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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
- The FRITZ!Box must either obtain an IPv6 address or a public IPv4 address from the internet service provider.
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)
Configuring MyFRITZ!
Register the FRITZ!Box with MyFRITZ!Net so that it can always be reached on the internet at a fixed MyFRITZ! address:
Maintaining a permanent internet connection
- Click "Internet" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Account Information" in the "Internet" menu.
- Click "Change connection settings".
- 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.
- Click "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:
- Click "System" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "FRITZ!Box Users" in the "System" menu.
- Click 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:
- Click the "Add User" button.
- Enter a name and password for the user in the corresponding fields.
- Enable the option "Access from the internet allowed".
- Enable the option "Access to NAS contents".
- Click the "Add Directory" button.
- If the user should be allowed to access all storage available on the FRITZ!Box, enable the option "All storage available on the FRITZ!Box".
- If the user should only be allowed to access a specific storage or folder, enable the option "Select folder".
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ATTENTION!If you grant access to all folders, the user will also have access to all of the faxes, answering machine messages, and any online storage you have configured.
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- If the user should only be allowed to access a specific storage or folder, enable the option "Select folder".
- In the section "Directory", assign the user read and write permission to the storage.
- Click "OK".
- Click "Apply" to save the settings.
3 Accessing FRITZ!NAS over the internet
- 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 - 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 "Log in".