> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://help.sipgate.de/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://help.sipgate.de/cloud-telefonanlage/en/using-sipgate/allgemeine-losungen-beim-telefonieren-mit-sipgate/was-bedeuten-die-fritzbox-fehlermeldungen.md).

# What do the FRITZ!Box error messages mean?

If registering the sipgate data in your FRITZ!Box does not work or calls are rejected, you can find the exact error message in the **FRITZ!Box** under **settings**, then **Systems**, **Events** and then under **Telephony**.

<details>

<summary><strong>Error message 401: SIP ID, SIP password and/or SIP server data incorrect</strong></summary>

{% hint style="warning" %}
Exception: IPv6 - Hitron modem - FRITZ!Box
{% endhint %}

\ Problem: Hitron does not forward the 401 requests correctly to the FRITZ!Box\ Solution: convert Hitron to bridge mode

</details>

<details>

<summary><strong>Error message 403: server data incorrect</strong></summary>

Settings - Telephony - Own phone numbers - edit sipgate: **another provider** select\
Registrar: sipgate.de\
Proxy server: sipgate.de\
Save changes and check registration

</details>

<details>

<summary><strong>Error message 404: destination number dialed incorrectly or FRITZ!Box dials incorrectly</strong></summary>

Settings - Telephony - Own phone numbers - edit sipgate: **another provider** select\
Registrar: sipgate.de\
Proxy server: sipgate.de\
Automatic prefixes: 49, 0, 00, XXX do not tick any of them\
Save changes and redial the destination number.

**Alternatively, depending on firmware:**\
Settings - Telephony - Own phone numbers - Line settings:\
Country: Germany\
Country code: leave blank / leave blank\
Area code: leave blank / leave blank\
Save changes and make an outgoing call.\
If everything works, you can activate automatic prefix in the sipgate account - Settings - Telephony

</details>

<details>

<summary><strong>Error message 408: Timeout</strong></summary>

Settings - Telephony - Internet telephony/Own phone numbers - Advanced settings/line settings:\
Keep port forwarding of the internet router for internet telephony active: enable\
Keep port forwarding active every: 30 seconds

**If a router is used in front of the FRITZ!Box:**

* on the 1st router **enable UPnP** and check registration
* on the 2nd router **disable UPnP** and **Port forwarding** set up:\
  5060/UDP to the IP of the FRITZ!Box and 7078-7085/UDP to the IP of the FRITZ!Box

If a FRITZ!Box is used as the first router, set up SIP data in the first router.\
At AVM you can find the following instructions: **Register a FRITZ!Box with SIP registrar on a FRITZ!Box in order to make calls through it**.

</details>

<details>

<summary><strong>Error message 480: Stun server entered incorrectly, call barring, error in the telephone, or DND/reject active on the telephone</strong></summary>

**settings** - **Telephony** - **Own phone numbers** - **edit sipgate**: **another provider** select\
proxy: sipgate.de\
registrar: sipgate.de\
Stun server: leave blank, if visible\
Save changes. Test an incoming call.

Call barring may be active and should be disabled:\
Link to AVM: [Call barring](http://avm.de/service/fritzbox/fritzbox-7270/wissensdatenbank/publication/show/142_Rufsperren-fuer-ankommende-und-ausgehende-Anrufe-z-B-0900-Nummern-einrichten/)

Disconnect the telephone from the FRITZ!Box and call it from outside.\
If the FRITZ!Box rings, you know the error comes from the telephone.\
DND/reject can be activated on the telephone. All incoming calls will be rejected.

</details>

<details>

<summary><strong>Error message 488: Not acceptable here</strong></summary>

\- Either an audio codec is being used that we do not support, or there is too little bandwidth available for the currently configured audio codec\
\- You need at least 100 kbit/s download and upload\
\- FRITZ!Box - Settings - System - View: activate expert view\
\- **settings** - **Connections** - **Own phone numbers** - **edit sipgate** Provider: **another provider**\
Enable: provider requires G.726 according to RFC 3551

</details>

<details>

<summary><strong>Error message: timeout no response</strong></summary>

Variant 1:\
1.) Activate expert view in the FRITZ!Box (System - View - tick)\
2.) In the menu Settings - Telephony - Internet telephony/Own phone numbers switch to\
3.) Tab **Advanced settings/connection**; here **additional connection for internet telephony via DSL (PVC)** disable (remove checkmark)\
\
Variant 2:\
1.) Activate expert view in the FRITZ!Box (System - View - tick)\
2.) In the menu Settings - Telephony - Internet telephony/Own phone numbers switch - edit sipgate\
3.) **Always register via an internet connection** enable/tick\
4.) Save changes and check registration\
\
If variants 1 or 2 do not help, it can be assumed that you have received a FRITZ!Box with its own firmware from the DSL provider/cable provider instead of AVM firmware. Third-party providers such as sipgate are actively blocked in the FRITZ!Box.\
**Solution:** None known, since you are usually not allowed to install the AVM firmware because it is a loan/rental device.\
**Alternatively:** Use VoIP phones or VoIP analog adapter + analog phone; the FRITZ!Box then functions only as a router without telephony.

</details>

<details>

<summary><strong>Error message: DNS error</strong></summary>

FRITZ!Box - Settings - Telephony - Own phone numbers - edit sipgate:\
Provider: **another provider**\
User name: SIP ID\
Password: SIP password\
Registrar: sipgate.de\
Proxy: 217.10.79.9\
Now save the entered data.

**Is the error message "DNS error" still shown for both proxy IP addresses?**\
Then your FRITZ!Box probably has a special firmware from your provider installed and the FRITZ!Box cannot be used as a VoIP router with **third-party providers** such as sipgate.\\

{% hint style="info" %}
**Note**: Alternatively, you can then use your FRITZ!Box as a router without VoIP with sipgate by using\
\- a VoIP phone,\
\- a VoIP adapter with an analog telephone\
\- or a VoIP software solution behind the FRITZ!Box.
{% endhint %}

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