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FRITZ 6490 Cable Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

Given below is full router user manual of FRITZ 6490 Cable router model. You can also download this manual in PDF Format to read later on your computer.

Product user manuals come handy in case you want to know all functionalities of your device, troubleshooting, fist time configuration & setup and in many other situations.

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FRITZ!Box 6490 Cable
Installation
and Operation
Installation
and Operation
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Table of Contents
Security and Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Handling the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Conventions in the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
1
The FRITZ!Box 6490 Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2
Ports, Interfaces, Buttons and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.1
Ports and Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2.2
Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.3
Meaning of the LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
3
Before You Connect the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.1
Contents of the FRITZ!Box Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3.2
Requirements for Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
4
Connecting the FRITZ!Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.1
Installing at the Cable Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4.2
Connecting to Electrical Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
5
Connecting a Computer with a Network Cable . . . . . . . 19
5.1
Connecting to the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
5.2
Connecting a Network Hub or Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
6
Connecting Computers with the FRITZ!Box over Wireless
LAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.1
Procedure for Establishing Secure Wireless LAN Connections . . . . 21
6.2
Establishing a Wireless LAN Connection Using WPS . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
6.3
Establishing a Wireless LAN Connection with a Network Key . . . . . 24
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7
The FRITZ!Box User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.1
Opening the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.2
Overview: FRITZ!Box at a Glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7.3
Standard View and Advanced View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
8
Using System Functions of the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.1
Diagnostics: Checking FRITZ!Box Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
8.2
Using Energy-Saving Functions of the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
8.3
Push Services: Notification Services of the FRITZ!Box. . . . . . . . . . . 31
8.4
Locking the Buttons on the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
8.5
Saving and Restoring the FRITZ!Box Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
9
Connecting Telephones and Other Terminal Devices . . 35
9.1
Connecting Analog Telephones and Terminal Devices . . . . . . . . . . 35
9.2
Connecting ISDN Telephones and ISDN Terminal Devices . . . . . . . 36
9.3
Registering FRITZ!Fon and Other Cordless (DECT) Telephones . . . . 37
9.4
Registering an iPhone or Android Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
9.5
Connecting an IP Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
9.6
Connecting a Door Intercom System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
10
Configuring the FRITZ!Box for Telephone Calls . . . . . . . 40
10.1
Configuring Your Telephone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
10.2
Configuring Phones and Other Terminal Devices in the FRITZ!Box . 40
11
Password Protection: Using FRITZ!Box Safely . . . . . . . . 42
11.1
Login with Password: FRITZ!Box Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
11.2
Using a FRITZ!Box Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
11.3
Using FRITZ!Box Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
11.4
Forgot Password—What to Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
11.5
“No login” Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
12
MyFRITZ!: Accessing the FRITZ!Box from Anywhere . . . 54
12.1
Configuring MyFRITZ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
12.2
Using MyFRITZ!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
12.3
Security with MyFRITZ!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
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13
FRITZ!Box as an Internet Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
13.1
Parental Controls: Access Profiles for Internet Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
13.2
Port Forwarding: Making Computers Accessible from the Internet. 68
13.3
Dynamic DNS: Name instead of IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
13.4
Access from the Internet via HTTPS, FTP and FTPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
13.5
Prioritization: Right of Way for Internet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
13.6
VPN: Remote Access to the Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
13.7
Freely Selectable DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
13.8
DNSSEC: Security for DNS Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
13.9
IPv6: The New Internet Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
13.10
LISP: FRITZ!Box as a LISP Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
14
FRITZ!Box as a Wireless Access Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
14.1
Switching the Wireless Radio Network On and Off by Schedule. . . 85
14.2
Extending a Wireless LAN Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
14.3
Wireless LAN—Getting Technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
15
FRITZ!Box as a Telephone System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
15.1
Telephone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
15.2
Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
15.3
Answering Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
15.4
Fax Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
15.5
Call Diversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
15.6
Dialing Rules for Outgoing Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
15.7
Blocking Telephone Numbers and Callers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
15.8
Do Not Disturb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
15.9
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
15.10
Baby Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
15.11
Making Telephone Calls with Convenience Functions. . . . . . . . . . 110
16
FRITZ!Box as a DECT Base Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
16.1
Paging Cordless Telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
16.2
Registering a Cordless Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
16.3
Deregistering a Cordless Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
16.4
Enabling DECT Eco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
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17
FRITZ!Box Connects Network Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
17.1
Network Settings in the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
17.2
Obtaining an IP Address Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
18
Connecting USB Devices to the FRITZ!Box. . . . . . . . . . 127
18.1
Power Supply for USB Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
18.2
USB Devices on the FRITZ!Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
18.3
Using USB Devices Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
18.4
Configuring Access Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
18.5
Accessing USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
18.6
Sharing a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
19
Managing Memory with FRITZ!NAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
19.1
Requirements for FRITZ!NAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
19.2
Starting FRITZ!NAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
19.3
FRITZ!NAS Password Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
20
Assigning FRITZ!Box a Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
21
Controlling Smart Home Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
22
Configuring Internet Access for Guests . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
22.1
Wireless Guest Access: Private Hotspot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
22.2
Configuring Guest Access on the LAN 4 Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
23
Help in Case of Errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
23.1
The User Interface Does Not Open . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
23.2
Cannot Establish a Wireless LAN Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
23.3
Wireless LAN Connection Interrupted. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
24
Configuring FRITZ!Box on the Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . 147
24.1
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
24.2
Do Not Disturb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
24.3
Call Diversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
24.4
Switching the Wireless Network On and Off. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

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