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Using FRITZ!Box Users
4.
Specify whether or not the new FRITZ!Box user is allowed
to access from the Internet the FRITZ!Box contents for
which she or he has access rights.
Keep in mind that in order to access the FRITZ!Box from
the Internet, a corresponding service must also be en-
abled in the FRITZ!Box. For information on how to do
this, see the section
Accessing the FRITZ!Box from the
Internet
from
page 49
.
5.
In the “Rights” area, specify for each FRITZ!Box user
which FRITZ!Box contents she or he is allowed to use.
Make sure that those users who are allowed to configure
settings on the FRITZ!Box are assigned at least the right
“FRITZ!Box settings”.
For more information on rights, see the section from
page 48
.
6.
Save your entries by clicking “OK”.
The FRITZ!Box user account has been set up.
If you would like to use user accounts to log into the
FRITZ!Box from the home network as well, also perform
the following two steps:
7.
Switch to the “Login to Home Network” tab and select
the “Login with FRITZ!Box user name and password” op-
tion. Confirm your selection by clicking “Apply”.
You will be directed to the welcome screen of your
FRITZ!Box.
8.
Select your user name and enter the corresponding
password to log in to the user interface of your
FRITZ!Box.
The password protection for your FRITZ!Box is enabled as
soon as you configure the first user who is allowed to make
settings on the FRITZ!Box. Now you can set up more users.
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Setting Up More FRITZ!Box Users
1.
In the FRITZ!Box user interface, open the “System /
FRITZ!Box Users / User” menu.
A list of the FRITZ!Box user accounts is displayed. Click
the button after each list entry to view, change
, or
delete
the corresponding user account.
2.
Click the “Add User” button.
3.
Enter a name, a valid e-mail address and a password for
the new user.
For more information on the characters you may use for
the password, see the Help in the FRITZ!Box user inter-
face.
4.
Specify whether or not the new FRITZ!Box user is allowed
to access from the Internet the FRITZ!Box contents for
which she or he has access rights.
Keep in mind in order to access the Internet, a corre-
sponding service must also be enabled in the FRITZ!Box.
For information on how to do this, see the section
Accessing the FRITZ!Box from the Internet
from
page 49
.
5.
In the “Rights” area, specify for each FRITZ!Box user
which FRITZ!Box contents she or he is allowed to use.
For more information on rights, see the section from
page 48
.
6.
Save your entries by clicking “OK”.
The FRITZ!Box user account has been set up.
Do not create any user accounts for temporary users (like
weekend guests, for example) whom you would like to grant
Internet access over your FRITZ!Box temporarily. Use the
guest access of the FRITZ!Box over wireless LAN instead; see
page 139
.
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Rights for FRITZ!Box Users
The rights define which contents of the FRITZ!Box a FRITZ!Box
user is allowed to access.
The rights checked in the user account are granted to the
FRITZ!Box user for access from the home network and—if en-
abled—also for access from the Internet; see
page 49
.
You can grant the following rights:
•
FRITZ!Box settings
A user with these rights can open the
http://fritz.box
or
http://myfritz.box
view of the FRITZ!Box user interface.
Here she or he can see and edit all settings.
Configuration
rights
automatically include the right to access voice mes-
sages, faxes, FRITZ!App Fon and the call list as well as the
right to control Smart Home devices.
A registered user cannot revoke these rights herself or
himself and cannot disable her or his own account.
•
Voice messages, faxes, FRITZ!App Fon and call list
A user with these rights can open the
http://myfritz.box
view. There she or he can view faxes, the call list,
FRITZ!App Fon, and listen to voice messages.
•
Access to NAS contents
A user with this right can open the FRITZ!Box user inter-
face
http://fritz.nas
. Here she or he can view the con-
tents for which she or has read rights and—if she or he
has write rights as well—edit these contents.
Access to NAS contents can be granted for all storage
media available on the FRITZ!Box or for one selected di-
rectory.
•
Smart Home
If you also deploy FRITZ!Box devices for home automa-
tion in your AVM network, a FRITZ!Box user with these
rights can use the MyFRITZ! access for the remote control
of up to 10 switchable outlets.
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•
VPN
A user with this right can use her or his mobile device or
computer to establish a safe VPN connection to the
FRITZ!Box and its home network.
Accessing the FRITZ!Box from the Internet
To be able to access your FRITZ!Box from the Internet, the fol-
lowing conditions must be fulfilled:
•
You have set up an account with the MyFRITZ! service;
see
page 55
. Your FRITZ!Box is registered with this My-
FRITZ! account.
•
The option “Access from the Internet allowed” is en-
abled in your user account.
•
The option “Internet access to the FRITZ!Box via HTTPS
enabled” is selected in the “Internet / MyFRITZ!” menu,
or enabled in the “Internet / Permit Access / FRITZ!Box
Services” menu.
When the MyFRITZ! service is enabled this check mark is
set automatically.
A FRITZ!Box user who has been granted Internet access can
use the MyFRITZ! (
myfritz.net
) service to access the corre-
sponding FRITZ!Box from any location. From the Internet she
or he can reach only those FRITZ!Box contents she or he can
also access from the home network.
For more information about MyFRITZ!, see the chapter
MyFRITZ!:
Accessing the FRITZ!Box from Anywhere
from
page 54
.
For more information about HTTPS, see the chapter
Access
from the Internet via HTTPS, FTP and FTPS
from
page 71
.
How to Use FRITZ!Box User Accounts
•
As a FRITZ!Box user with all rights, you can control and
configure your FRITZ!Box at home from anywhere, and al-
so view contents and download what you need.
•
If you set up a FRITZ!Box user account for every member
of the family, with at least the rights to access voice mes-
sages, faxes, FRITZ!App Fon and the call list, the entire
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family can check the answering machine or view the call
list even when they’re away from home.
•
With a FRITZ!Box user account that has only the right to
access a certain area of the NAS, you can grant your
friends Internet access to your latest vacation pictures,
for instance.
•
As a FRITZ!Box user with the “Smart home” right, you
can switch your lamps or aquarium pumps on and off
from anywhere in the world. The prerequisite is that you
connect them to Smart Home devices from AVM (like
FRITZ!DECT 200, for instance) which are integrated in the
home network of your FRITZ!Box. You can remote control
up to 10 switchable outlets over your MyFRITZ! access.
Preconfigured FRITZ!Box User: ftpuser
The first time you open the overview of user accounts under
“System / FRITZ!Box Users /
Users”, the user “ftpuser” is al-
ready listed.
This is because the FRITZ!NAS service, in which the storage
media connected with the FRITZ!Box are summarized, can al-
so be accessed over the protocols SAMBA and FTP. If you ac-
cess FRITZ!NAS via Windows file sharing or an FTP client, your
users must be authenticated by entering “ftpuser”.
The preconfigured user account ensures smooth access to
FRITZ!NAS over SAMBA and FTP. Therefore it is important not
to delete or rename this user.
If you use only the login method with FRITZ!Box user name
and password to access your FRITZ!Box, you can also set up a
user account with NAS access rights.
You can delete the preconfigured ftpuser account only if you
FRITZ!Boxalways use your FRITZ!Box user account to access
the “”, be it from home or via the Internet. In every other case
deleting this user account will make it impossible to use the
NAS services of the FRITZ!Box, or allow only restricted use.

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