Show VPN Connections and Connection Settings
VPN connections configured in the FRITZ!Box are displayed on the "Internet / Permit Access" page, on the "VPN" tab.
VPN Connections to the FRITZ!Box
The entries in the "VPN Connections to the FRITZ!Box" table are VPN configurations for individual network devices. A network device that is configured with the corresponding settings can establish VPN connections to the FRITZ!Box.
- VPN configurations for network devices are configurations of FRITZ!Box users with the right to establish VPN connections to the FRITZ!Box. Every FRITZ!Box user configuration with VPN rights is entered in this table as a VPN configuration.
- VPN configurations for Windows must be created with the Configure FRITZ!VPN Connection program. The VPN configuration must be imported to the FRITZ!Box. The VPN configuration is entered in this table.
| Column | Meaning | ||||
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| Enabled | The VPN connection is enabled or disabled with the checkbox.
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| Name | The name of the VPN connection. FRITZ!Box users with VPN rights are listed here with their user names. | ||||
| Address in the internet | When a VPN connection has been established, the public IPv4 address of the remote site is displayed here. | ||||
| Virtual IP address | An IPv4 address from the home network of the FRITZ!Box. With this IPv4 address, the network device becomes a participant in the home network of the FRITZ!Box whenever a VPN connection is established. | ||||
| VPN settings | With this link the VPN settings for FRITZ!Box users with the right to use VPN are opened in a separate window. The settings can be printed out from this separate window. There is no such link for imported VPN configurations. Imported VPN configurations are opened using the program with which you created the configuration, for instance, "Configure FRITZ!Box VPN Connection". | ||||
| Status | The connection status of the VPN connection.
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 | Deletes the VPN connection in the following way:
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The VPN connection has been established.
The VPN connection has not been established.VPN Connections between the FRITZ!Box and Other Networks
The entries in the "VPN Connections between the FRITZ!Box and Other Networks" table are configurations for VPN connections between the home network of the FRITZ!Box and other networks. Another network can be the home network of another FRITZ!Box or another router's network.
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| Enabled | The VPN connection is enabled or disabled with the checkbox.
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| Name | The name of the VPN connection. | ||||||
| Local network | The non-public IPv4 address of the FRITZ!Box home network. This IPv4 address must be different from the one displayed in the "Remote network" column. | ||||||
| Remote network | The non-public IPv4 address of the remote site's network. This IPv4 address must be different from the one displayed in the "Local network" column. | ||||||
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| Data transmission via VPN | Either all of the network traffic is routed via the VPN tunnel, or traffic is distributed:
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| Opens the VPN configuration in editing mode. This button is not active for imported VPN configurations. Imported VPN configurations are opened using the program with which you created the configuration, for instance, "Configure FRITZ!Box VPN Connection". | ||||||
| Deletes the VPN connection. |
VPN Connections
When the table entitled "VPN Connections" is displayed, no VPN connections are configured in the FRITZ!Box. The table is empty.