Performing and Disabling Additional Confirmation

Some FRITZ! settings can be changed only if additional confirmation is provided. When "OK" or "Apply" is clicked to save such a setting, the "Confirm" window appears. The additional confirmation can be performed in two ways:

  • by pressing a button on the FRITZ!Box
  • using a telephone connected to the FRITZ!Box

More Security through Additional Confirmation

A number of particularly sensitive FRITZ!Box settings receive special protection from unauthorized access through the additional confirmation feature. These include, for instance, call diversion settings and the saving of FRITZ!Box settings.

The additional confirmation ensures that these settings can be changed only by users with direct access to the FRITZ!Box at its location.

Rules

  • For additional confirmation by telephone, you can use a DECT cordless telephone, an analog telephone, or an ISDN telephone. IP telephones and smartphones are not suitable for this purpose.

Confirmation by FRITZ!Box Button

The "Confirm" window appears in the user interface. Proceed as follows:

  1. Press briefly on one of the buttons on the FRITZ!Box, for instance the "WLAN" button.
  2. In the "Procedure Confirmed" window, click on "OK".

Confirmation by Telephone

The "Confirm" window appears in the user interface. Proceed as follows:

  1. Pick up a telephone that is connected with the FRITZ!Box.
  2. Enter the code displayed in the "Confirm" window, for instance, *10215.
  3. Press the call key on the telephone (or lift the receiver).

    Wait for the acknowledgment tone.

  4. Hang up again.
  5. In the "Procedure Confirmed" window, click on "OK".