Connecting a Network Device with a Remote FRITZ!Box

Telecommuting

Employees who work from home can connect their notebooks securely with the home network of the FRITZ!Box at work using a VPN. The VPN connection integrates the notebook into the home network of the FRITZ!Box. Employees can use the shared network resources as if they had brought their notebooks to the office. The VPN connection cannot be bugged and data transmission cannot be manipulated.

Sales Representatives

Sales representatives who spent the majority of their working hours visiting customers can log their notebooks into a customer's guest network and then connect securely with the home network of the FRITZ!Box at the office via VPN. The VPN connection integrates the notebook into the home network of the FRITZ!Box. Employees can use the shared network resources as if they had brought their notebooks to the office. The VPN connection cannot be bugged and data transmission cannot be manipulated.

Secure Connections when Using Public Internet Access Points

When a public access point is used with a smartphone, notebook or tablet, it is easy for unauthorized parties to read the data traffic over non-encrypted connections. Even if connections are encrypted, the connection target can be identified. With an encrypted VPN connection to the home network of the FRITZ!Box, both of these weaknesses can be avoided: 1. The data traffic cannot be bugged. 2. Only the target of the VPN tunnel can be identified. The actual connection target is hidden in the tunnel. All internet queries are then forwarded into the internet from the remote FRITZ!Box. All internet connections, for instance to online banking, are established by the FRITZ!Box.

Connecting Multiple FRITZ!Box Home Networks with Each Other

Connecting the FRITZ!Box at a Branch Office with the FRITZ!Box at Headquarters

A bakery with one main location and a store can connect the store's FRITZ!Box home network with the FRITZ!Box home network at the main location. All of the network devices in the home network of the store's FRITZ!Box can access the shared resources in the home network of the main location's FRITZ!Box. This way, the cash register at the store can be connected securely with the server at headquarters.