How to use PhotoSync with a Fritz!Box?

To be able to use PhotoSync with a FRITZ!Box, it is best to create an SMB connection in PhotoSync. If you still have an old Fritzbox with a FritzOS version lower than 7.08, you can also use an FTP connection, as the FRITZ!Box otherwise still uses the insecure and slow SMBv1. In order to be able to connect to your FRITZ!Box and access a storage medium connected to the FRITZ!Box via USB, some preparations are necessary in the FRITZ!Box administration:

Please make sure that SMB access to your Fritz!Box is permitted at all. To do this, go to Home network > USB / Storage in the FRITZ!Box Administration and make sure that the Access via a network drive (SMB) active option is activated. If you want to enable a connection via the FTP protocol, you should also activate the option Access via FTP active.

If you have connected a USB data carrier to the Fritz!Box, you must also activate the option Storage (NAS) function of FRITZ! option and also tick the box next to the connected USB drive.

At least one user account should be created in the user settings of the FRITZ! There is a default account fritzxxxx with your FRITZ!Box administration password, which you can use instead of an account you have created yourself. Erstellen bzw. bearbeiten Sie Ihr Benutzerkonto, um Einstellungen für die NAS-Funktionalität der FRITZ!Box vorzunehmen.

Activate the Access to NAS content setting for the desired FRITZ!Box user account so that you can access the NAS storage of the Fritz! Also make sure that you have read and write access to all storage available on the FRITZ! If you only want to restrict access to certain directories on your connected USB storage device, you can set up individual directories via Add directory.

To be able to establish a connection to your Fritz!Box, you need the name (usually FRITZ.NAS) or the IP address (network address) of your FRITZ!Box in your local network specified under Home network > USB / Storage under Home network sharing. In Administration, go to Home network > Network, where you will find your FRITZ!Box as the first entry in the network connections. The value listed under IP address only applies within your network for access to your FRITZ!

Now you can start setting up the connection to your FRITZ!Box in PhotoSync. Open the PhotoSync settings, go to Configure > SMB and add a new configuration. Verwenden Sie die folgenden Einstellungen:

You can easily select the directory on your FRITZ!Box to which the transfers should go after creating the connection in the SMB settings of PhotoSync via the setting Target folder, it is recommended to leave the directory empty in the connection settings, unless you know exactly how to address a specific directory.