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
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Login with Password: FRITZ!Box Procedures
The FRITZ!Box offers two ways to configure password protec-
tion:
•
FRITZ!Box password
•
FRITZ!Box user
The two login methods have the following properties:
For instructions on configuring the FRITZ!Box password, see
the section
.
For instructions on configuring FRITZ!Box users, see the sec-
tion
Property
FRITZ!Box Password
FRITZ!Box User
Password
There is a password needed to
open the FRITZ!Box user inter-
face.
There are user accounts.
Every FRITZ!Box user receives her
or his own password for opening
the user interface.
Scope of access
With the FRITZ!Box password,
access to all contents and set-
tings in the FRITZ!Box is per-
mitted.
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.
Kind of access
Login to the user interface is
permitted from devices located
in the home network of the
FRITZ!Box.
A FRITZ!Box user can also log in to
the FRITZ!Box user interface—with
the appropriate user rights—from
the Internet.
