HowTo Fritzbox 7170 and plugin setup
Posted: Fri Apr 26, 2013 4:22 pm
Here's my experience in getting the plugin working together with a Fritzbox 7170
For this to get it work you need:
- The plugin (obviously) - Get the latest version from this forum
- Fritzbox 7170
- Analog phone
- Ethernet cable
- Maybe some cable making skills
First get the plugin, install it but don't activate it yet.
The Fritzbox i had was a use one, pasword protected, no cables and no information about settings.
If the Fritzbox is password protected then first reset the Fritzbox to factory settings.
To do so connect the analog telephone to the Fritzbox and call #991*15901590*
This takes about 30 seconds to finish
While you have the analog telephone still connected make 2 other calls to active settings
First active the call log by doing #96*5*
Next active telnet access with #96*7*
Connect the Fritzbox to your computer with the ethernet cable.
Assign you computer an ip address in the 169.254.1.xx range for example 169.254.1.2
Now you can access the Fritzbox setting by opening a webbrowser an go to 169.254.1.1
Change the IP address of the Fritzbox to reflect your home network.
Don't put a password on the fritzbox yet to ease plugin configuration
Save your settings and shut down Fritzbox
Edit: I've added the ip address of the FB to my hosts file to connect it to Fritz.box
Remove the Fritzbox from your computer, connect it to your network and turn it on
Re-apply your network settings to your computer and make sure that it is in you home network again.
Use a web browser to connect to your Fritzbox to check if things are working.
Open a comand prompt on your HS machine and verify that you can telnet to <ip address of Fritzbox> 1012 ( thats port 1012)
If you can't then disable the firewall. If this solves it turn back on the firewall and open ports for Telnet.
Ps, Telnet is disabled by default on Windows 7. Use google to see how to enable it.
Now enable the plugin.
You might get some error but they disappear if you disable and enable the plugin again.
If you still get trouble the look in the HS root folder for the FBF.log file what's going on
You might need to enable logging first. I you can't do it in the interface you might be lucky doing it in the config\FBF.ini file (DebugMode=True)
A bunch of device are created for you.
Resolve any issues you might have.
Next is where it is all about, phone calls.
You must connect the phone line to the Fritzbox. I have a Ziggo modem that splits the line in a DSL and a telephone part internally. On the back of my modem i just have phone out. This is where i connect, in my case, my dect base station. You can't connect this directly to the Fritzbox. You must use a so called y-cable for this. If you haven't then you can buy one online of do what i did and make one yourself.
The telephone connection cable
The cable is just 2 wires with at one end a RJ11 and on the other end a RJ45 connector. You can choose what to use, a ethernet cable (RJ45) or a telephone cable (RJ11).
I had some spare RJ11 connectors and a tool to squeese those to a cable so i took an old ethernet cable en cut of one RJ45 connector
Here you can see how it's done ziggo-gebruikers.nl/forum/showpost.php? ... ostcount=7
In short
Look at the front side of the connetor (wires facing away from you) with the lip on the upper side.
Now the most left pin is number 1
Connect (RJ45) pin 3 to (RJ11) pin 3
Connect (RJ45) pin 6 to (RJ11) pin 2
After pressing the cable use some hot glue to secure the wires in place. That's all about the cable.
I have no idea yet about what's the preverred setting on the Fritzbox to make thing run smoothly so that's open for further discussion
For this to get it work you need:
- The plugin (obviously) - Get the latest version from this forum
- Fritzbox 7170
- Analog phone
- Ethernet cable
- Maybe some cable making skills
First get the plugin, install it but don't activate it yet.
The Fritzbox i had was a use one, pasword protected, no cables and no information about settings.
If the Fritzbox is password protected then first reset the Fritzbox to factory settings.
To do so connect the analog telephone to the Fritzbox and call #991*15901590*
This takes about 30 seconds to finish
While you have the analog telephone still connected make 2 other calls to active settings
First active the call log by doing #96*5*
Next active telnet access with #96*7*
Connect the Fritzbox to your computer with the ethernet cable.
Assign you computer an ip address in the 169.254.1.xx range for example 169.254.1.2
Now you can access the Fritzbox setting by opening a webbrowser an go to 169.254.1.1
Change the IP address of the Fritzbox to reflect your home network.
Don't put a password on the fritzbox yet to ease plugin configuration
Save your settings and shut down Fritzbox
Edit: I've added the ip address of the FB to my hosts file to connect it to Fritz.box
Remove the Fritzbox from your computer, connect it to your network and turn it on
Re-apply your network settings to your computer and make sure that it is in you home network again.
Use a web browser to connect to your Fritzbox to check if things are working.
Open a comand prompt on your HS machine and verify that you can telnet to <ip address of Fritzbox> 1012 ( thats port 1012)
If you can't then disable the firewall. If this solves it turn back on the firewall and open ports for Telnet.
Ps, Telnet is disabled by default on Windows 7. Use google to see how to enable it.
Now enable the plugin.
You might get some error but they disappear if you disable and enable the plugin again.
If you still get trouble the look in the HS root folder for the FBF.log file what's going on
You might need to enable logging first. I you can't do it in the interface you might be lucky doing it in the config\FBF.ini file (DebugMode=True)
A bunch of device are created for you.
Resolve any issues you might have.
Next is where it is all about, phone calls.
You must connect the phone line to the Fritzbox. I have a Ziggo modem that splits the line in a DSL and a telephone part internally. On the back of my modem i just have phone out. This is where i connect, in my case, my dect base station. You can't connect this directly to the Fritzbox. You must use a so called y-cable for this. If you haven't then you can buy one online of do what i did and make one yourself.
The telephone connection cable
The cable is just 2 wires with at one end a RJ11 and on the other end a RJ45 connector. You can choose what to use, a ethernet cable (RJ45) or a telephone cable (RJ11).
I had some spare RJ11 connectors and a tool to squeese those to a cable so i took an old ethernet cable en cut of one RJ45 connector
Here you can see how it's done ziggo-gebruikers.nl/forum/showpost.php? ... ostcount=7
In short
Look at the front side of the connetor (wires facing away from you) with the lip on the upper side.
Now the most left pin is number 1
Connect (RJ45) pin 3 to (RJ11) pin 3
Connect (RJ45) pin 6 to (RJ11) pin 2
After pressing the cable use some hot glue to secure the wires in place. That's all about the cable.
I have no idea yet about what's the preverred setting on the Fritzbox to make thing run smoothly so that's open for further discussion