FRITZ!Box 4020
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The FRITZ!Box User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Opening the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Overview: FRITZ!Box at a Glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Assigning FRITZ!Box a Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Password Protection: Using FRITZ!Box Safely . . . . . . . . 27
FRITZ!Box Password and FRITZ!Box Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using a FRITZ!Box Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Using FRITZ!Box Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Forgot Password—What to Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
“No login” Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring an Internet Connection on the WAN Port. . 37
Connecting to a Cable Modem or Internet Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Connecting to a VDSL, DSL or Fiber Optic Modem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Connecting to the Internet Router as an IP Client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Wireless LAN Connection to the Internet Connection . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Connecting to the Internet via the Mobile Network . . . 41
FRITZ!Box as an Internet Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Parental Controls: Access Profiles for Internet Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Port Forwarding: Making Computers Accessible from the Internet. 50
Dynamic DNS: Name instead of IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Access from the Internet via HTTPS, FTP and FTPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Prioritization: Right of Way for Internet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
VPN: Remote Access to the Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Freely Selectable DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
DNSSEC: Security for DNS Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
IPv6: The New Internet Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
LISP: FRITZ!Box as a LISP Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
FRITZ!Box as a Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Switching the Wireless Radio Network On and Off by Schedule. . . 67
Extending a Wireless LAN Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Wireless LAN—Getting Technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69