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FRITZ WLAN 7490 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

Given below is full router user manual of FRITZ WLAN 7490 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 7490
Installation
and Operation
Installation
and Operation
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FRITZ!Box 7490
2
Table of Contents
Security and Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Handling the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Conventions in the Manual . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
1
The FRITZ!Box 7490 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2
Ports, Interfaces, Buttons and LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.1
Ports and Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2.2
Buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.3
LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
3
Before You Connect the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.1
Contents of the FRITZ!Box Package. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2
Requirements for Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
4
Connecting the FRITZ!Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.1
Connecting to Electrical Power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
4.2
Connecting to the Internet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
4.3
Connecting to the Landline Telephone Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
5
Connecting a Computer with a Network Cable . . . . . . . 26
5.1
Connecting to the Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
5.2
Connecting a Network Hub or Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
6
Connecting Computers with the FRITZ!Box
over Wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6.1
Procedure for Establishing Secure Wireless LAN Connections . . . . 28
6.2
Establishing a Wireless LAN Connection Using WPS . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
6.3
Establishing a Wireless LAN Connection with a Network Key . . . . . 31
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7
The FRITZ!Box User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
7.1
Opening the User Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
7.2
Overview: FRITZ!Box at a Glance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
7.3
Standard View and Advanced View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
8
Using System Functions of the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . 35
8.1
Diagnostics: Checking FRITZ!Box Functions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
8.2
Using Energy-Saving Functions of the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
8.3
Push Services: Notification Services of the FRITZ!Box. . . . . . . . . . . 38
8.4
Locking the Buttons on the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.5
Saving and Restoring the FRITZ!Box Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
8.6
Update: Updating FRITZ!OS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
9
Configuring an Internet Connection in the FRITZ!Box . . 46
9.1
Internet Connection for DSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
9.2
Internet Connection for Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
9.3
Internet Connection for the Mobile Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
9.4
Internet Connection over LAN 1: FRITZ!Box as a Router. . . . . . . . . . 48
9.5
Internet Connection over Wireless LAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
9.6
Surfing the Net . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
10
Connecting Telephones and Other Terminal Devices . . 51
10.1
Connecting an Analog Telephone or Terminal Device . . . . . . . . . . . 51
10.2
Connecting ISDN Telephones and ISDN Terminal Devices . . . . . . . 51
10.3
Registering FRITZ!Fon and Other Cordless (DECT) Telephones . . . . 52
10.4
Registering an iPhone or Android Smartphone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
10.5
Connecting an IP Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
10.6
Connecting a Door Intercom System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
11
Configuring the FRITZ!Box for Telephone Calls . . . . . . . 56
11.1
Configuring Your Telephone Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
11.2
Configuring Telephones and Other Terminal Devices
in the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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12
Password Protection: Using FRITZ!Box Safely . . . . . . . . 58
12.1
Login with Password: FRITZ!Box Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
12.2
Using a FRITZ!Box Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
12.3
Using FRITZ!Box Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
12.4
Forgot Password—What to Do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
12.5
Mode “No login” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
13
MyFRITZ!: Accessing the FRITZ!Box from Anywhere . . . 70
13.1
Configuring MyFRITZ! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
13.2
Using MyFRITZ!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
13.3
Security with MyFRITZ!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
14
FRITZ!Box as an Internet Router . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
14.1
Parental Control: Access Profiles for Internet Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
14.2
Port Forwarding: Making Computers Accessible from the Internet. 84
14.3
Dynamic DNS: Name instead of IP Address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
14.4
Access from the Internet via HTTPS, FTP and FTPS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
14.5
Prioritization: Right of Way for Internet Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
14.6
VPN: Remote Access to the Home Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
14.7
Freely Selectable DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
14.8
DNSSEC: Security for DNS Queries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
14.9
IPv6: The New Internet Protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
14.10
Mobile Network: Replacing Faulty DSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
14.11
LISP: FRITZ!Box as a LISP Router. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
15
FRITZ!Box as a WLAN Access Point. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
15.1
Switching the Wireless Radio Network On and Off by Schedule. . 103
15.2
Extending a Wireless Radio Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
15.3
Wireless LAN—Getting Technical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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16
FRITZ!Box as a Telephone System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
16.1
Telephone Book . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
16.2
Call List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
16.3
Answering Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
16.4
Fax Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
16.5
Call Diversion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
16.6
Dialing Rules for Outgoing Calls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
16.7
Blocking Telephone Numbers and Callers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
16.8
Do Not Disturb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
16.9
Alarm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
16.10
Baby Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
16.11
Making Telephone Calls with Convenience Functions. . . . . . . . . . 128
17
FRITZ!Box as a DECT Base Station . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
17.1
Paging Cordless Telephones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
17.2
Registering a Cordless Telephone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
17.3
Deregistering a Cordless Telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
17.4
Enabling DECT Eco . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
18
FRITZ!Box Connects Network Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
18.1
Network Settings in the FRITZ!Box . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
18.2
Obtaining an IP Address Automatically . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
19
Connecting USB Devices to the FRITZ!Box. . . . . . . . . . 148
19.1
Power Supply for USB Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
19.2
USB Devices on the FRITZ!Box. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
19.3
Using USB Devices Safely . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
19.4
Configuring Access Rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
19.5
Accessing USB Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
19.6
Sharing a USB Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
20
Managing Memory with FRITZ!NAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
20.1
Requirements for FRITZ!NAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
20.2
Starting FRITZ!NAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
20.3
FRITZ!NAS Password Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

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