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# What do the FRITZ!Box error messages mean?
Overview of the most common FRITZ!Box error messages during sipgate registration with explanations and suggested solutions.
If the registration of the sipgate data in your FRITZ!Box does not work or calls are rejected, you will find the exact error message in the **FRITZ!Box** under **settings**, then **System**, **Events** and then under **Telephony**.
Error message 401: SIP ID, SIP password and/or SIP server data incorrect
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Exception: IPv6 - Hitron modem - FRITZ!Box
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\ Problem: Hitron does not forward the 401 requests correctly to the FRITZ!Box\ Solution: Put Hitron into bridge mode
Error message 403: server data incorrect
Settings - Telephony - Own phone numbers - edit sipgate: **another provider** select\
Registrar: sipgate.de\
Proxy server: sipgate.de\
Save changes and check registration
Error message 404: destination number dialed incorrectly or FRITZ!Box dials incorrectly
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 check any\
Save changes and call the destination number again.
**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
Error message 408: Timeout
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 before the FRITZ!Box:**
* in the 1st router **enable UPnP** and check registration
* in 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 AMV, see the following instructions: **Register a FRITZ!Box on a FRITZ!Box with SIP registrar to make calls through it**.
Error message 480: Stun server entered incorrectly, call barring, error in the phone, or DND/rejecting enabled on the phone
**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 deactivated:\
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 make an incoming call.\
If the FRITZ!Box rings, you know that the error comes from the phone.\
On the phone, you can enable DND/reject. All incoming calls will be rejected.
Error message 488: Not acceptable here
\- 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 100kbit/s download and upload\
\- FRITZ!Box - Settings - System - View: enable expert view\
\- **settings** - **Connections** - **Own phone numbers** - **edit sipgate** Provider: **another provider**\
Enable: Provider requires G.726 according to RFC 3551
Error message: timeout no response
Variant 1:\
1.) Enable expert view in the FRITZ!Box (System - View - tick)\
2.) In menu Settings - Telephony - Internet telephony/Own phone numbers change to\
3.) Tab **Advanced settings/connection**; here **further connection for Internet telephony via DSL (PVC)** disable (remove checkmark)\
\
Variant 2:\
1.) Enable expert view in the FRITZ!Box (System - View - tick)\
2.) In menu Settings - Telephony - Internet telephony/Own phone numbers change - 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, as 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, then the FRITZ!Box only acts as a router without telephony.
Error message: DNS error
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\
Save the entered data now.
**Is the error message "DNS error" still displayed for both proxy IP addresses?**\
Then it is likely that a special firmware from your provider is installed on your FRITZ!Box and the FRITZ!Box cannot be used as a VoIP router with **third-party providers** such as sipgate used.\\
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**Note**: Alternatively, you can use your FRITZ!Box as a router without VoIP with sipgate by\
\- using a VoIP phone,\
\- a VoIP adapter with an analog phone\
\- or a VoIP software solution behind the FRITZ!Box.
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