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Password Protection: Using FRITZ!Box Safely
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Password Protection: Using FRITZ!Box Safely
Password protection for access to the user interface is a security fea-
ture of your FRITZ!Box. This section describes how to use a password
for the FRITZ!Box user interface and why you should use password
protection.
Additional security information on using the FRITZ!Box, see the AVM
web site at en/avm.de/guide/security.
12.1
Login with Password: FRITZ!Box Procedures
The FRITZ!Box offers two ways to configure password protec-
tion:
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The two login methods have the following properties:
Property
Password
open the FRITZ!Box user inter-
face.
Scope of access With the FRITZ!Box password,
access to all contents and set-
tings in the FRITZ!Box is per-
mitted.
Kind of access
Login to the user interface is
permitted from devices located
in the home network of the
FRITZ!Box.
For instructions on configuring the FRITZ!Box password, see
the section
For instructions on configuring FRITZ!Box users, see the sec-
tion
FRITZ!Box 7272
FRITZ!Box password
FRITZ!Box user
FRITZ!Box Password
There is a password needed to
Using a FRITZ!Box Password
Using FRITZ!Box Users
FRITZ!Box User
There are user accounts.
Every FRITZ!Box user receives her
or his own password for opening
the user interface.
For each FRITZ!Box user, in the user
account you define which contents
and settings of the FRITZ!Box the
given user is allowed to access.
A FRITZ!Box user can also log in to
the FRITZ!Box user interface—with
the appropriate user rights—from
the Internet.
from
page
62.
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from
page
60.
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