VicPhone

With your FRITZ!Box

Your landline, now on your computer and your phone as well

VicPhone registers with your FRITZ!Box like another phone. No new contract and no extra cost.

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Set up in about ten minutes.

Your FRITZ!Box is a phone system

The FRITZ!Box also manages your phone line. Like the cordless phone in the hall, your computer and phone register with it.

A call to your landline number rings on the cordless phone, on your computer and on your mobile at the same time. You answer wherever you happen to be.

What you get

No new contract

Your line, your numbers, your tariff. No monthly fee.

Anywhere in the house

Your laptop and your mobile on Wi-Fi become phones. No more hunting for the handset.

Names instead of numbers

Name and picture on every call, from your contacts at Google, Microsoft, Apple or CardDAV.

Comfortable with a headset

Both hands free, with any headset that Windows or Android recognises.

Several numbers

Private and business, every number as its own line.

Dial with one click

Click a number in the browser or paste it. No more copying digits.

How to set it up

You need the computer or the mobile that VicPhone will run on and the password for your FRITZ!Box. The device has to be on the same network as the FRITZ!Box, over Wi-Fi or cable. You set up a separate phone for the computer and for the mobile.

Part 1: On the FRITZ!Box

  1. 1

    Open the interface

    Type fritz.box into your browser and sign in with your FRITZ!Box password. You will often find it on the underside of the device.

  2. 2

    Add a new phone

    Open Telefonie (Telephony), then Telefoniegeräte (Telephony Devices), and click "Neues Gerät einrichten" (Set up new device). Choose "Telefon (mit und ohne Anrufbeantworter)" (Telephone, with or without answering machine) and then "LAN/WLAN (IP-Telefon)" (LAN/Wi-Fi, IP phone).

  3. 3

    Give it a name

    Name the device "VicPhone", for example, so you can find it in the list later.

  4. 4

    Choose a user name and password

    The FRITZ!Box asks for a user name and a password for the new phone. Make up both and write them down, you will need them shortly in VicPhone.

  5. 5

    Assign phone numbers

    Choose which of your numbers VicPhone uses for outgoing calls and which numbers it should ring for. Then apply the settings.

  6. 6

    Confirm

    Depending on its settings, the FRITZ!Box may ask you to confirm the change, by pressing a button on the box or entering a code on a phone. Just follow the instructions on the screen.

Part 2: In VicPhone

  1. 7

    Install VicPhone

    Download VicPhone and install it, on Windows or on your phone.

  2. 8

    Add line

    In VicPhone, open the settings, go to the "Connection" section and choose "Add line".

  3. 9

    Enter the details

    As the registrar, enter fritz.box, and as user name and password, the ones you chose in step 4. A good name for the line would be "Landline", for example.

  4. 10

    Done

    Save, and after a few seconds VicPhone shows "Online". To test it, call your mobile, or have your mobile call your landline number.

If fritz.box does not work, use the FRITZ!Box's address on your network, usually 192.168.178.1. If VicPhone stays offline, check the user name and password, both are case-sensitive.

Get even more out of it

One line for each number

Set up a separate IP phone for each phone number and add each one to VicPhone as a line. Then you call from either your private or your business number.

Free calls around the house

The phones on your FRITZ!Box can reach each other via internal numbers, such as **610 for the first cordless phone. You can see which number belongs to which device on the FRITZ!Box under Telefoniegeräte (Telephony Devices).

Your answering machine stays

If nobody is in, the FRITZ!Box answering machine picks up as before. VicPhone does not change that.

On the go too

Away from home, VicPhone reaches the FRITZ!Box over VPN, quickly set up with WireGuard on newer models. Then your landline rings in the hotel too.

Many phone systems and some other routers also offer connections for IP phones. The steps there are similar.

Ready for your own phone on your computer and your mobile?

Windows 19 €, Android 9 €, each paid once with no ongoing costs.

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Frequently asked questions

No. You call over your existing line at your current tariff. For VicPhone itself, you pay 19 € once on Windows and 9 € once on Android.

No. The FRITZ!Box takes on that role. VicPhone registers with it, and it connects your calls over your line.

One with a phone function, in other words one you already make calls with today. That is almost every model from recent years.

Yes. You decide on the FRITZ!Box which devices ring for which number. As soon as you answer on one, the others stop.

Then the other phones ring as usual, and the answering machine picks up. As soon as the device is running again, VicPhone registers by itself.

FRITZ!Box is a trademark of its manufacturer. VicPhone is an independent product and is not affiliated with it.