Internet Access via Existing Connection over Wireless LAN

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If the device that provides the internet connection for your network (an internet router, for instance) supports Wi-Fi, then you connect the FRITZ!Box with the device over Wi-Fi.

Operating Mode

In this operating mode, the following properties apply to the FRITZ!Box:

  • The FRITZ!Box receives an IP address from the upstream wireless router.
  • The FRITZ!Box works as a router.
  • The FRITZ!Box provides a network with its own network address range.
  • When the settings are applied the network address range of the FRITZ!Box changes automatically.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites must be fulfilled by the radio network with which you wish to connect the FRITZ!Box:

  • The radio network must transmit in the 2.4-GHz frequency band.
  • The radio network must use WPA encryption.
  • The radio network must allow FRITZ!Box to establish a wireless LAN connection. If the radio network is provided by another FRITZ!Box, the option "Allow all new wireless devices" has to be enabled on the "Wireless / Radio Network" page.

Connecting with the Router's Wireless Radio Network

  1. In the list of wireless devices, select the radio network the FRITZ!Box is to connect with by checking the checkbox.
  2. Enter the network key of the selected radio network in the "Security" area.
  3. Click "Apply".