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Accessing FRITZ!NAS over the internet

You can always use a web browser to easily and securely access http://fritz.nas from anywhere to upload and download files, or play multimedia content such as photos or music.

Note:For smartphones and tablets, we recommend using MyFRITZ!App. If you do not want to allow files to be changed, download links are recommended.

Requirements / Restrictions

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

1 Preparations

Configuring a USB storage device for use as storage (NAS)

  1. Configure the USB storage device for use as storage (NAS).

Configuring MyFRITZ!

Register the FRITZ!Box with MyFRITZ!Net so that it can always be reached on the internet at a fixed MyFRITZ! address:

  1. Create a MyFRITZ! account and set it up in the FRITZ!Box.

Maintaining a permanent internet connection

  1. Click on 'Internet' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click on 'Account Information' in the 'Internet' menu.
  3. Click on 'Change connection settings'.
  4. Enable the option 'Maintain permanently (recommended for flat rates)'. If the option is not shown, the FRITZ!Box is already permanently connected to the internet.
  5. Click on 'Apply' to save the settings.

2 Setting up FRITZ!Box users

To access the FRITZ!Box over the internet, you must set up users in the FRITZ!Box and allow them to access storage (NAS) contents from the internet:

  1. Click on 'System' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click on 'FRITZ!Box Users' in the 'System' menu.
  3. Click on the (Edit) button for the user who should be allowed to access the storage (NAS) over the internet or set up a new user for internet access:
    1. Click on the 'Add User' button.
    2. Enter a name and password for the user in the corresponding fields.
  4. Enable the option 'Access to NAS contents' in the 'Rights' section.
  5. If the user should be allowed to access all storage, enable the option 'Full access'.
    • If the user should be allowed to access all storage but may not make any changes to files, enable the option 'Read access only' ('Write access only').
    • If the user should only be able to access specific storage or specific directories:
      1. Enable the option 'Individual settings'.
      2. Click on 'Configure Access Rights'.
      3. Select the storage and directories the user is allowed to access.
      4. If you do not want to allow the user to make changes to files in a folder, click on (Read and write access) and then on (Read access only).
      5. Click on 'Apply' to save the settings.

    • ATTENTION!If you grant access to all folders, the user will also have access to faxes, answering machine messages, and any online storage you have configured.

  6. Enable the option 'Access from the internet allowed' in the 'Access from the Internet' section.
  7. Click on 'Apply' to save the settings.

3 Accessing FRITZ!NAS over the internet

  1. Call up the address https://[MyFRITZ! address of the FRITZ!Box]/nas in a web browser. If the FRITZ!Box does not use the default HTTPS port 443, add the HTTPS port used by the FRITZ!Box to the MyFRITZ! address.

    Example:
    https://pi80ewgfi72d2os42.myfritz.net:49476/nas

  2. In the corresponding fields, enter the username and password of a FRITZ!Box user who is authorized to access NAS contents from the internet and click on 'Log in'.
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