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Setting up FRITZ!Box for use with a DSL line

You want to connect a new FRITZ!Box and set it up? ✔ Keep your account information handy and simply start the wizard for internet access.

The FRITZ!Box automatically connects to the internet when you connect it to your DSL line and enter your personal account information in the FRITZ!Box user interface. The complete FRITZ!Box range of functions for internet, telephony, and smart home is then available to all of the devices in your home network without restriction.

Refer to Setting up the FRITZ!Box: Guides for different providers for links to our provider-specific guides. If your internet service provider is not listed there, proceed as described in this guide.

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

1 Connecting the FRITZ!Box to the DSL line

  1. Connect the FRITZ!Box to the DSL line.

2 Configuring the internet connection in the FRITZ!Box

  1. Open the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. If the FRITZ!Box is set to factory settings, set a password for accessing the user interface and click on 'OK' and then on 'Next'.
    Setting a password for the user interface
  3. If the wizard for internet access does not start automatically, click on 'Wizards' and then on 'Configure the Internet Connection'.
    Calling up the FRITZ!Box wizard
  4. If your internet service provider is displayed in the drop-down list, select your internet service provider. If your provider is not listed, select 'more internet service providers'.
    • If your internet service provider is not displayed in the drop-down list, select 'other internet service provider'.
  5. Click on 'Next' and follow the wizard's instructions. Configuration is complete as soon as the message 'The internet connection check was successful' is displayed.

    Note:If the internet connection check fails, either your internet access has not been activated yet or the FRITZ!Box must be activated by your internet service provider. In this case, contact the internet service provider.

3 Setting up telephony in the FRITZ!Box

If you want to connect phones to the FRITZ!Box and use them to make calls over the internet:

  1. Configure the internet phone numbers in the FRITZ!Box.



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