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FRITZ!Box 7490
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Entering landline numbers in FRITZ!Box

If the FRITZ!Box is connected to an old landline (analogue or ISDN), you can configure your landline phone numbers in the FRITZ!Box. The numbers you configure can be assigned to phones and used for convenience features.

Old landline connections use the traditional copper cable network and have now been largely phased out in Germany.

Nowadays, the term 'landline' often refers to IP-based telephony (VoIP) via an internet connection. Configure your phone number for IP-based telephony in the FRITZ!Box as internet phone numbers: Configuring internet phone numbers in FRITZ!Box.

Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Box.

1 Preparations

Setting the country of use

  1. Click on 'System' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click on 'Region and Language' in the 'System' menu.
  3. Click on the 'Region' tab.
  4. Select your country from the drop-down list. If your country is not displayed, select 'Other country'.

    Important:When the regional options are changed, the phone settings (for example telephony devices, call diversion settings, dialling rules) are reset and must be reconfigured.

  5. If you are asked for the time zone, select the correct time zone.
  6. Click on 'Apply' to save the settings.

Entering your location information

  1. Click on 'Telephony' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click on 'Phone Numbers' in the 'Telephony' menu.
  3. Click on the 'Line Settings' tab.
  4. Select your country from the drop-down list under 'Location Information'. If your country is not listed, select 'Other country'.
  5. For the 'Country code', enter the leading zeros in the first field and the country code in the second field (for example, enter '00' and '49' for Germany).
  6. For the 'Area code', enter the leading zero in the first field and the area code in the second field (for example '0' and '30' for Berlin).

    Fig.: Entering the country code and area code (e.g. for Germany and Berlin)

  7. Click on 'Apply' to save the settings. On the FRITZ!Box, confirm that the procedure may be executed, if you are asked to do so.

Enabling the landline settings

  1. Click on 'Telephony' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click on 'Phone Numbers' in the 'Telephony' menu.
  3. Click on the 'Line Settings' tab.
  4. Enable the 'Landline enabled' option.
  5. Click on 'Apply' to save the settings.

2 Configuring landline numbers

  1. Click on 'Telephony' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click on 'Phone Numbers' in the 'Telephony' menu.
  3. Click on the 'New Phone Number' button.
  4. Enable the 'Landline number' option and click on 'Next'.
  5. Select the type of landline and click on 'Next'.

    Important:You are only asked to select the type of landline (analogue or ISDN line) when you configure the first landline number. If you want to change the connection type later, you must delete all of the landline numbers you configured first.

  6. Enter your landline number or ISDN phone numbers (MSNs) and click on 'Next'.



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