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Accessing the FRITZ!Box over the internet

You want to set up remote access for the FRITZ!Box and access the user interface via the Internet, for example? ✔ Find out how to do that here.

You can set up secure access to your FRITZ!Box over the internet. This way you can access the FRITZ!Box's call list as well as documents and media files in FRITZ!NAS or configure settings in the FRITZ!Box user interface.

To protect you against unauthorized access, internet access to the FRITZ!Box is possible only via an encrypted HTTPS connection (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) and requires the entry of a username and password.

Requirements / Restrictions

Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.

2 Using MyFRITZ!Net to access the FRITZ!Box

  1. Call up myfritz.net in a web browser.
  2. In the corresponding fields, enter the email address and MyFRITZ! password you used to register with MyFRITZ!Net, and click "Log In".
    Logging into myfritz.net
  3. Solve the CAPTCHA.
  4. In the MyFRITZ! device overview, click on the FRITZ!Box you want to access.
    • You will now be redirected to the MyFRITZ! home page of the FRITZ!Box.
  5. Enter the password that you entered when setting up your MyFRITZ! account for the FRITZ!Box user and click "Log In".

The MyFRITZ! home page for your FRITZ!Box is now called up and you can access the Call List, messages on the FRITZ!Box answering machine, FRITZ!NAS contents as well as the FRITZ!Box user interface.