Registration in the Home Network

System / FRITZ!Box Users / Login to the Home Network

Overview

To keep your FRITZ!Box secure, you will always be requested to log in when you open the FRITZ!Box user interface. Login protects access to the functions and settings on your FRITZ!Box. Within the FRITZ!Box home network there are two ways to log in to your FRITZ!Box:

  • Login with a general FRITZ!Box password that grants general access to all areas of the FRITZ!Box. This login method is the default setting in the FRITZ!Box.
  • Login with a personalized FRITZ!Box user account, with which access to the FRITZ!Box can be configured differently for each user.

Here you can specify which login method you want to use.

To save the settings, always click on the "Apply" button at the bottom of the page.

"Login for Access to the Home Network" Section

The following login methods can be configured:

Login with FRITZ!Box username and password

Each user of the FRITZ!Box logs in with their own FRITZ!Box user account, that is, with their own FRITZ!Box username and a unique password. A FRITZ!Box user account is configured in the "System / FRITZ!Box Users" menu.

Configure this login method for the following cases:

  • You want to configure different access and settings options for different users.
  • You want to access your FRITZ!Box from the internet.

Login with the FRITZ!Box password

You log in using a general FRITZ!Box password. This login method is preconfigured.

Configure this login method for the following cases:

  • You configure your FRITZ!Box as the only user.
  • You do not want to access your FRITZ!Box from the internet.

Instructions: Assigning or Changing a FRITZ!Box Password

  1. Enter a secure password of your choice in the "FRITZ!Box password" field; see Tips and Characters for Passwords.
  2. Click on "Apply" to save the password.

Login without password (not recommended)

With this setting you remove the password protection from your FRITZ!Box. The FRITZ!Box is then no longer protected from unauthorized access. Enable this setting only if you have compelling reasons to do so.
More information: Protecting the User Interface with a Password.

Login by button

To keep your FRITZ!Box secure, enable the "Login by button" setting. Then you will be prompted to press a button on your FRITZ!Box to log in whenever you access the FRITZ!Box user interface.

"Confirm" Section

Here you can specify whether the user should enter additional confirmation for certain settings. This method is called "two-factor authentication".

Important:To protect sensitive FRITZ!Box settings, AVM recommends always using the additional confirmation (two-factor authentication) option. Disable this setting only if you have compelling reasons to do so.

Extra confirmation to configure certain settings and functions

 To keep your FRITZ!Box secure, during configuration you will be prompted to confirm selected settings and settings changes by pressing buttons on your FRITZ! product or on a connected telephone. This two-factor authentication is enabled by default.

Enable confirmation via Google Authenticator app

The confirmation with Google Authenticator is a further security feature for your FRITZ!Box. With Google Authenticator you enter an additional code from the app to confirm a change to the settings. This two-factor authentication can be used, for instance, when you are operating your FRITZ!Box from another location.

The confirmation codes from the Google Authenticator App are one-time passwords valid for only a limited time. These passwords are generated using a method called "Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP). Alternative to the Google Authenticator App, you can use any other app that supports the "TOTP" method.

If you enable Google Authenticator here, then you can configure the Google Authenticator app for a certain user and a certain smartphone in the "System / FRITZ!Box Users / Users" menu.

The confirmation codes from the Google Authenticator App are one-time passwords valid for only a limited time. These passwords are generated using a method called "Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP). Alternative to the Google Authenticator App, you can use any other app that supports the "TOTP" method.

If you enable Google Authenticator here, then you can configure the Google Authenticator app for a certain user and a certain smartphone in the "System / FRITZ!Box Users / Users" menu.

Further Guidance and Information

Forgot FRITZ!Box password?

The FRITZ!Box offers you two ways to access the user interface when you have forgotten your password:

  • "Forgot password" push service
  • Restoring FRITZ!Box to its factory settings

More information: Forgot FRITZ!Box password?

Logging Off the User Interface

For security reasons, we recommend that you log off the FRITZ!Box user interface whenever you have concluded your work there. If you do not click on the user interface for a period of more than 20 minutes, you will be logged off automatically.
More information: Logging Off the User Interface.

Characters for Passwords, Network Keys and Names

Protecting the User Interface with a Password

Logging Off the User Interface

"Forgot Password" Push Service

Forgot FRITZ!Box password?

What are FRITZ!Box users?