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FRITZ!Box 5590 Fiber
This support document is available for the following products:
- FRITZ!Box 7590 AX
- FRITZ!Box 7590
- FRITZ!Box 7583 VDSL
- FRITZ!Box 7583
- FRITZ!Box 7582
- FRITZ!Box 7581
- FRITZ!Box 7560
- FRITZ!Box 7530 AX
- FRITZ!Box 7530
- FRITZ!Box 7520
- FRITZ!Box 7510
- FRITZ!Box 7490
- FRITZ!Box 7430
- FRITZ!Box 7390
- FRITZ!Box 7369
- FRITZ!Box 7360
- FRITZ!Box 7340
- FRITZ!Box 7330
- FRITZ!Box 7272
- FRITZ!Box 6890 LTE
- FRITZ!Box 6850 5G
Accessing shared files and printers over a VPN connection
Computers can only automatically detect other computers and display their names within the FRITZ!Box home network. To access shared libraries, files, and printers in the remote network over a VPN connection, use the IP addresses of the respective computers.
1 Preparations
- Determine the IP address of the computer in the remote FRITZ!Box network with the shares you want to access.
Note:When the DHCP server is enabled, you can find the IP address of the computers under "Home Network > Network > Network Connections" in the user interface of the remote FRITZ!Box.
2 Accessing shared files and printers in a remote network
Windows 11
- Click the search symbol in the Windows task bar.
- In the search box, enter \\ followed by the IP address of the computer with the shares you want to access (for example \\192.168.10.1) and press Enter.
- Now a window displaying all of the shares on the remote computer opens.
- If you want to configure a folder as a network drive, right-click the folder, then select "Show more options" and then "Map network drive..." from the context menu. If the option "Map network drive..." is not displayed:
- Click "This PC" in the navigation area of the Explorer, and then click
(More info) in the menu bar.
- Click "Map network drive". In the "Folder" field, enter the path to the folder you want to map as a network drive.
- Click "This PC" in the navigation area of the Explorer, and then click
Windows 10
- In the search box in the Windows taskbar, enter \\ followed by the IP address of the computer with the shares you want to access (for example \\192.168.10.20) and press Enter.
- Now a window displaying all of the shares on the remote computer opens.
- If you want to configure a folder as a network drive, right-click the folder and select "Map network drive..." from the context menu. If the option "Map network drive..." is not displayed:
- Click "This PC" in the navigation area of the Windows Explorer and then click "Computer" in the menu bar.
- Click "Map network drive". In the "Folder" field, enter the path to the folder you want to map as a network drive.
macOS
- Open the Finder.
- From the "Go" menu, select "Connect to Server...".
- In the "Server Address" field, enter the IP address of the remote computer with the shares you want to access. If Windows is installed on the remote computer, add smb:// in front of the IP address.
Example:
To access shares on a computer running macOS, enter: 192.168.10.20
To access shares on a computer running Windows enter: smb://192.168.10.20 - Click "Connect".
- Now a window displaying all of the shares on the remote computer opens.
- If you want to permanently add a folder to the Finder:
- Select the folder, and then select "Make alias" from the Finder menu "file".
- Drag the alias you made to the "places" area of the Finder.
Linux (using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS as an example)
- Open the file manager.
- Click "Other Locations" in the sidebar of the file manager.
- In the field "Connect to Server", enter smb:// followed by the IP address of the computer with the shares you want to access (for example smb://192.168.10.20), and then click "Connect".
- Now a window displaying all of the shares on the remote computer opens.
- Open the folder you want to permanently add to the file manager.
- Right-click the corresponding folder in the sidebar and select "Add Bookmark" from the context menu.