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Fingbox

User’s

Manual

Version

1.0

October

2017

Rev.21

October

21th,

2017

Fing

app

v6.2.1

Summary of Contents for Fingbox

Page 1: ...Fingbox User s Manual Version 1 0 23 October 2017 Rev 21 October 21th 2017 Fing app v6 2 1...

Page 2: ...s for your kids block intruders and stay aware of network security risks 1 Fingbox is the smart caretaker of your home network 1 Fingbox can limit Internet access only if the router allows it With som...

Page 3: ...s 11 People 11 Attention required 11 Tests and reports 11 Paused and Blocked devices 11 Alerts on new devices 12 Paused and blocked devices 15 Adding a family member 16 Recent Events 20 Fingbox settin...

Page 4: ...t 47 Frequent questions about Internet Security Check 49 Security Alerts 50 New device found MAC address never seen before 50 New or malicious Wi Fi Access Point 50 A WiFi station is being attacked 51...

Page 5: ...a simple number Connect the other end to the Fingbox 3 Check that the power adapter has the right plug matching your country electrical standard If needed keep the button pressed while rotating and e...

Page 6: ...longer it takes to complete a full scan At the end of the scan you may already see the prompt to activate the Fingbox If you don t see the prompt don t worry and read on 7 At the bottom right of the...

Page 7: ...es set the following rules to allow Fingbox to reach the Fing services OUTBOUND tcp 80 to ANY Internet address OUTBOUND tcp 443 to ANY Internet address OUTBOUND tcp 4443 to ANY Internet address OUTBOU...

Page 8: ...t corner tap on the button to search for the Fingbox f Follow the on screen instructions When I try to activate the app says it cannot find any Fingbox Make sure your mobile phone where you re running...

Page 9: ...ices screen Unmanaged networks are marked with any of the context icons for Home Office Rental Public or Unclassified You can delete an unmanaged network with a swipe left gesture All the customizatio...

Page 10: ...person s devices or change anything about the person Attention required Right under the people section there is a recap of the global status green or yellow shield and how many devices are currently...

Page 11: ...ox alerts you whenever a new device appears on the network for the first time Such alerts can be sent as email messages or mobile notifications but you may be busy at that time and simply ignore them...

Page 12: ...board screen ACKNOWLEDGE You can simply tap OK to acknowledge without any special action Fingbox top lights will get back to the normal blue circle Alerts on new devices are so important for your netw...

Page 13: ...TIP To avoid being submerged by status change notifications we recommend to keep this setting to OFF and manually activate status change alerts for each important device that should always stay up an...

Page 14: ...nd blocked devices Whenever you PAUSE or BLOCK a device or a family member they will be listed at the bottom of the Dashboard so you can quickly review and unpause them Fingbox User s Guide App v6 2 1...

Page 15: ...ternet access for all the devices owned by a person with a single command Tap on Add user Optionally Fing can use the picture you already have in your phone contact list otherwise just tap on Create c...

Page 16: ...modify the name if you wish or tap on the picture to choose another one or a simple graphical avatar If you don t add any picture Fing will generate a colorful graphic with the initials Fingbox User s...

Page 17: ...ually a phone Choose something that is with this person most of the time like a phone or a wristwatch The first pick will become the Personal device the other devices you select will be associated to...

Page 18: ...Tap on SAVE top right corner and it s done A new family member with his personal device To close the user s card tap on DONE Fingbox User s Guide App v6 2 1 Page 18...

Page 19: ...nt Events To see what happened while you weren t watching tap on the small clock icon on the right You ll see all the relevant events that happened in your network Fingbox User s Guide App v6 2 1 Page...

Page 20: ...security alert available for some events Internet Security see the Internet Security report Internet Speed see the Internet speed measured when the test was run Wi Fi Performance see the Wi Fi speed m...

Page 21: ...Devices and tap on the name at the top Light dimmer Use this slider to dim the lights on the top circle Set to 0 to turn them off Add another Fingbox Tap on this to add another Fingbox to the current...

Page 22: ...e devices ever seen on your network plus the off network devices you chose to watch from the DigitalFence lists States of a device Beside the ONLINE and OFFLINE states a device can be displayed in a f...

Page 23: ...ne because the device is blacklisted or the DHCP server is not working properly and need to be re configured or simply restarted A device in this status can be deleted with a swipe left gesture IN RAN...

Page 24: ...ork details To access the Network details go to the Device list screen and tap on the Fingbox name at the top of the screen In the example below the Fingbox name is Toy Fingbox The top section allows...

Page 25: ...ount wherever the device appears Tap on SHOW SETTINGS to see context and alerts settings Change the network context to the appropriate value Fingbox adapts the user interface and the automatic configu...

Page 26: ...address ex 192 168 0 0 and the network mask ex 24 bit The last measurement for Internet Speed download upload The IP address of the default gateway the router used to reach the Internet The DNS server...

Page 27: ...ints because each 2 4 and 5 GHz Wi Fi network has a separate BSSID The time zone where the Fingbox is operating The name of the Internet service provider with the city state or country The public IP a...

Page 28: ...s you made to devices will be lost Managed by Fingbox this type of network has a Fingbox and can be managed from anywhere locally or via Internet Managed networks are displayed with an icon representi...

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Page 30: ...never written anywhere right If you have a Google or Facebook account and you don t want another password to remember Fing works with Google and Facebook authentication to quickly create a Fing Accoun...

Page 31: ...password If you forgot your password you can easily set a new one using the password recovery page https app fing io recovery Just enter the email address of the Fing Account and we ll send you an ema...

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Page 33: ...n Edit TCP Services of the Fing app settings You can modify this list to fit your needs Ping This will run a continuous ping to the target address showing the round trip time and the packet loss betwe...

Page 34: ...ould you buy a Wi Fi mesh system to cover the dark spots in your home Fingbox empowers you to understand what s happening and take the right actions It all starts by measuring the following things The...

Page 35: ...low line runs between the Fingbox and a test server located in an Internet data center as close as possible to your home Because Fingbox is wired this test is not affected by your home Wi Fi Of course...

Page 36: ...ldren or nieces because these services are typically outside the network of your Internet provider think sending a package on the other side of the world you ship it at the local post office but the P...

Page 37: ...der 60 ms are acceptable for general use Values above 100 ms can impact the comfort of an audio video call and add some slugginess to interactive applications Download This measures how fast you can f...

Page 38: ...s test very close to the Wi Fi access point You ll likely get the maximum speed with the best signal and use this value as a reference to evaluate how speed decreases in other rooms and find the dark...

Page 39: ...ol can tell you how much bandwidth is being used by a device and how much traffic has been generated by each device while the test is running First select the devices you want to monitor for bandwidth...

Page 40: ...llows Download Speed the download bandwidth used by the device expressed in Megabit sec average of the last 5 seconds Upload Speed the upload bandwidth used by the device Download Size the cumulated a...

Page 41: ...dth you can politely ask to stop doing that and finally upload your huge slide deck and then go watch Game of Thrones If you are not in the mood you can use Fingbox to pause the Internet access for th...

Page 42: ...we talk about Bytes or multiples like kB kilobyte MB Megabyte or GB 1 Gigabyte 1024 MB Internet Security Check The Internet Security Check looks for potential vulnerabilities on the public side of yo...

Page 43: ...address This is the equivalent of your home address in the global internet used to deliver data to your devices Your devices on the other hand will be assigned Internal IP Addresses not visible from...

Page 44: ...video server that you can reach only when you are in the internal home network not very useful If you want to see the video feed from outside and the camera manufacturer doesn t provide a cloud servic...

Page 45: ...nd no open ports and the router doesn t allow applications to forward ports without user control It shows the Internet service provider the public IP address as detected by the Fing Service and the ci...

Page 46: ...n shield You can see that this router allows applications to freely setup port forwarding without any control yellow shield Scrolling down you can see the list of the open ports left side Wherever pos...

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Page 48: ...firewall on your router or your service provider s firewall may detect this as a burst scan attack and temporarily ban the Fing scanning server The Fing scanner applies all the modern techniques to av...

Page 49: ...learns the BSSIDs over time If you have multiple access points and multiple Wi Fi names on the same network you can speed up this learning process For each Wi Fi network connect your phone to Wi Fi an...

Page 50: ...works vulnerable to this attack and there is not much to do Evil Twin attack Fingbox detected a Wi Fi Evil Twin a malicious Wi Fi access point acting as a clone of another legitimate access point but...

Page 51: ...ccess point and reconnect to a rogue one This is a very common attack usually performed in coffee shops hotels and public places if you often use such public WiFi services without Wi Fi encryption we...

Page 52: ...eir traffic looking for access credentials or valuable information typical Man in the middle approach This technique also allows the attacker to serve fake web pages inducing people to enter their cre...

Page 53: ...e that this is a Wi Fi attack and this is a rogue access point you may decide to shut off your network at least turn off the router and the internal servers and look around for the radio signal transm...

Page 54: ...s that are active and are connected to the Wi Fi of the local network managed by Fingbox Stations Wi Fi access points in the vicinity sorted by signal strength Nearby devices are usually described wit...

Page 55: ...f each bar Monitoring off network devices With DigitalFence you can watch Wi Fi devices even when they are not connected to your network In this way you can detect the presence of a device without giv...

Page 56: ...ction tap on the element representing the dog walker s phone and add it to the watchlist with an appropriate name When the dog walker s phone is nearby it will be displayed in the main Device List as...

Page 57: ...t the usual setting Alert me when state changes Thank you Thank you for your time and your attention We re honored to have you as our customer and user For questions about this guide and to report err...

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