Fritz!Box 4040 - Configuring Internet Access via Another Router

Configuring Internet Access via Another Router
Overview
You can operate the FRITZ!Box as a router on another router. The other
router provides the internet connection.
Operating Mode of the FRITZ!Box
The following applies to this kind of internet connection:
• The FRITZ!Box receives an IP address from the upstream router via
DHCP (default setting).
• The FRITZ!Box functions as its own router.
• The FRITZ!Box creates its own IP network.
• The firewall of the FRITZ!Box is enabled.
Requirements
• The FRITZ!Box is connected with a router that provides the internet
connection; see page36.
• The “WAN” socket is configured for “WAN” operation; see
page112.
Instructions: Setting Up Internet Access via WAN (as a Router)
1. Open the user interface; see page46.
2. Select the “Internet / Account Information” menu and the
“Internet Connection” tab.
3. In the “Internet Service Provider” area, select the settings “more
internet service providers” and then “other internet service
provider”.
4. From the “Connect via” area, select the “Connection to an
external modem or router” option.
5. Select the “Cable modem or internet router” entry in the
“Internet connection via” field.
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