Box can forward received faxes to your email address. Send the fax from the user interface. A graphic file in JPG or PNG format can be appended to any fax transmission.
Configuring Do Not Disturb Overview Do Not Disturb keeps a telephone from ringing at specified times. Calls you miss then appear in the FRITZ!Box call list. Do Not Disturb cannot be configured for IP telephones (connected via LAN port/Wi-Fi). Example You do not want your telephone to ring between 11 pm and 6 am.
If you have multiple telephone numbers, you can configure dial- ing rules. A dialing rule determines which telephone number the FRITZ!Box uses for outgoing calls to a certain range of numbers, for in- stance to mobile networks or to foreign countries.
DECT devices in the vicinity of the FRITZ!Box. Reducing the field strength also reduces the range of the DECT radio network. • DECT Eco: When DECT Eco is enabled, the FRITZ!Box switches off the DECT radio network as soon as all cordless telephones are in standby mode.
• Registration of FRITZ!DECT Repeater or FRITZ!Box in DECT repeater mode • DECT Eco • HD Telephony • With FRITZ!Fon: ring tones of your own, web radio, podcasts, back- ground image, photos of callers and playback of music files by the FRITZ!Box media server Instructions: Allowing Non-encrypted DECT Connections Open the user interface;...
Home Network and Mesh Wi-Fi: Overview Diagram An overview diagram shows all devices that are physically connect- ed to the FRITZ!Box or connected with the FRITZ!Box via Wi-Fi. The overview diagram is a helpful tool to make the device connections transparent.
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USB: for USB devices • Connection topology Connection path of the devices to the FRITZ!Box: direct connection or via a re- peater, an access point, or a powerline de- vice Devices in the guest net- devices that are connected with the...
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Perform FRITZ!OS update If the “Update” column in the table indicates that a FRITZ!OS update is available, you can perform the update directly from the table. Open a properties window for The “Properties” column contains a a device “Details”...
“Home Network / Network / Network Connections”. A network connection is an IP connection between a network device and the FRITZ!Box. By means of the table you can keep track of the network connections and all network devices. You can edit the connection prop- erties, and add and remove network devices.
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FRITZ!Box. • All connections: Every connection any network device has to the FRITZ!Box is displayed. A connection can be established with a net- work cable, via Wi-Fi, or over VPN. • Idle connections: Connections that are currently not active are dis- played.
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The “Add Device” function is useful for vendors. When a customer or- ders a new FRITZ!Box, she or he can have the vendor set up the net- work in the FRITZ!Box. With the “Add Device” function this can be done without actually connecting any network devices.
Overview The IPv4 settings define the IPv4 network of the FRITZ!Box. Without these settings there is no IPv4 network. In the FRITZ!Box an IPv4 net- work is the default setting. The preconfigured IPv4 network is identical in all FRITZ!Boxes. You can change the IPv4 settings.
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The messages are received by all network de- vices. IPv4 Address in Case of Emergency The FRITZ!Box also has a fixed IPv4 address that cannot be changed. IPv4 address Purpose 169.254.1.1 The FRITZ!Box can always be reached at this IPv4 address.
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IPv4 network IPv4: IPv4 stands for internet protocol, version 4. Together, the IPv4 ad- dress of the FRITZ!Box and the subnet mask specify the IPv4 network of the FRITZ!Box. The IPv4 address range available for the network devices is determined by this network. If either of these two values is changed, a different network results.
IP network. The DHCP server of the FRITZ!Box is enabled upon delivery. One part of the IPv4 address range of the FRITZ!Box is reserved for the DHCP server. The DHCP server assigns IP addresses from this range to the network devices.
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IPv4 settings of the network devices; page 135. When a network device registers with the FRITZ!Box, it receives an IPv4 address from the DHCP server. Every time the network device is restarted, the DHCP server assigns it an IP address again.
Requirements • The “IPv6 support enabled” setting is enabled under “Internet / Ac- count Information / IPv6” in the FRITZ!Box user interface. Factory Settings The following IPv6 settings are configured in the FRITZ!Box upon deliv- ery: IPv6 Property Setting Unique Local Addresses (ULA)
Application Example Static IP routes are intended for the following situation: • In the FRITZ!Box network there is a subnet whose network address in the FRITZ!Box is unknown. • The network devices in the subnet are to communicate with the network devices of the FRITZ!Box or access the internet via the FRITZ!Box.
Wake on LAN is a function that allows a computer to be started via net- work adapter. Wake on LAN can be used with remote maintenance software, to eliminate the need to keep the computer switched on per- manently. The FRITZ!Box supports Wake on LAN both for IPv4 and for IPv6 connections. Requirements •...
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You should back up the contents of your USB stor- age media on a regular basis. • Place USB hard drives far away from the FRITZ!Box in order to pre- vent interference with Wi-Fi transmission. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •...
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Instructions: Configuring a USB Printer as a Network Printer (Windows 8) A USB printer connected to the FRITZ!Box can be configured as a net- work printer in Windows 8: Press the keyboard shortcut “Windows key + X” and select “Control Panel”...
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The USB printer has been configured and can be used as a network printer. Instructions: Configuring a USB Printer as a Network Printer (Windows 10) A USB printer connected to the FRITZ!Box can be configured as a net- work printer in Windows 10: Press the keyboard shortcut Windows key + i.
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The media server can be expanded using USB storage media or USB hard disks. You can also use the media server of the FRITZ!Box to listen to web radio. How It Works The FRITZ!Box detects media files automatically and makes them available in a clear playlist.
You can switch the Wi-Fi network on and off in the following ways: • with the “WLAN” button (press briefly) • in the “Home Network / Wireless” menu of a connected FRITZ!Fon cordless telephone • in the “Convenience Features / Wireless” menu of the MyFRITZ!App •...
Overview Wi-Fi uses the frequency ranges at 2.4 and 5 GHz for transmission. In the default setting the FRITZ!Box automatically checks the wireless en- vironment and selects the optimum wireless channel settings. In some cases it may be necessary to adjust the Wi-Fi channel settings.
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AP steering (Access Point steering): For a wireless device in the Mesh Wi-Fi, the FRITZ!Box can select the FRITZ! device which is currently the best access point to the Mesh Wi-Fi. Disable Mesh Wi-Fi steering only if a wireless device experiences prob- lems with Wi-Fi connections.
Configuring Wi-Fi Guest Access Overview In addition to its wireless network, the FRITZ!Box can provide a second, independent wireless guest network. You can make this Wi-Fi guest network available to your guests. Then your guests can log in with the...
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Sending and receiving email • Not Allowed Accessing contents of the home network • Changing the Settings of the FRITZ!Box • The “Guest” access profile can be edited in the “Internet / Filters / Ac- cess Profiles” menu; page 86. The configured filters determine which websites your guests are al- lowed to visit.
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QR Code The FRITZ!Box automatically generates a QR code for the wireless guest access. Then your guests can log in conveniently by scanning this code. Switching the Wi-Fi Guest Access On and Off •...
You can also measure the power consumption of these de- vices. You operate the sockets in the FRITZ!Box user interface, with a FRITZ!DECT 440/400 switch, with FRITZ!App Smart Home, or with a FRITZ!Fon.
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Wi-Fi guest access on and off. FRITZ!DECT 500 LED Light FRITZ!DECT 500 is a LED light for white and color lighting. With the FRITZ!DECT 440 and 400 switches you can switch the LED light. With FRITZ!App Smart Home you can also dim the LED light and change its color.
Overview With the function diagnostics you can get an overview of the functional status of your FRITZ!Box and its internet connection, and of your home network as well. In case an error occurs, the diagnostics results can help you localize and remedy any problems.
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• MyFRITZ! account email address • Home Network number of network devices connected with • the FRITZ!Box at present or at an earlier point in time number of network devices online • Smart Home number of Smart Home devices Wi-Fi Environment...
FRITZ!Box. At a glance you can see whether the latest FRITZ!OS is installed, which ports are open, which users are logged in or off the FRITZ!Box, which wireless devices with which properties are connected to the FRITZ!Box and much more.
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With CAPIoverTCP you can use the “FRITZ!Fax for FRITZ!Box” program with the FRITZ!Box to send and receive faxes. FRITZ!Box users all FRITZ!Box users and their rights to access • FRITZ!Box contents, for the FRITZ!Box home network and for access from the internet time at which the FRITZ!Box last logged in •...
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Various push services are available in the user interface under “Sys- tem / Push Service”. Push services are notification services that in- form you about the activities of your FRITZ!Box and assist you in sav- ing your passwords and FRITZ!Box settings. With the push services you can have email sent to you at regular intervals informing you about the latest connections, usage and configuration of your FRITZ!Box.
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Sends you an access link to the specified email address if you have forgotten your password Save settings Saves the settings of the FRITZ!Box to a back- up file before each update and every time the factory settings are restored, and forwards this...
• For the first login with the FRITZ!Box, use the FRITZ!Box password preset for your FRITZ!Box. • After the first login, you can create one or more FRITZ!Box users. FRITZ!Box users are individual authorizations to access and use the FRITZ!Box, which are linked with individual user accounts. Every FRITZ!Box user account has a username and a password.
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FRITZ!Box. • A FRITZ!Box user does not have to be an actual person. You can cre- ate a FRITZ!Box user for the purpose of bundling certain use rights.
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Comply with the following rules for creating usernames and setting passwords: • For FRITZ!Box users, select a username that begins with a letter from a to z in upper or lower case and has a maximum of 32 char- acters;...
You would like to be notified about new messages on the answering machine. The “Info” LED flashes when there are new messages on the FRITZ!Box answering machine. The LED stops flashing as soon as all new messages have been heard.
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, and Spanish. Rules • FRITZ!Fon cordless telephones automatically adopt the new lan- guage of the FRITZ!Box. You can prevent this: Within 2 minutes after you changed the language setting in the FRITZ!Box, press “Cancel” on the FRITZ!Fon.
The FRITZ!Box is optimized to make telephone calls in various coun- tries. With the regional options you specify the country in which you use your FRITZ!Box for telephone calls. This way you ensure that the FRITZ!Box adapts optimally to the telephony functionality of the coun- try in which it is used.
However, you can also set the time zone where you use the FRITZ!Box manually. If you are using the FRITZ!Box in a country with daylight saving time, you can enable the option to adjust to daylight time automatically.
FRITZ!Box settings you have previously saved can be restored. • You can restore settings saved in your current FRITZ!Box. • You can load the saved settings into a FRITZ!Box of the same model. • You can load the saved settings into another FRITZ!Box of a differ- ent model.
Restarting the FRITZ!Box Overview A restart of your FRITZ!Box may be necessary if the FRITZ!Box no longer reacts correctly, or if internet connections can no longer be es- tablished for no apparent reason. You can perform a restart directly on the FRITZ!Box or via the FRITZ!Box user interface.
• The FRITZ!Box no longer works properly (for instance, due to im- proper settings) • The FRITZ!Box is to be passed on to an outside party for repair. • The FRITZ!Box is to be resold to another user. • The FRITZ!Box is to be disposed of.
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Select the “Factory Settings” tab. Click on the “Load Factory Settings” button. The FRITZ!Box is reset to its factory settings. All data are deleted. If you intend to restart operation of the FRITZ!Box, we recommend up- dating the FRITZ!OS of the FRITZ!Box;...
With the automatic update function of the FRITZ!Box you will never miss a software update for your FRITZ!Box and will be able to use new features right away. A new version of FRITZ!OS can contain improve- ments, bug fixes and important security updates, as well as significant new functions.
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During installation all internet and telephony • connections will be interrupted briefly. The FRITZ!Box is preconfigured for automatic updates, generally at night. During installation all internet and telephone connections will be briefly interrupted. If you require a stable internet connection with-...
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We recommend keeping the search for updates and the automatic in- stallation of updates enabled. This way you benefit from further devel- opments of existing and new features for your FRITZ!Box. Open the user interface; page 52.
AVM regularly makes new versions of FRITZ!OS available for your FRITZ!Box, free of charge. Updates contain further developments and often new features. You can update the FRITZ!OS in the user interface of your FRITZ!Box, in the Mesh Overview. Always install the latest FRITZ!OS version on all FRITZ! products in your FRITZ!Box home network.
Instructions: Performing a FRITZ!OS Update with the Wizard Do not clear the connection between FRITZ!OS and the computer dur- Important ing a FRITZ!Box update, and do not unplug the power cord. Interrupt- ing a FRITZ!OS update could damage your FRITZ!Box. Open the user interface;...
In some cases it is not possible to perform an automatic update, or an update via the “Mesh Overview” or wizard. Then you have the option of performing a manual update with a FRITZ!OS file that is already saved on your computer’s hard drive, or on a storage medium connected to the computer, for instance a USB stick.
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Select “System / Update / FRITZ!OS File”. If you did not configure the “Save settings” push service: Back up the settings on your FRITZ!Box before the update. Using this file you can restore the settings of your FRITZ!Box as needed.
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Warns about potentially inse- • cure settings Save and Restore Settings To save and restore the FRITZ!Box settings Update Checks whether a new version of FRITZ!OS is available for your FRITZ!Box Configuring Push Service...
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Log in with the login information of your MyFRITZ! account (email address and password). Click on the name of the FRITZ!Box whose NAS storage you want to access. Log in using the login information of a FRITZ!Box user with the necessary rights (username and password).
FRITZ!Box as high-performance network-at- tached storage. Access Rights Access to FRITZ!NAS and thus to the storage media of the FRITZ!Box can be protected by defining a password in the user interface. For user-oriented rights management, you can configure different FRITZ!Box users.
What Is MyFRITZ!? Overview MyFRITZ! adds additional functionality to your FRITZ!Box. With MyFRITZ! you can access various information and features of your FRITZ!Box via the internet or from the home network. MyFRITZ! Components MyFRITZ! includes the following components: MyFRITZ! account /...
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In the following cases, the assigned address cannot be reached from the internet: • Your FRITZ!Box is in IP client mode, meaning that it shares the ex- isting internet connection of another router. • Your internet service provider did not assign a public IPv4 address to your FRITZ!Box, for instance for connections with the dual-stack lite protocol.
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• Smart Home: Switch and control smart plugs and radiator controls Which functions you can access depends on the rights configured for the FRITZ!Box users logged in. If you logged in with the general FRITZ!Box password, you have access to all areas;...
MyFRITZ! Account and FRITZ!Box You only have to set up a MyFRITZ! account once. It exists no mat- ter which FRITZ!Box was used to create it. Once an account has been created you can register any number of FRITZ!Box models with your MyFRITZ! account.
• You configured a MyFRITZ! account and your FRITZ!Box is regis- tered with this MyFRITZ! account. • An account as a FRITZ!Box user has been set up for you in your FRITZ!Box, and the FRITZ!Box user has the rights “Access from the internet allowed”...
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If your telephone provider sup- ports this, calls will be diverted by your provider and your line will re- main free for other calls. Otherwise the FRITZ!Box establishes a sec- ond connection. In either case, extra charges will accrue according to your contracted telephone rates.
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You can also use your FRITZ!Fon cordless telephone as a baby moni- tor. See the manual of your FRITZ!Fon for instructions. Telephone without Call Button...
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You can pick up and take the following calls on connected telephones: • Calls that have already been accepted by an answering machine. This can be the FRITZ!Box answering machine or a connected an- swering machine. • Calls that arrive at another connected telephone (the other tele- phone rings).
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Telephone with Call Button Press the following keys for a broadcast call: All telephones on the FRITZ!Box ring. You will be connected to the telephone that picks up the call first. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •...
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The call is on hold. Enter the telephone number of party 2. This can be an external tele- phone number or an internal number from the FRITZ!Box telephone book. When party 2 accepts the call, you can consult with others in the room.
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During the call with the party 1, press the hold button: The call is on hold. Enter the telephone number of party 2. This can be an external tele- phone number or an internal number from the FRITZ!Box telephone book. On cordless telephones: Others: •...
Restoring Factory Settings with the Telephone Overview You can restore factory settings to the FRITZ!Box by telephone. This is necessary, for instance, if you can no longer access the user interface of your FRITZ!Box because you’ve forgotten your password and did not configure the “Forgot password”...
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Proxy config- If a proxy server is enabled in your uration does web browser, the address of the not allow the FRITZ!Box must be entered as an FRITZ!Box ad- exception. Check your web brows- dress er settings. For more information on this, see the help of your web browser.
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Change the positions of the FRITZ!Box and the wireless de- interrupted nection between vices: FRITZ!Box and Do not set up the FRITZ!Box in wireless device • the corner of a room. interrupted Do not set up the FRITZ!Box di- •...
Enter the FRITZ!OS version of your FRITZ! device, for instance “7.20”. If you do not know the FRITZ!OS version, please enter a “?”. Fill out the fields in the support form and then click on “Submit support request”.
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DECT DECT base station: up to 6 handsets • up to 10 FRITZ!DECT 200/210 outlet switch- • up to 10 FRITZ!DECT 440/400 switches to • switch/control FRITZ!DECT devices up to 12 FRITZ!DECT 300/301/Comet DECT • radiator controls up to 10 Smart Home devices by other man- •...
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The licensing conditions are presented in the help for the FRITZ!Box 7530 AX user interface under the “Legal Notice” heading. This documentation and the software have been produced with all due care and checked for correctness in accordance with the best available technology.
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..........FRITZ!Box password ......172 holding .............233 changing ..........home network .......... FRITZ!Box users ........overview of all devices ....FRITZ!Box web address ....... homepage ...........52, FRITZ!NAS hotspot (Wi-Fi) ........private ..........access by computer ......public ..........152 expanding storage ......
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.......... loading factory settings connection information ....170 via cable modem ........ via user interface ......184 via fiber optic modem ....... with FRITZ!Fon ......... internet protocol log files ............170 log information ........version 4 ..........126 logging off of the user interface ...
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MyFRITZ! account .... package contents ........FRITZ!Box web address ....206 parental controls ........in home network ......password for FRITZ!Box ...... MyFRITZ! account ......changing ..........MyFRITZ! App with Android ... password forgotten ......MyFRITZ! in the internet ....
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..........59 remote access setting language ........178 FRITZ!VPN ..........97 setting up ..........MyFRITZ! ..........204 settings ............51 VPN ............FRITZ!Box password ....... requirements for operation ....27 FRITZ!Box users .......172 resetting firmware ........184 IP address ......... resolving problems .......239 loading ..........restarting ..........
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