Registration at the first start

At the very first start GEYRA registers your household automatically. You don't need to enter anything – no code and no email address.

1. Welcome and GEYRA ID

   GEYRA welcomes you and shows your GEYRA ID (for example GEYRA-000123). It stands for your household. Later you'll find it in GEYRA under Protection & system.

2. Save the recovery key

   Right after that GEYRA shows you your recovery key – more about this in the next section.

The recovery key

Right after registration GEYRA shows you a recovery key once (GEYRA-RK-…).

1. Save the key

   Click PRINT (recommended) or COPY.

   

2. Confirm

   Tick “I have kept the key.” and click NEXT.

The first setup

After registration GEYRA guides you through everything important in six steps. You can skip each step with Later and catch up on it in the overview.

1. Welcome

   GEYRA shows what comes next: check home network, connect router, pair alarm phone, switch on protection. It takes about five minutes. Click Next.

   

2. Check home network

   Click SCAN HOME NETWORK NOW. GEYRA looks for all devices and remembers this normal state. Afterwards it shows how many devices were found, and Next becomes available.

   

3. Connect router

   Click CONNECT ROUTER NOW. Have the router password ready – for a FRITZ!Box the password of the FRITZ!Box, not the Wi-Fi password. If you never changed it, it is on the sticker. Round-the-clock protection later needs your own password – best change it right away (see Round-the-clock protection).

   

   After logging in, GEYRA shows what will be set up on the router. Nothing is changed until you click SET UP ON ROUTER.

   

   Afterwards the setup returns and shows ✓ Router connected. More: Connect router.

   

4. Pair alarm phone

   On the smartphone, install the app “GEYRA Cyber Defense” from the Google Play Store. Then click PAIR ALARM PHONE NOW and follow the window. A spinner shows while GEYRA waits for your phone. Step by step: Pair alarm phone.

   

5. Switch on protection

   Choose Observe (GEYRA shows everything, does not intervene) or Protect (recommended: GEYRA warns on the alarm phone, and you block an unknown device on the PC). Both are free. Nothing is ever blocked without your consent.

   

6. Ready to go

   Finally you see what is set up (✓) and what is still missing (!). Click OPEN GEYRA. Whatever is still missing is shown on the overview with the Next step button.

   

The overview

The start page shows your home network at a glance – and what is still to do.

1. Top: status

   “All quiet. Your home network is fine.” means: no danger detected. Below it shows how many devices are online and known. Right after starting it briefly shows “GEYRA is checking your home network …” – that is normal.

2. When there is an alarm

   A red alarm appears at the top. With Check now you look at the device. With Seen you close the notice.

   

3. Protection level

   Here you see whether Observe, Protect or Guardian is active. PARTLY ACTIVE means: something is still missing, usually the alarm phone. More under Protection levels.

4. The three tiles – click them

   • Devices – how many are known and how many you should still check.
   • Alarm phone – if it says “! set up”, no phone is paired yet. One click starts the setup.
   • Router eye – ✓ connected means: your router is connected to GEYRA.

5. Next step

   If something is still missing, GEYRA shows a gold button at the bottom, for example Next step: pair alarm phone. Just click it. Open expert view shows all settings.

Confirm devices

At first GEYRA does not know your devices yet. Go through them once – then GEYRA will only report what is really new.

1. Open the device list

   On the overview click the Devices tile, or in the expert view click Devices on the left.

2. Click a device

   Start with the devices listed under “to check”. Click a device. Its device file opens.

3. Name and confirm

   Under Your device name enter a name you recognise, for example “living room TV”, and choose the device type. Click Save device. The device is now confirmed.

What comes next