Connect iPhone to Fritzbox via VPN - how it works

If you also want to use your iPhone to access the FritzBox via the home network, you can connect to the router via VPN. We'll show you how it's done.

Step 1: Set up a VPN connection between iPhone and FritzBox

If you have not already done so, set up DynDNS on the FritzBox beforehand. The instructions will guide you step by step through the setup.

1. Open the following AVM website, download the "Configure FRITZ! Box remote access" tool at the bottom right and install it.
2. Start the tool, click on the "New" button at the top left and select the "Set up remote access for a user" option.
3. Decide on "iPhone / iPod touch / iPad" and then enter the desired email address.
4. Now you will be asked for the DynDNS domain name. You can find this in the FritzBox using the instructions linked above.
5. Activate the option "Use another IP network" and enter the IP address of the FritzBox and the subnet mask 24 - 255.255.255.0.
6. Under "IP address of the user in the FRITZ! Box network", change the IP from xxx.xxx.xxx.xx to xxx.xxx.xxx.201.
7. Activate the option "Send all data via the VPN tunnel" in order to also have access to the FritzBox in public WLAN networks.
8. In the next step, select any password for VPN access and complete the process.
9. Then a folder opens. Here you will find a file with the ending TXT and with the ending CFG. Both files will be needed later.

Step 2: Import the VPN connection into the FritzBox

1. Open the FritzBox user interface and log in with your password.
2. Select the category "Internet" on the left and then the "Shares".
3. Switch to the "VPN" tab above and click the "Add VPN connection" button.
4. Activate the option "Import a VPN configuration from an existing VPN settings file" and click "Next".
5. You can use the "Select file" button to search for and open the CFG file.
6. If you confirm with "OK", the settings for the VPN access are adopted in the FritzBox.

Step 3: set up VPN connection on iPhone

1. Open the "Settings" app on your iPhone and select the "General" category there.
2. Under "VPN" you will now find the "Add VPN" option. You will find all the necessary data in the TXT file.
3. If you have set up the VPN connection, you can switch it on and off at any time in the main menu of the settings.