The update file "FRITZ.Box_5490-xx.xx.image" on ftp.avm.de contains the latest FRITZ!OS (Firmware) for the FRITZ!Box 5490. **Attention:** This update file is only intended for use with FRITZ!Box 5490! Please follow the instructions at the end of this file to install the update. ``` Product: FRITZ!Box 5490 Version: FRITZ!OS 7.31 Language: English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish Release date: 09/04/2023 ``` # Top functions of FRITZ!OS ------------------------------------------------------------ - Priority for working from home - Easy to enable prioritization of a computer for internet access - FRITZ!Fon displays weather forecast on the start screen (currently only available for germany) - FRITZ! Smart Home now supports DECT compatible roller shutters - Smart Home: Lightsequence "Wakeup/Sleep" for FRITZ!DECT 500 and compatible DECT LEDs - Smart Home: TOP - Perfect indoor climate with FRITZ!DECT 440 - humidity information at a glance - For FRITZ!Box's integrated fax machine: Log of received and sent faxes - Telefony: TOP - Many improvements to user interface for using the telephone book, call diversion and call blocks ------------------------------------------------------------ # Further Improvements of FRITZ!OS 7.31 ## System: - **Fixed** stability and security increased # Additional improvements in FRITZ!OS 7.29 ## Internet: - **Improved** List of trusted certification authorities updated - **Improved** When internet access to storage media via FTP/FTPS is enabled, the randomly preselected port number is displayed ## Telephony: - **Fixed** Restricted availability by telephone when using telephony via IPv6 - **Improved** Encrypted telephony more robust against lost connections - **Improved** Enhanced interoperability for use of encrypted telephony - **Change** Necessary adaptation to changed demands for authentication with Google (Google telephone book and calendar) - **Improved** Better interoperability for CardDAV-based online telephone contacts ## Wi-Fi: - **Improved** Better stability ## USB: - **Improved** compatibility with MacOS 12.0 "Monterey" - **Improved** compatibility with several older devices (printers, scanners) - **Fixed** No network drive connection (SMB) was possible with macOS Big Sur Version 11.3 ## System: - **Improved** Increased stability # New functions of FRITZ!OS 7.27 ## Internet: - **NEW** Prioritization of a home network device can now be enabled on the FRITZ!Box user interface ## Telephony: - **NEW** Fax function: Log for received and sent faxes - **NEW** Support for the "Telekom CompanyFlex" business telephony platform (SIP trunk and cloud PBX) ## DECT/FRITZ!Fon: - **NEW** New start screen with current weather information (currently only available for germany) ## Smarthome: - **NEW** FRITZ!DECT 440 measures humidity and allows its display with FRITZ!App Smart Home and FRITZ!Fon - **NEW** FRITZ!DECT 440 displays the QR code for simple connection with the Wi-Fi guest access - **NEW** Smart Home: Lightsequence "Wakeup/Sleep" for FRITZ!DECT 500 and compatible DECT LEDs - **NEW** Guest Access or answering machine can be switched on and off at the touch of a button on the FRITZ!DECT 440 - **NEW** Roller shutter control via FRITZ!DECT 440, FRITZ!Fon, and the FRITZ!Box user interface - **NEW** At the touch of a button on FRITZ!DECT 440 or 400, an internal phone rings and displays a message # Further Improvements of FRITZ!OS 7.27 ## Internet: - **Improved** Assignment to devices added to the access profile settings in the parental controls - **Improved** Device status (active/not active) is displayed in the selection of devices for port sharing - **Improved** Clearer display of port sharing overview on mobile devices - **Improved** Independent port sharing settings for a device are now permitted when the request was made over IPv6 for the IPv4 address of the device - and vice versa - **Improved** Event message when port 80 temporarily released for sharing in order to issue certificate for letsencrypt.org - **Improved** DNS over TLS (DoT) more robust - **Fixed** In certain scenarios, IP client operating mode could not be configured correctly via LAN with DHCP - **Fixed** Formatting errors occured in the configuration of IPv6 routes - **Fixed** Display corrected in the port sharing overview - **Fixed** After activating DNS over TLS (DoT) and longer run times, certain websites could no longer be resolved - **Fixed** After update of FRITZ!OS 7.03 or older, the IP address was not refreshed on MyFRITZ!Net (DynDNS) - **Fixed** Repeated dropping and reestablishment of VPN connections after automatic disconnection - **Fixed** IPv6: After the home network prefix was refreshed, invalid IPv6 addresses for guest access were not deleted - **Fixed** Changes to access profiles were sometimes rejected groundlessly with the error message "The list of blocked network applications with this ID already exists." - **Fixed** "PTR" type DNS queries were not always resolved correctly - **Fixed** IPv6: In IPv6 route advertisement (RA) with option 25 (Recursive DNS Server), sometimes bits from the "Reserved" field were set - **Fixed** After restoring factory settings, the first VPN connection configured no longer worked - **Fixed** After importing a configuration with an alternative LAN IPv4 network, the local DNS server remained in the old network after settings were adopted - **Fixed** The TR-064 parameter WANAccess was sometimes incorrect ("granted") when no WAN was available upon restart - **Fixed** "PTR" type DNS resolutions were not always possible - **Fixed** Sending of advanced support data did not trigger a push mail - **Fixed** When a saved configuration was adopted selectively, not all of the push mails originally configured were adopted - **Fixed** VPN connections via L2TP (e.g. in Windows 10) were unexpectedly slow - **Fixed** Device block had no effect in certain scenarios - **Fixed** When a FRITZ!Box was operated behind certain cable modems, brief interruptions of the internet connection occurred every 12 hours - **Fixed** In factory settings the first VPN connection could not be enabled for a single instance - **Fixed** Expanded failover protection with mobile dongles and internet access via WAN/LAN 1 was not started under certain initial conditions present at the time of activation - **Fixed** Online Monitor for mobile communications did not always show data when "Advanced failover protection" was enabled ## Wireless: - **Improved** Reworked "Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi Channel" page - **Improved** Improved auto channel function after detection of interference sources (5-GHz band) - **Improved** Improved messages on Wi-Fi under "System / Event Log" - **Improved** Detection of multiple parallel WPS activations improved - **Improved** New message under "System / Event Log" when the maximum number of wireless repeaters is exceeded - **Improved** Naming of Wi-Fi guest access (SSID, preassigned) depends on selected language - **Change** In "Mesh Repeater" operating mode, only Wi-Fi networks with visible names are shown for selection of the Mesh Master - **Fixed** Erroneous display of bandwidth in connections with HUAWEI P30 corrected - **Fixed** After radar detection with reduced power mode (Green AP), initialization problems occurred in combination with 160 MHz bandwidth (VHT160) - **Fixed** After a FRITZ!OS update, the "Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi Channel" page did not show any Wi-Fi channels, and in some circumstances, no Wi-Fi networks in the environment - **Fixed** Activation of WPS immediately after the Mesh Master was started frequently led to non-DBDC uplinks to Mesh Repeaters - **Fixed** Incorrect message under "System / Event Log" for WPS during DFS wait time - **Fixed** WPS for the Wi-Fi Guest Access did not work reliably with non-encrypted Wi-Fi - **Fixed** Vulnerabilities in the processing of incoming fragmented frames and aggregated MPDUs (A-MPDU) fixed ("Fragatttack") ## Mesh: - **Improved** Improved indications about adoption of settings enabled for a FRITZ!Box as Mesh Repeater - **Fixed** Incorrect formatting in the mobile view of the "Mesh Settings" page on a FRITZ!Box in "Mesh Repeater" mode - **Fixed** Settings for Wi-Fi schedule could not be changed under some circumstances, if the setting "FRITZ!Box as a Mesh Repeater" was used - **Fixed** For a FRITZ!Box configured as Mesh Master, but not as router (DHCP server), name and IP address of the router could not be changed - **Fixed** Display of Wi-Fi channel bandwidth in the user interface on the Mesh Master was sometimes different on the Mesh Repeater ## Smarthome: - **Improved** Smart Home: Improved - Template for fast changes to color settings and brightness on FRITZ!DECT 500 ## Telephony: - **Improved** Completely reworked settings pages for call diversion and call blocks - **Improved** First Configuration wizard offers configuration of a telephone - **Improved** Call diversions offer option to divert selected calls to a certain telephone on the FRITZ!Box - **Improved** Setting for using internal fax machine added to "Send faxes only" - **Improved** The "Email" and "RSS" tabs are hidden in the "Telephony / Telephony Devices" menu when DECT is switched off - **Improved** Display and management of entries in telephone books completely reworked (among others, photo visible in overview, columns can be selected for display, and selection of multiple entries added as well as copying and moving entries between telephone books) - **Improved** Settings for sending and receiving faxes combined under "Telephony / Telephony Devices" - **Improved** After all new received fax documents in the fax log have been opened, the "Info" LED stops flashing - **Improved** Integration of multiple CardDAV telephone books supported - **Improved** Better compatibility of the FRITZ!Box's SIP registrar to the SIP client LinPhone - **Improved** Better compatibility to telephone providers Easybell and VoIPfoneUK - **Improved** Enhanced compatibility for encrypted telephony - **Improved** For country setting "Germany" and telephone number configured automatically by provider, the area code included in the number is detected automatically and adopted in the line settings - **Improved** Voice quality better for telephone calls in mobile networks and for international calls - **Improved** Forwarding of calls accepted on Snom IP telephones supported without query - **Improved** Stability - **Change** Adjustment to the changed behavior of the T-Net-Box when calls are rejected, for instance due to call blocks - **Fixed** Web address of the CardDAV server could not be changed in online telephone books after entry - **Fixed** On a FRITZ!Box used as a Mesh Repeater for telephony, it was possible to edit the telephony numbers adopted from the Mesh Master and also to create new telephony numbers - **Fixed** Telekom SIP trunking account could not be disabled - **Fixed** In integrated iCloud contacts (Apple), first and last names were sometimes displayed in inconsistent order - **Fixed** During synchronization of entries in online contacts (CardDAV), in certain constellations all email addresses were deleted - **Fixed** Certain telephone numbers were temporarily not registered (among them Sipgate, EnviaTel, Teledate) - **Fixed** Connections dropped after about 30 seconds for telephony connections secured by TLSonly (among others, KPN) - **Fixed** In certain constellations, only one-way voice transmission was possible during telephony via IPv6 - **Fixed** Unsuitable presettings for telephony provider Vodafone Italy - **Fixed** Registration of telephone numbers was not possible with telephony profile for provider Vodafone Italia - **Fixed** Sporadic errors when faxing via T.38 connections - **Fixed** No hold announcement after resetting to factory settings - **Fixed** Pickup on IP telephones was possible for no longer than 4 seconds - **Fixed** After a fax was sent, the name of a recipient selected via the telephone book was not displayed in the call list - **Fixed** Editing of door intercom stations sometimes led to loss of email notification for door intercom stations - **Fixed** After importing answering machine settings including saved messages into another FRITZ!Box model, sometimes the imported messages could no longer be played back - **Fixed** Ring sequences incorrect for the country setting "Australia" - **Fixed** Sporadic loss of schedule settings for the answering machine after updating FRITZ!OS - **Fixed** - After editing CompanyFlex Cloud PBX telephone numbers, these numbers were no longer registered - **Fixed** Configuration of internal fax function not possible when a telephone book contained an entry without a telephone number - **Fixed** Searches in the telephone book could be performed using a name, but not a telephone number - **Fixed** Three-party conference did not work on an analog telephone in rare cases - **Change** Necessary change for use of a Google online telephone book in the future ## Home Network: - **Improved** Faster display of network connections in very large networks - **Improved** When leaving the device details a message concerning changed device names is displayed only if the name was actually changed - **Change** When an individual name is set for the FRITZ!Box, the name of the working group for home network sharing ("USB/Storage") remains unchanged - **Fixed** The section for blocking devices was displayed in the device details of guest devices even though this function is reserved for home network devices - **Fixed** Changed IP settings of the FRITZ!Box were not offered for printing - **Fixed** Time synchronization (NTP) was instable in certain scenarios ## USB: - **Improved** In fritz.nas, multiple files can be selected using the shift key - **Fixed** Home network sharing of a network drive (SMB) was not visible under Network in Windows Explorer - **Fixed** Data transmission via network drive function (SMB) failed with the Windows error message "STATUS_NO_MEMORY" ## System: - **Improved** Configuration wizard can be interrupted and resumed - **Improved** Various usability improvements in the First Configuration wizard - **Improved** Status overview page within the first configuration - **Improved** Security query when leaving a page without saving changed settings - **Improved** Saving and restoring settings now includes telephony data from the internal storage of the FRITZ!Box (ring tones, telephone book pictures, voice messages) - **Improved** After support data have been sent to AVM, a second dispatch can be started immediately without any wait time - **Improved** A password can be made visible during entry (eye icon) in the user interface - **Improved** Corrected details in the "Diagnostics / Function" for Mesh and USB - **Change** Offer to switch to "Level III: Notify me about new versions of FRITZ!OS and install new versions automatically (recommended)" is now offered after updating only when "Level II: Notify me about new versions of FRITZ!OS and install necessary updates automatically" was previously configured - **Change** The option to log in to a FRITZ!Box (user interface) without a password, which was not recommended, is no longer supported *1 - **Change** If "only with the FRITZ!Box password" was set up for logging in to the user interface, a FRITZ!Box user with the name "fritz" and a random four-digit number together with the FRITZ!Box password will be created automatically. To log in to the user interface in the home network, entering the FRITZ!Box password is still sufficient. *2 - **Fixed** FRITZ!Box users could not be sorted in the overview - **Fixed** Access profiles with blocked applications in parental controls were not available when settings were restored - **Fixed** Number of messages in "System / Event Log" was too restricted in some areas - **Fixed** Display of installation date for the last update was incorrect in certain scenarios ## Mobile Communications: - **Improved** New "Compatibility mode for mobile broadband dongles" option for generic integration of variants of known mobile broadband dongles - **Improved** Country-specific list of mobile network providers when FRITZ!Box used with a USB mobile network dongle - **Improved** Optimized details for "Advanced failover protection" setting - **Improved** Mobile network provider "Magenta Mobil" added for Austria - **Improved** Support for Huawei E3372h-320 USB mobile network dongle *1. The home network login mode without a password, which is not recommended, is no longer supported. For the initial access to the user interface after the FRITZ!OS update, the user needs to assign a FRITZ!Box password (additional confirmation required) *2. Automatic generation of a user according to the naming structure fritz and a random four-digit number if login before the update took place only with the FRITZ!Box password. Important information for developers of apps that would like to register with FRITZ!Box can be found at avm.de/service/schnittstellen --- # New Features in FRITZ!OS 7.12 ## Mesh: - **NEW** Mesh WiFi steering can automatically direct devices (smartphones or computers, for instance) to the best Mesh WiFi Repeater (access point steering) - **NEW** The FRITZ!DECT 400 Smart Home switch can be used on every FRITZ!Box in the Mesh - **NEW** All FRITZ!Boxes in the Mesh now have a shared telephone book at their disposal ## Telephony: -**NEW** Support for SIP trunking from Deutsche Telekom, dus.net, easybell, envia Tel and EWE/swb/osnatel ## DECT: - **NEW** Support for DECT door intercom systems (manufactured by Telegärtner) ## DECT/FRITZ!Fon: - **NEW** Very easy to offer wireless guest access: Display the account data or initiate WPS on the handset - **NEW** Block incoming telephone calls directly from the handset call lists - **NEW** Fast accessibility to Smart Home devices as favorites - **NEW** Configure and delete call diversion settings directly from the handset menu ## Home network - ** NEW** Graphic display of home network connections when editing the connection of a network device ## Smart Home: - **NEW** For the FRITZ!DECT 400 Smart Home switch, pressing a button longer can trigger a second switching action - **NEW** Now a "Template" option is available as an additional switching option for FRITZ!DECT 400 ## System: - **NEW** FRITZ!Box sends information on certain events to the email address of your MyFRITZ! account - **NEW** All LEDs on the device can now be switched off in the user interface - **NEW** Display of the available updates for the FRITZ! products connected in the home network on the Overview page ## Mobile network: - **NEW** Higher data rates possible through support for the Mobile Broadband Interface Model (MBIM) (for instance, W1208 from 4G Systems) - **NEW** Push Service for sending received text messages ------------------------------------------------------------ # Additional improvements in FRITZ!OS 07.12 ## Internet: - **Improved** Now domain names can be specified for VPN connections that are resolved via the tunnel - **Improved** For VPN connections, the remote network is displayed in the network even after the connection has been cleared - **Improved** Now any names can be specified for VPN connections - **Improved** A VPN connection can now transfer the entire network traffic (VPN full tunneling, default route via VPN tunnel) - **Improved** Better VPN connection negotiation - **Improved** VPN LAN-LAN linkup of a FRITZ!Box on a DS Lite connection possible to IPv4 remote sites - **Improved** Various changes for importing a VPN settings file - **Improved** More devices possible in the guest access (and wireless hot spot): assigned IP addresses now reserved for only 6 hours (DHCP lease time, configurable) - **Improved** FRITZ!Box no longer repeats an attempt to register with MyFRITZ! if the confirmation link sent by email was not clicked - **Change** For Vodafone, also consideration of first configuration on fiber optic connections - **Change** For activation of internet access to the FRITZ!Box via HTTPS, TCP number selected randomly - **Change** Transfer rate of the internet connection on the WAN port entered in Mbit/s instead of Kbit/s - **Change** For connections from Telekom, "Zuhause Start" connections now called "MagentaZuhause Regio Tarif" - **Fixed** "Standard" and "Guest" access profiles, configurable under Filters, contained a budget setting that was not supported - **Fixed** Settings from the window for VPN settings could not be copied - **Fixed** Under port sharing it was not possible to enter the IPv6 interface ID 0:0:0:0:* - **Fixed** Switch of type of connection from IP client to internet router generated illegal IP settings - **Fixed** Releasing a port on a dual-stack connection (IPv4 and IPv6) for sharing with a device configured only for IPv4 sometimes failed - **Fixed** Internet connection failed after switching internet provider via mobile network to existing connection via wireless LAN . **Fixed** In rare cases a device in the wireless guest access via a repeater was not assigned an IP address - **Fixed** Misleading message úpon disabling internet access to the FRITZ!Box via HTTPS - **Fixed** Port sharing for destination IP addresses in the form 192.168.*.127 was not possible - **Fixed** Port sharing for IPv6 could not be enabled for internet connections with a prefix length /64 - **Fixed** VPN LAN-LAN linkup to fixed IP addresses did not work (IKE error 0x2005) - **Fixed** Additional characters transmitted during download of the FRITZ!Box certificate under FRITZ!Box services - **Fixed** Registration with MyFRITZ! could be instable when upper-case letters were used in the email address of the MyFRITZ! account - **Fixed** With IPv6 and FRITZ!Box users without the right to access from the internet, access from the home network via FTP to storage (NAS) shared in the home network could fail - **Fixed** Guest network block was not applied in individual access profiles configured in parental controls ## Wireless: - **Improved** The wireless radio network table of known wireless devices was reworked - **Improved** For devices that support the wireless protocols 802.11v/k (smartphones or computers, for instance), improved automatic steering into the 2.4-GHz or 5-GHz band (band steering) - **Change** For wireless devices in the radio network, the property 802.11k displayed only when the scope of performance is sufficient (beacon report) - **Change** New report in event log on problems with "protected logins from wireless devices (PMF)" - **Change** The radio channel settings option for automatic steering of wireless devices now also offers Mesh WiFi steering - **Fixed** "Wireless LAN coexistence" option now works reliably again (2.4 GHz) - **Fixed** When one wireless frequency band is switched off, the radio network of the other frequency band is no longer interrupted - **Fixed** Line breaks on the captive portal for the wireless guest access were not saved - **Fixed** Wireless LAN settings (channel, wireless standard, etc.) no longer selectable when disabled - **Fixed** On the "Wireless / Radio Network" page, wireless devices that are not connected are no longer listed in the table only with a marking for the 2.4-GHz band ## Mesh: - **Improved** Display of important notifications for secure, reliable operation on all FRITZ!OS products in the Mesh (with red "Info"' LED and on start page) - **Improved** Smart Home templates can now be used on every FRITZ!Box in the Mesh This allows actions like "Everything off" to be applied to all FRITZ!Boxes in the Mesh - **Improved** Information on Mesh proved in the FRITZ!Box push service mail - **Improved** New message in event log on wireless devices that were reregistered because of Mesh steering - **Improved** Notice on Mesh Overview about FRITZ!Repeaters or FRITZ!Powerline devices that can still be integrated into the Mesh - **Improved** Home network access of the FRITZ!Repeater 3000 optimized for performance in wireless bridge mode - **Improved** The name assigned to a Mesh Repeater in the Mesh or Network Overview is applied as its "Repeater name". The user interface of the Mesh Repeater can then be accessed with http://assigned_name - **Change** Mesh designation of the Powerline devices without wireless function that participate in the Mesh - **Change** Device names of FRITZ!OS devices in the Mesh are adopted from the Mesh Master as push service sender names - ** Change** During configuration of telephony in the Mesh, the "landline enabled" setting on the Mesh Repeater is switched off - **Fixed** Distribution of wireless LAN settings in the Mesh erroneous in rare situations - **Fixed** The battery status of Smart Home devices was occasionally displayed incorrectly on the user interface of a Mesh Repeater - **Fixed** If a FRITZ!Box configured as a Mesh Repeater was removed from telephony, this change was not applied until the Mesh Master restarted - **Fixed** Telephony messages (Message Waiting Indication, MWI) were not passed on to the Mesh Repeater with the right dialed telephone number ## Telephony: - **Fixed** Type of an existing call diversion could not be changed from the initial setting - **Fixed** In isolated cases, conversations were incorrectly negotiated with voice compression - **Fixed** Telephony messages (Message Waiting Indication, MWI, RFC 3842) were switched off when adding/editing internet telephone numbers - **Fixed** Error in display of contact groups from Google contacts when their names contained "&" - **Fixed** While copying an existing telephone book the setting for "important person" was not adopted ## DECT/FRITZ!Fon: - **Improved** Titles from the media player played on the handset can now be fast forwarded and rewound - **Improved** https supported even for live images, for instance for images from a door intercom system - **Improved** Playback compatibility of https web radio and podcast streams - **Improved** Faster zapping between radio stations - **Fixed** Occasional rhythmic sound disruptions when playing web radio ## Home network - **Improved** Change to radio network name now optional when setting the FRITZ!Box name - **Change** Podcasts preset for the media server updated. Also applies to FRITZ!Fon - **Fixed** Failure to set up a home network connection for certain interfaces in the MyFRITZ!App - **Fixed** Problem with DNS resolution of local home network devices when using DHCP without host name - **Fixed** In some rare cases it was not possible to set LAN ports to 100 Mbit/s (Green mode) ## Smart Home: - **Improved** Better illustrations of temperature profile in push service (email) - **Change** Updated the AHA-HTTP-APU programming interface. https://www.avm.de/schnittstellen - **Fixed** In rare cases the sunrise/sunset function did not work reliably - **Fixed** Error when setting the temperature for a group ## Storage/NAS: - **Improved** Optimized treatment of NTFS-formatted storage media - **Fixed** In some cases new files were indexed incompletely or not at all ## System: - **Improved** User interface permanently saves the desired sorting of a table by column - **Improved** Dual-band wireless devices were displayed in the overview only with 2.4 GHz - **Change** Push service sends important messages from the FRITZ!Box only to the recipient of the FRITZ!Box Info mail - **Change** The FRITZ!Box user ftpuser is no longer created ex works (or after restoring the factory settings). One FRITZ!Box user must be created for sharing of storage media (NAS) in the home network - **Change** Updated the TR-064 programming interface. See http://www.avm.de/schnittstellen - **Fixed** Update with FRITZ!OS file could fail with an IPv6 connection to the FRITZ!Box - **Fixed** No import of settings possible when "Magenta Cloud" was enabled - - **Fixed** WLAN-LED constantly blinking without obvious cause ## Mobile network: - **Change** Huawei 3372 mobile communications dongle switched from USB tethering to interne connection via mobile network. The mobile network PIN and provider must be entered once under "Internet / Mobile Network" ## Security - **Change** Support of outdated TLS 1.0 standard to secure FRITZ!OS services in the server role switched off - **Change** Length of DH parameter extended to 2048 bit for FRITZ!OS services in the server role --- Below you find a list and descriptions of previously introduced functions and features in FRITZ!OS, along with a list of further improvements in the respective version. --- # Additional improvements in FRITZ!OS 7.01 ## Internet - **IMPROVED** Display of internet connections on the "Overview" page also includes WAN connections - **IMPROVED** Simplified display for internet connections on the Overview page under Connections - **IMPROVED** Function for removing the FRITZ!Box from the MyFRITZ! account (myfritz.net) - **IMPROVED** Optimizations for data throughput - **IMPROVED** Optimizations for DNS resolution - **IMPROVED** Optimized registration with MyFRITZ! (myfritz.net) also possible without enabling MyFRITZ! internet access, under "Internet / MyFRITZ! Account" - **IMPROVED** SHA-2 support for VPN connections - **IMPROVED** Filter for port 25 (unsecured mail sending) also effective for the Guest Access (Wireless LAN/LAN) - **CHANGE** Connections to 1&1 lines also with Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6 and IPv4 Dual Stack) - **CHANGE** Connections to Vodafone lines also with Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6 and IPv4 Dual Stack) - **CHANGE** Type of internet connection "existing connection via wireless LAN" also supports non-encrypted wireless LAN - **CHANGE** Parental controls no longer differentiate between Windows users - **CHANGE** Devices blocked for internet use in the parental controls can be reached via VPN - **CHANGE** Internet service provider "GMX" removed - **CHANGE** FRITZ!Box devices in IP client mode (as for connection to existing network) can be registered with myfritz.net - **CHANGE** Certificate signed by letsencrypt.org (for MyFRITZ! addresses) - **Resolved** "Default user already exists" message when configuring parental controls - **Resolved** Possible circumvention of time limits defined in parental controls - **Resolved** Circumvention of parental controls for certain blocked websites - **Resolved** The LAN ports for VPN were switched for LAN-LAN linkup - **Resolved** Improved VPN interoperability - **Resolved** VPN user connections not displayed in the home network overview - **Resolved** MyFRITZ! FTP links corrected - **Resolved** MyFRITZ! access or device with MyFRITZ! access could not be deleted under certain circumstances - **Resolved** Error while entering an already assigned IP address for a new device for port sharing - **Resolved** No IPv4 port sharing for devices with IPv6 interface ID during IPv4 internet connection without IPv6 - **Resolved** IPv6 NAS sharing link could not be used - **Resolved** Google DynDNS service not supported - **Resolved** Static IP address with /31 network mask not possible ##Telephony: - **IMPROVED** Redesigned administration of call blocks for incoming calls (telephone numbers) - **IMPROVED** Optimized management of telephone books ##DECT: - **IMPROVED** Playback of web radio and podcasts with HTTPS addresses on AVM devices (only if contents can be played back without encryption) - **Resolved** Speedphone 500 could no longer make calls ##Home network: - **Resolved** Possible error message (Error code 1) when IP address entered manually in the Device Details - **CHANGE** Connection Statistics area for the powerline network moved from the Network Device Details to the "Contents / FRITZ!Box Support" area ##Wireless: - **IMPROVED** DFS wait times in the 5-GHz band optimized - **IMPROVED** Band steering for wireless clients that support the 802.11v/k standards - **IMPROVED** Display of wireless standards 802.11k and 802.11v as "Signal Properties" (for band steering) - **IMPROVED** Display of frequency bands on "Wireless / Radio Channel" page in the "Other radio networks in your vicinity" list - **IMPROVED** Improved changing of SSID in Wireless Assistant during first configuration - **Resolved** Changes in the channel bandwidth und Wireless mode are again correctly implemented - **Resolved** Selection of DFS channels in the 5 GHz band possible again in repeater mode - **Resolved** Display of interference sources on "Wireless / Radio Channel" page in the "Use of the Wireless LAN Channels" list - **Resolved** The entire network environment of the base station is displayed in "Repeater" mode ##Smart Home: - **IMPROVED** Support for external temperature sensor to determine room temperature - **IMPROVED** Push notification sent when an interrupted DECT connection is restored - **IMPROVED** Error while saving Smart Home Device names ##Security: - **CHANGE** The "Login without password (not recommended)" option in the FRITZ!Box user interface now requires pressing a button on the FRITZ!Box ##Diagnostics: - **IMPROVED** Function diagnostics shows insufficient memory for saving faxes and voice messages when USB storage is full - **CHANGE** Display of port for Diagnostics & Maintenance ##System: - **NEW** Additional confirmation for certain changes can now be performed using the Google Authenticator - **IMPROVED** Redesigned Auto Update page - **IMPROVED** Event protocol on the Mesh Master also contains all events on the other FRITZ! devices in the Mesh WiFi - **IMPROVED** Push service sends mail after the update with additional information on the version and update progress - **IMPROVED** Push service change notice now also includes information on the registration of a new DECT device - **IMPROVED** Push service change notice on new devices in the home network now also includes information on new Mesh Repeaters - **IMPROVED** "New FRITZ!OS" push service mail now also includes planned time of for auto updates - **IMPROVED** Optimized time synchronization (NTP) after internet dial-in - **IMPROVED** Consent to "Diagnostics and Maintenance" does not include permission for software updates - **IMPROVED** Simplified display for configuration of wireless LAN, LAN and WAN in the "Interfaces" area of the "Overview" page - **IMPROVED** Redesigned push services overview - **CHANGE** For security reasons, the preconfigured user "ftpuser" can no longer be granted access from the internet - **CHANGE** For FRITZ!Box users who are granted access from the internet, the password must be different from the user name - **CHANGE** The security of new password assignments must be rated at least "medium" or they will be rejected - **CHANGE** Additional confirmation for creating VPN connections - **CHANGE** Additional confirmation for creating VPN connections ##USB: - **IMPROVED** Message notifying about possible detriment to FRITZ!Box functions when contents deleted from the FRITZ! folder - **Resolved** System folders no longer indexed for the FRITZ! media server ##USB/UMTS: - **Resolved** Internet via mobile network not offered for all detected 3G dongles during first configuration --- General information on Mesh is presented at en.avm.de/mesh-networking. --- # New and improved Features in FRITZ!OS 6.84 ## Internet - **NEW:** Preselection of internet providers added for the Netherlands - **Resolved:** Certain IP TV scenarios are possible again # New features in FRITZ!OS 6.83 **New Features:** - Powerful wireless LAN: Band steering - Reservation of data rates - Extended Smart Home functions and more for MyFRITZ! - FRITZ!Fon: new start screens und a night service - Extra security and network adjustments - Necessary adjustment to changes in the telephone network - Display of information on fiber optics Below you find a complete list and descriptions of the new functions in the latest FRITZ!OS, along with a list of further improvements in this version. --- # New and improved Features in FRITZ!OS 6.83 ## Internet - **NEW:** Display of Internet use by guests in the Online Monitor - **NEW:** Guaranteed data rate for home network devices despite intensive use of the guest network - **NEW:** Option for autonomous port sharing (UPnP/PCP) can be enabled for each device ## Telephony: - **NEW**: Option to limit the number of outgoing calls to foreign numbers, enabled automatically - **NEW**: Call diversion applicable to all contacts in a telephone book ## DECT - **NEW**: Support added for operating CAT-iq 2.0-compliant handsets ## Home network - **NEW:** IP address (DHCP) can be changed directly in the device details ## Wireless - **NEW:** To improve data transmission, a dual-band wireless device can be set to switch between the 2.4 and the 5 GHz frequency band automatically (band steering) ## Smart Home - **NEW:** Display of temperature curve over the last 24h for devices with temperature sensor - **NEW:** Group switching for radiator controls - **NEW:** Switching of the FRITZ!DECT 200/210 smart plug by sounds, like clapping or knocking ## MyFRITZ! - **NEW:** New convenience features added to myfritz.box user interface and optimized display on smartphones and tablets (responsive design) ## Security - **NEW:** Password for registering an IP telephone with the FRITZ!Box must have at least eight characters. IP telephones with a shorter password will be disabled with this update. - **NEW:** Certain settings and features require additional confirmation by the user where the FRITZ!Box is located ## Storage/NAS - **NEW:** FRITZNAS user interface optimized for tablets and smartphones (responsive design) --- More wireless LAN speed through band steering The new FRITZ!OS offers a leap of speed for WiFi with band steering. Many smartphones and tablets can transmit data on the 2.4-GHz-band and the 5-GHZ-band. If one band is working at a high capacity, the FRITZ!Box now automatically initiates a band switch. This way resources can be exploited better and data reach their destination faster and without interference. Band steering is possible for all FRITZ!Box models with dual-band Wireless AC+N (FRITZ!Box models 7580, 7490, 7560, 6490, 4040, 3490). Priorities in WiFi With the FRITZ!OS 6.83 update, users can be sure to surf, stream or chat without interference even if the guest network is highly used. It's up to you to specify which transmission rates you and your guests are entitled to. If the FRITZ!Box owners are not online, the guests can enjoy higher data rates. The new online monitor is also very handy, since it now displays the data rates of the guest access on top of the usual downstream rates for Internet and IPTV. FRITZ!Fon: additional start screens and night service FRITZ!Fon, the DECT telephone for FRITZ!Box, received new selectable start screens. Users now have their Smart Home products in direct view, making switching even easier. The analog clock displayed in white or black is also new. The new night service dims the display when the brightness in the room falls below a specified value. The possibilities for diverting calls with the FRITZ!Box can now also be applied to any contact in a given telephone book. Plus, the number of outgoing calls can be limited with FRITZ!OS 6.83. Smart Home: switching on sound The smart plugs FRITZ!DECT 200 and DECT 210 can already be switched automatically at sunrise/sunset or according to an individual schedule via app or phone. Now another option was added: with FRITZ!OS 6.83 an acoustic sensor is activated locally in the smart plug. Lamps or other connected devices will then react to sounds like clapping or knocking. Another innovation is the display of the temperature measured over the last 24 hours in the FRITZ!Box user interface. Starting with FRITZ!OS 6.83, group switching can also be used for the new radiator control FRITZ!DECT 300. Even better and easier: MyFRITZ! for browser and app Following the fritz.box user interface ? the window to the FRITZ!Box ? with FRITZ!OS 6.83 the user interfaces of the MyFRITZ! service (myfritz.net) and FRITZ!NAS now also appear in a responsive design and adjust to any display size. Using the MyFRITZ!App 2 (for Android) users have convenient access to saved data, their call list or voice messages wherever the are. Users will receive real time notifications via the app about missed calls or new voice messages. With a single swipe you can establish a secure connection to your home network and access your FRITZ!Box and connected devices from on the go. Even Smart Home devices can be operated and switched directly via app or widget. On the safe side: strong passwords and settings requiring confirmation The configuration of new IP phones and call diversions as well as the saving of backup files is even safer now as a new function implements an additional confirmation that can only be verified where the FRITZ!Box is located (two-factor authentication). Attempts to log in with wrong user data are recorded as an event. On top of this, FRITZ!OS 6.83 makes sure that users assign a password with at least 8 digits when configuring an IP telephone or an IP intercom system via the FRITZ!Box. Numerous other FRITZ!OS 6.83 upgrades provide the FRITZ!Box with the latest security standards. With every large update AVM always advises to install the latest version of FRITZ!OS for optimum security and best network synchronization. FRITZ! convenience with DECT telephones from other manufacturers With FRITZ!OS 6.83 DECT telephones that support the CAT-iq 2.0 standard offer many convenience features that come with FRITZ! telephony. For example, cordless telephones from other manufacturers can use one or more telephone books in the FRITZ!Box and users can get a quick overview with the call list. Approve access from the Internet for online games, gaming consoles or IP devices Devices connected to the FRITZ!Box are safe from unauthorized access from the Internet. However, certain applications such as online games or devices like IP cameras or gaming consoles sometimes need to be accessible for others over the Internet. FRITZ!Box users can enable such connections through port sharing. Now it's also possible to allow certain devices to control port sharing automatically. With FRITZ!OS 6.83 all shared ports (IPv4, IPv6, MyFRITZ! or autonomous) can be viewed and configured at once. Users can find an overview of all shared ports with their connected home network devices in the menu at "Internet / Permit Access". Settings for parental controls can also be used with pure IPv6 devices with the new FRITZ!OS 6.80. --- # Additional improvements in FRITZ!OS 06.83 ## Internet - **Improved:** Display of online time in the parental controls overview - **Improved:** Labeling of time axes in the Online Monitor - **Improved:** Filters for websites take account of blocked domains for https calls as well - **Improved:** Support for pure IPv6 devices in parental controls - **Improved:** Port sharing combined with MyFRITZ! sharing and IPv6 sharing - **Improved: Complete firewall exceptions possible for downstream routers with IPv6 - **Improved:** Static routes can be defined for IPv6 - **Improved:** Faster surfing through optimized treatment of DNS queries - **Improved:** IPTV stability when used simultaneously via LAN and wireless LAN - **Resolved:** Shifted time scale in the graphic overview of permitted online time on fritz.box/surf.lua ## Telephony - **Improved:** Better voice quality for Internet telephony through voice transmission with minimal delay - **Improved:** Faster connecting for Internet telephony during simultaneous data transmission - **Improved**: Scheduled switching settings for answering machine optimized for smartphone and tablet - **Improved:** Adjustments for internet telephony provider "Personal-VoIP" - **Improved:** Settings of packet size for "other provider", "SIP DDI line" and "SIP trunking" - **Improved:** Interoperability of message transmission (MWI) to connected IP telephones - **Improved:** Interoperability for transmission of faxes via the Internet (T.38 protocol) - **Improved:** Optimized position of group filter in the configuration wizard for Google contacts - **Resolved:** Rare interruption of calls in cases of Hold/Routing - **Resolved:** Impaired voice quality on some analog telephone lines - **Resolved:** Integration of a new Google telephone book now possible - **Changed:** Requirement for passwords from IP telephone is even stricter ## DECT - **Improved:** Entries in the telephone book now can be sorted by first and last name - **Improved:** Random playback of music list now works across sub-folders - **Improved:** Podcasts can now be interrupted on the FRITZ!Fon (by the user or by incoming calls) and resumed at the point of interruption - **Resolved:** Telephone book entries with multiple telephone numbers were sometimes not adopted completely ## Home network - **Improved:** Display of device details completed - **Resolved:** "Deleting" unused devices in the home network list also removes VPN connections - **Change:** LAN ports 1 through 4 switched to power mode ## Wireless - **NEW:** FRITZ! Hotspot - the wireless guest access with additional functions for cafés, shops or practices: Captive portal with own logo, text and link to own homepage. Details at https://en.avm.de/guide/practical-wifi-features/the-fritzhotspot-for-your-guests/ - **Improved:** Scheduled switching settings optimized for smartphone and tablet - **Improved:** Better stability - **Improved:** Shows the last time when auto channel was refreshed - **Improved:** Deletion of all inactive wireless devices without individual settings from the list of known wireless devices ## Smart Home - **Improved:** Additional options to prevent manual switching of FRITZ!DECT 200 smart plug ## MyFRITZ! - **Improved:** Diagnostics of "Function" and "Security" includes MyFRITZ! - **Improved:** Optimized registration of MyFRITZ! account ## Security: - **Improved:** Attempts to log in with wrong user data recorded in Event Log - **Improved:** Access via FTPS supports ECDHE ciphers - **Change:** Registration with FRITZ!Box user interface valid for 20 min - **Change:** Increased security of FRITZ!Box's own certificate through signature with SHA 256 ## System - **Improved:** Optimized configuration of switching schedule by graphic time table for smartphone and tablet - **Improved:** FRITZ!OS update page also shows the last time the version was checked or the last time a FRITZ!OS was installed - **Improved:** Display of logins via FTP or SMB in the Event Log - **Improved:** Event log adjusted to different display sizes - **Improved:** User guidance for restoring saved settings - **Improved:** Push service overview - **Improved:** Reworked mail subject line for push service mails and information about sender - **Improved:** Text edited in the FRITZ!Box Info mail from push service - **Improved:** Push service combines mails generated within a short period - **Improved:** Change notices for selected settings added to push service mails - **Improved:** Push service mail for use of guest access even when wireless network login/logout display disabled - **Improved:** Information on full storage medium for push service mails on fax reception, voice messages and function diagnostics - **Improved:** Important notifications for secure and reliable operation now also on FRITZ!Fon devices, via MyFRITZ!App 2 and by push service mail (Previously: only red "Info" LED and fritz.box overview) - **Improved:** Better stability even in atypical load situations - **Resolved:** Recurrent push mails (change notices) about first registration of powerline devices or devices without a clock - **Resolved:** "Change notices" and "Forgot password" mail were not sent if the push service was configured with the answering machine or the fax function - **Change:** Interface descriptions for developers expanded (www.avm.de/Schnittstellen) ## Storage/NAS - **Improved:** FTP and SMB service can be enabled/disabled independently of each other - **Change:** FTP service in the home network disabled upon delivery # New features in FRITZ!OS 6.52 ## Internet - **NEW:** Preselection of Internet providers in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland # New features in FRITZ!OS 6.51 - first firmware release --- Instructions for installing the update: Use the update function offered in the user interface to install the update. This automatically offers you the right FRITZ!OS. Click "Wizards", select "Update" and then follow the instructions on the screen. --- © AVM GmbH 2004?2021. All rights reserved. This AVM firmware package contains files that are propagated under different licenses, in particular under a license held by AVM or under an open-source license (namely the GNU General Public License, GNU Lesser General Public License or FreeBSD License). For details on the various licenses, see the "license.txt" file (https://download.avm.de/fritzbox/license.txt). The source code of the files propagated as open source files can be obtained upon a written request to fritzbox_info@avm.de. AVM grants the non-exclusive right to use this AVM firmware package, which is supplied exclusively in object code format. The licensee may create only one copy of the software, which may be used exclusively for backup use. AVM reserves all intellectual property rights except as expressly granted herein. Without previous approval in writing, and except for in cases permitted by law, it is particularly forbidden for this AVM firmware packet to be - copied, propagated, or in any other manner made publicly accessible, or - processed, disassembled, reverse engineered, translated, decompiled or in any other manner "opened" and subsequently copied, propagated or made publicly accessible in any other manner. DHA 2023/09/04