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Setting up FRITZ!Box for use with a Fonira line

The FRITZ!Box is optimally prepared for use with Fonira. Simply connect the FRITZ!Box to the internet connection, select Fonira as the internet service provider in the FRITZ!Box, and configure telephony.

The complete FRITZ!Box range of functions for internet, telephony, and smart home is then available to all of the devices in the home network without restriction.

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

  1. Insert the DSL cable into the 'DSL' socket on the FRITZ!Box and into the left socket of your phone jack marked with a triangle (see fig.).
    Using a DSL cable to connect FRITZ!Box to a DSL line

2 Setting the country of use

  1. Open the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Enter the FRITZ!Box password given on the type label of the FRITZ!Box and click on 'Log In'.
  3. Click on 'System' and then on 'Region and Language'.
  4. Click on the 'Region' tab.
  5. Select 'Austria' from the drop-down list.

    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.

  6. Click on 'Apply' to save the settings.

3 Configuring the internet connection in the FRITZ!Box

  1. Click on 'Wizards' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. 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
  3. Select 'Fonira' from the drop-down list and enable the correct connection type.
  4. Click on 'Next' and follow the wizard's instructions. The wizard connects the FRITZ!Box to the internet.

    Important:If the FRITZ!Box cannot establish an internet connection, your internet access may not have been activated yet. In this case, contact Fonira.

4 Setting up telephony in the FRITZ!Box

Having your login information ready

  1. Have the login information for telephony that you received from Fonira ready.

    Note:Fonira sent you the login information via email after you concluded the contract with them. If you did not receive your login information, contact Fonira.

Configuring phone 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. If shown, enable the 'Internet phone number' option and click on 'Next'.
  5. Select 'fonira IP-Festnetz' from the drop-down list.
  6. Enter your phone number including the area code (for example 011234567) in the 'Phone Number' field.
  7. For the 'Password', enter the password you received from Fonira.
  8. Enter your area code by 'Area code' (for example 01).
  9. Click on 'Next' and follow the wizard's instructions.

Assigning phone numbers

  1. Click on 'Telephony' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click on 'Telephony Devices' in the 'Telephony' menu.
  3. Click on the (Edit) button for the respective telephony device.

    Important:If the telephony device was not configured yet, click on the 'Configure New Device' button and follow the wizard's instructions.

  4. From the 'Outgoing Calls' drop-down list, select the number to be used by the telephony device for making outgoing calls. If you do not select a phone number, the number entered under 'Telephony > Phone Numbers > Line Settings' is used for making calls.
  5. Select the phone numbers to which the telephony device should react when you receive calls. You can select up to ten numbers (including the number for outgoing calls).
  6. Click on 'Apply' to save the settings.



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