Product: FRITZ!Powerline 1240E Version: FRITZ!OS 6.92 Language: English, French, Italian, Polish, Spanish Release date: 25/10/2017 New features: - More convenience and performance through support for Mesh WiFi - All FRITZ!Box settings for Mesh WiFi are adopted automatically - Powerline connection details added in the Push mail service - Switching from home network access to Powerline-bridge will automatically activate Powerline - A key press pairing powerline will activate powerline, if it is deactivated Tip: First update your FRITZ!Box to FRITZ!OS 6.92 and then conduct the update via the home network overview. This way the product is active in the mesh right after the update. Comprehensive instructions and further information on the topic "Mesh WiFi with FRITZ!" is presented at avm.de/mesh _________________________________________________________ New with FRITZ!OS 6.92 - Scrolling on mobile devices fixed - Improved translations on the fritz.repeater overview - Weakness of WPA2 key handshake fixed ________________________________________________________ Innovations and Improvements with FRITZ!OS 6.90 NEW: Support for Mesh WiFi (see "Mesh WiFi with FRITZ!") NEW: Powerline connection details added in the Push mail service NEW: Switching from home network access to Powerline-bridge will automatically activate Powerline NEW: A key press pairing powerline will activate powerline, if it is deactivated. NEW: Support for cascaded repeaters - Now a FRITZ!Powerline in WLAN repeater mode can be registered with another repeater with the click of a button New: Dynamic uplink - Upon loss of connection, repeaters search for an alternative connection themselves NEW: An active guest access and the corresponding radio network name are displayed on the overview age and "Home Network Access" NEW: Option for adopting wireless LAN settings from a FRITZ!Box when mesh is active (home network access) NEW: Expanded diagnostics and maintenance options to improve product security and quality NEW: Standardized button behavior - one push of the button on a FRITZ!Box with FRITZ!OS 06.90 and on a FRITZ!Powerline syncs the WLAN configuration of the FRITZ!Box NEW: extended LED behaviour due to WLAN Mesh Improved: Attempts to log in with wrong user data are recorded as an event. Improved: Push service combines mails generated within a short period Improved: Display of new functions via HTTPS before a FRITZ!OS update Improved: Optimized configuration of switching schedule by time table for smartphone and tablet Improved: Event log adjusted to different display sizes Improved: Change notices for selected settings added to push service mails Improved: Reworked subject line and sender information for push service mails Improved: Push service now sends the log of registrations and deregistrations with the wireless guest access even when information about registrations and deregistrations is disabled in the wireless events Improved: Inactive wireless devices without individual settings deleted from the list of known wireless devices Remedied: In certain cases it was not possible to perform a scan of the wireless environment Remedied: In certain cases streaming and connections were interrupted when powerline devices with WiFi were deployed _________________________________________________________ Mesh WiFi with FRITZ! The new FRITZ!OS 6.90 for FRITZ!Box, FRITZ!WLAN Repeaters and FRITZ!Powerline offer even more wireless mesh performance. On top of this, the new release improves FRITZ! products in terms of convenience, security and stability. Mesh networking is a new trend in the home network and has been a feature of FRITZ! for a long time. A mesh network like the FRITZ! home network ensures that fast, stable WiFi with high data rates is available to all devices in the entire home network. The FRITZ!Box is the hub. It provides the Internet access (layer 1), serves as a powerful wireless LAN access point, and can build a mesh network. This makes it especially easy for users to expand their wireless coverage modularly as needed with other FRITZ! products. This mesh networking convenience has been expanded by AVM with FRITZ!OS 6.90. The communication among all FRITZ! products (FRITZ!WLAN Repeaters, FRITZ!Powerline adapters) is improved, so that settings can be synchronized and the performance of connected terminal devices optimized. And all this runs smoothly, without the user having to do anything. Benefits of Mesh WiFi with FRITZ!OS 6.90: - The home network overview of the FRITZ!Box shows a graphic display of all connections in the home network - Display and execution of updates for all FRITZ! products in the home network, display of devices in the guest network - Permanent automatic adoption of all wireless LAN settings from the FRITZ!Box to all products in the mesh - Support for cascaded repeaters: Now a repeater can be registered with another repeater (that is already connected in the home network) with the click of a button - Self-healing features: Upon loss of connection, repeaters search for an alternative connection themselves - Improved wireless LAN autochannel feature also accounts for permanently registered wireless devices (like FRITZ!WLAN Repeaters) For more information on Mesh WiFi, see http://en.avm.de/mesh-networking _________________________________________________________ Establishing a Mesh Connection To use Mesh WiFi features, a FRITZ!OS version that supports mesh (6.88 or higher) must be installed on both the repeater and the FRITZ!Box. Whether your repeater is already enabled for Mesh WiFi is shown in the FRITZ!Box home network overview. Here in the new graphic connection overview, your products that participate in mesh are marked with a "Mesh enabled" symbol. If a repeater connected in your home network is not marked with the "Mesh enabled" symbol, enable the mesh feature by pressing the WPS button on the repeater, or by initiating registration mode on your FRITZ!Box (the equivalent of triggering WPS). For more detailed information about establishing a mesh connection, see the online help on the FRITZ!Box user interface. _________________________________________________________ Button Behavior with FRITZ!OS 6.90 - Connecting a FRITZ!Powerline with FRITZ!OS 6.90 with the FRITZ!Box FRITZ!Powerline has to be connected with the FRITZ!Box via LAN. To register a FRITZ!Powerline configured with factory settings, briefly press the Connect - or WPS - button on the FRITZ!Powerline (WPS or Connect registration mode must also be initiated on your FRITZ!Box) - Connecting wireless terminal equipment If you want to register a new wireless device with your home network, you can now trigger registration mode (WPS) on the FRITZ!Powerline as well. To do this, briefly press the WPS button. - Enabling wireless LAN For a FRITZ!Powerline that has the wireless LAN feature disabled via the user interface or during wireless LAN night service, enable wireless LAN by briefly pressing the "WLAN" button. - Triggering factory settings To restore the factory settings to a FRITZ!Powerline, press the Connect- or WPS button for 15 seconds. On FRITZ!Powerline/WLAN products with separated WLAN and Powerline buttons press both buttons for 10 seconds. _________________________________________________________ New Features in FRITZ!OS 6.50 for FRITZ!Powerline 1240E FRITZ!OS 6.50 with new design, with even better overview of and more convenience in your home network, with adoption of wireless LAN settings and optimized performance With the latest update, the user interface http://fritz.powerline presents itself in a new design, optimized for smartphones, tablets and notebooks. In the browser it adjusts flexibly to different display sizes. The redesigned display of network connections offers a better overview and more convenience. The new overview shows all connections to your FRITZ!Box and to all your connected devices at a single glance. A FRITZ!Box with the current FRITZ!OS (6.50 or higher) as your communications hub enables you to manage and update all your FRITZ!WLAN Repeater, FRITZ!Fon or FRITZ!Powerline devices from the home network overview. Wireless devices can establish wireless connections to your home network without interruptions either via FRITZ!Powerline 1240E or FRITZ!Box: the device offering the best reception in the different locations in your home will establish the connection. For this the FRITZ!Box and the FRITZ!Powerline 1240E must have the same radio network settings. To apply the FRITZ!Box radio network settings you only have to start "WPS" at FRITZ!Box and FRITZ!Powerline 1240E. In crowded wireless surroundings, the new FRITZ!OS offers helpful analyses of your wireless LAN environment. Under "Wireless / Radio Channel" the loading of the radio channel currently in use is shown over time for the currently used frequency band. The lower the loading of the radio channel, the higher data throughput that can be achieved. Thanks to the latest wireless and Powerline drivers, your connections are even more stable and powerful. ______________________________________________________________ New features and improvements in FRITZ!OS 6.34 - Improvements to stability and speed for Powerline connections - System adjustments to comply with new norms of CE conformity ______________________________________________________________ New features and improvements in FRITZ!OS 6.32 - The home network overview displays whether the FRITZ!Powerline device is equipped with the latest FRITZ!OS version - A FRITZ!OS update of the FRITZ!Powerline device can be started from a FRITZ!Box - To profit from these changes you need a FRITZ!Box with FRITZOS 6.35 or higher ______________________________________________________________ With each FRITZ!OS update, AVM updates the security functions of FRITZ!Box and FRITZ!WLAN Repeaters as well. Therefore we recommend performing the update for all devices. Please note that some features are only accessible in Expert Mode (menu System/Expert Mode). To carry out the firmware update: 1) Open your Internet browser and enter the address "http://fritz.powerline" or "192.168.178.2". Please check if required the IP-address of your FRITZ!Powerline 1240E in the FRITZ!Box - Home Network overview. 2) Select the menu "System" and then the sub-menu "Firmware Update". 3) Use the "Browse ..." button to enter the appropriate path to the update file. 4) Click the "Update" button. To recover the storage space on your hard drive, you can delete the update file after you have carried out the update. AVM GmbH 2013. All rights reserved. This firmware package consists of files which are distributed under different license terms, in particular under AVM proprietary license or under any Open Source License (namely GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License or FreeBSD License). For further details see file "license.txt" (https://download.avm.de/fritzbox/license.txt). The source code of those files distributed as Open Source are available on written request to fritzbox_info@avm.de. Under all AVM intellectual property rights, AVM grants the non-exclusive right to personally use this AVM firmware package which is delivered in object code format only. Licensee shall only be entitled to make a copy exclusively reserved for personal backup purposes (backup copy). AVM reserves all intellectual property rights except as expressly granted herein. Without the prior written approval of AVM and except to the extent as may be expressly authorised under mandatory law, this AVM firmware package in particular - shall not be copied, distributed or otherwise made publicly available - shall not be modified, disassembled, reverse engineered, decompiled or otherwise "be opened" in whole or in part, and insofar shall not be copied, distributed or otherwise made publicly available. TLN 20102017