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Port Forwarding: Making Computers Accessible from the Internet
Setting Up Port Forwarding in the FRITZ!Box
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IPv4: Port forwarding for IPv4 is configured in the “Inter-
net / Permit Access” menu, on the “Port Forwarding”
page.
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IPv6: Enable the advanced view. Port forwarding for IPv6
is also configured in the “Internet / Permit Access”
menu, on the “IPv6” page.
Determining the IPv4 Address for Accessing the FRITZ!Box
If you have enabled ports for forwarding in the FRITZ!Box, oth-
er Internet users can access your computers at the IP address
assigned to your FRITZ!Box by the Internet service provider.
This is a public IPv4 address.
Here is how to determine the public IPv4 address of the
FRITZ!Box:
1.
Open any Internet page in order to establish an Internet
connection.
2.
Open the FRITZ!Box user interface and enable the ad-
vanced view in the user interface.
3.
The FRITZ!Box’s public IPv4 address is displayed on the
“Overview” page in the “Connections” area.
Can Always Be Reached, Even When the IP Address Changes
Every time the Internet connection is interrupted, the Internet
service provider re-assigns the IP address. The IP address may
change in the process. Therefore it is a good idea to use
MyFRITZ! or dynamic DNS so that the IP address can always be
reached under the same name. For more information about
MyFRITZ!, see the chapter
MyFRITZ!: Accessing the FRITZ!Box
. For more information about
dynamic DNS, see the section
.