How can I prevent automatic logoff from the FRITZ!Box user interface?
The user interface of the FRITZ!Box wireless router (Fritz.Box) automatically logs off after 20 minutes.
Then you have to laboriously enter the password again and stare at a loading symbol for ten seconds, because the FRITZ!Box user interface (current firmware) loads very slowly.
I know the automatic exit from the FritzBox user interface is supposed to be for security reasons, but it's just annoying. When I leave the PC, I lock the screen anyway, so this "security measure" is pointless.
Can't you extend the automatic logout time to one hour, or better yet, remove it completely?
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Then an upgrade of the Fritz!Box would be in order.
For years, I used the (still good) Fritz!Box 6490 Cable. Last year, I switched to the 6660 Cable due to a contract change. It's truly a night and day difference in terms of charging times, and the chip no longer overheats.
Why do you even have to stay logged in to the fryer for over 20 minutes?
Apart from the direct configuration, you don't have to do anything else on the fryer.
You can query/execute status values and control options via UPnP. You don't need to be logged in to the web interface to do so.
You can access the web interface not only via a PC, but also via a mobile device.
That's why this security feature exists. Better something than nothing.
As far as I know, that's not possible. The most you can do is reset the timer to 20 minutes during an active session. But nothing more.
To look at the utilization chart.
You can't access the account from mobile devices without the password. You have to enter the password on each device individually.
How embarrassing, these patronizing comments. It's really up to each individual to decide how long and for what reason they want to stay logged in.
"Embarrassing" is an interesting phrase here. What exactly do you find "embarrassing" about it?
Technically, there's no reason to stay logged in longer than necessary…
There is a public protocol called "uPnP" (which is enabled by default on the Fritte) that allows the Fritte's utilization to be read from any PC in the network (preferably from a server) and, if necessary, stored in a database and analyzed with Grafana, for example.
The whole thing would also happen automatically in Home Assistant, for example.
None. There's really no other function on the FritzBox that requires longer access.
Of course, the whole thing also poses a security risk. It's not really a problem on a private network, but an active session on the network should be kept as short as possible. Hence the automatic logout.
There are certainly reasons. We occasionally use the Fritzbox fax function for legal documents. You write a fax cover sheet and then compile the documents to send as an attachment. Meanwhile, the Fritzbox has logged out, and the fax cover sheet is permanently gone. Bad luck, I'll write again. That's why I'd like to increase the timeout.
Must be an older model. I just tried logging in with my FritzBox (7590 AX, current firmware 7.80, as of March 8, 2024), and the user interface appeared in less than a second!
But what reason would there be to spend an hour on a router's user interface without performing any action? Routers aren't designed for that!
And why are you always logged out of your home banking pages after a certain period of inactivity (for example, I am logged out of my home banking after 5 minutes), if you think that locking the PC is enough?
No, that makes sense to me – and it's no big deal if you forget to lock your PC. Because "Error 40," "pebkac," and the like can never be completely ruled out, as an experienced software developer I know only too well!
No, you can't. AVM doesn't allow this.
20 minutes of inactivity!
If nothing happens on the configuration interface for 20 minutes, then the user is not busy and can be logged out.
it doesn't. Your network is probably responsible for the delays.
There are plenty of tools that refresh tabs at desired intervals. This will likely solve the "problem."
But there is no scenario I know of in which a permanent login makes any sense.
Reloading the user interface automatically logs someone out.
There is no reason to spend 20 minutes or more on the fritzbox.
There isn't much that needs to be monitored there on a permanent basis.
And as I said, it's a security feature.
Yes, the speed diagram.
And it doesn't improve security because you have to log in individually on each device anyway.