Version: FRITZ!OS 7.20
Language: Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish
Release date: 06/07/2020
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# Top functions of FRITZ!OS
- more Wi-Fi security thanks to new WPA3 encryption
- public Wi-Fi for guests with encrypted data (OWE)
- better Wi-Fi performance with mesh steering and mesh autochanel
- convenient enabling and disabling of internet access for specific devices
- nearly triple the VPN performance
- secure telephony with German Telekom due to encrypted voice
- more comfort for your online contacts, answering machine and fax
- smart telephone book shows matching entries while dialing on FRITZ!Fon
- support for new products: FRITZ!DECT 500 LED light and four-button FRITZ!DECT 440 switch
- multilingual: change the language of your FRITZ!Box and FRITZ!Fon
- faster FRITZ!NAS (\\fritz.nas) with new SMB version
# New functions of FRITZ!OS
## Internet:
- **NEW** With parental controls enabled, settings and ticket entry for the device to be accessed are displayed when the user interface is opened
- **NEW** Support for encrypted resolution from domain names to IP addresses (DNS over TLS)
- **NEW** Simplified configuration of internet connection on 1&1 lines (zero-touch)
## DSL:
- **NEW** Support for VDSL Long Reach
## Wireless:
- **NEW** Encryption according to the new WPA3 standard (including Wi-Fi guest access, connections to Mesh Repeaters and internet access via Wi-Fi with SAE)
- **NEW** An open Wi-Fi network can be offered at the Wi-Fi guest access, in which only data are transmitted in encrypted form (Enhanced Open/Opportunistic Wireless Encryption, OWE)
- **NEW** 160-MHz channel bandwidth is now always active in the 5-GHz band, providing for very high transmission rates with compatible wireless devices
- **NEW** "Zero Wait DFS" (no waiting times for radar events) also possible for 160 MHz bandwidth (5-GHz band)
## Mesh:
- **NEW** Mesh auto-channel: Accounts for the wireless environment of the Mesh Repeater in selecting the best Wi-Fi channel for the entire Mesh
## Telephony:
- **NEW** Support for online contacts from Apple (iCloud), Telekom Mail, and CardDAV providers
- **NEW** Support for encrypted telephony (TLS and SRTP) for Deutsche Telekom, Easybell and dus.net
## DECT/FRITZ!Fon:
- **NEW** Nine new ring tones to choose from
- **NEW** Smart telephone book displays matching suggestions even during number entry
- **NEW** Sound settings for playing back web radio stations and to improve the speech quality of telephone calls
- **NEW** Start screen to display the temperature of a compatible Smart Home device in the home network (for instance, FRITZ!DECT 200, FRITZ!DECT 30x, FRITZ!DECT 440)
## Home Network:
- **NEW** Network passwords for the powerline network can now be changed on FRITZ!Powerline devices connected directly (via LAN)
## Smart Home:
- **NEW** Smart Home: NEW - Reworked Smart Home pages on the FRITZ!Box user interface
- **NEW** Smart Home: NEW - Synchronization of the temperature setting, the boost mode and open window detection within a group of radiator controls
- **NEW** Smart Home: NEW - Display of total consumption (kWh) of the past two years for the smart plugs FRITZ!DECT 200 and 210
- **NEW** Smart Home: NEW - The "Adaptive Heating" feature of the FRITZ!DECT 301 makes the configured temperature available at the desired time
- **NEW** Smart Home: NEW - Supports the FRITZ!DECT 500 LED light
- **NEW** Smart Home: NEW - Supports the four-button switch FRITZ!DECT 440
- **NEW** Smart Home: NEW - Supports the DECT ULE/HAN FUN roller blinds profile
## USB:
- **NEW** The SMBv3/v2 protocol of the Windows network drive function is supported by default; optionally, SMBv1 can still be supported
- **NEW** Media contents like images, music and videos are indexed automatically with "Refresh index automatically" and made available to the home network
## System:
- **NEW** Time period for automatic updates can be defined
- **NEW** NEW - Users supported in becoming acquainted with FRITZ!Box functions with welcome page
- **NEW** Display of the user interface in English, French, German, Italian, Polish or Spanish
- **NEW** Setting of language, country and time zone for FRITZ!Box operation
## Mobile Communications:
- **NEW** Expanded failover protection to automatically switch to an internet connection using the mobile broadband modem when the internet connection via the DSL or WAN connection fails
## Repeater:
- **NEW** Support for encryption according to the WPA3 standard (SAE)
- **NEW** Support for "WPA3/WPA2 Transition Mode" for configuring the user interface (repeater only)
- **NEW** Optimization of repeater connection with a FRITZ!Box with support for Wi-Fi channels 160 MHz wide
# Further Improvements of FRITZ!OS
## Internet:
- **Improved** Message upon failed ticket entry (parental controls)
- **Improved** Display and modification of the IPv6 Interface ID under "Home Network / Network / Network Connections"
- **Improved** Any domain name can be used to address a VPN remote peer, not just MyFRITZ! domain names
- **Improved** NetBIOS permission can be configured individually for a single VPN connection
- **Improved** Ticket for parental controls can be entered before start of online block, so that usage time can be extended without interruption
- **Improved** Additional links from the user interface in the online help for IPv4 and IPv6 routes under "Network Connections"
- **Improved** Optimized display of the DSL/Fiber information in the user interface
- **Improved** IPv6 prefix delegations and IPv6 subnets are displayed under "Home Network / Network / Network Settings"
- **Improved** IP address range for guest network increased to up to 253 devices
- **Improved** Incorrect configuration by using the same network address on both sides of a LAN-LAN linkup for VPN prevented
- **Improved** Access to the myfritz.net domain for a downstream FRITZ!Box registered with MyFRITZ! allowed from the home network
- **Improved** Greatly improved performance for VPN
- **Improved** In the context of encrypted name resolution (DNS over TLS, DoT), SNI (Server Name Indication) is supported
- **Improved** When "Internet connection via LAN 1" is selected, the integrated cable modem is disabled to optimize power consumption (FRITZ!Box Cable only)
- **Improved** Support for multiple DNS queries over a single TCP connection
- **Change** Unnecessary settings option for connection speed removed from "IP Client" mode
- **Change** Button for changing the access profiles under the Parental Controls Overview in the user interface
- **Change** First configuration simplified by removing the double query about DSL or WAN connection (only for FRITZ!Box with dedicated WAN connection, e.g. 7590)
- **Change** Kabel BW and Unitymedia removed from provider list
- **Change** "Emule" protocol removed from selection for port sharing
- **Change** IP compression (data compression) is no longer supported in VPN connections
- **Fixed** Option for "PPPoE Passthrough" missing under "other providers" (only ata boxes)
- **Fixed** "Diagnostics / Function" showed wrong error message for MyFRITZ! registration for FRITZ!Boxes in IP client mode
- **Fixed** Defective links behind "MyFRITZ!" under "Diagnostics / Security"
- **Fixed** VPN connection name was not displayed in network connections and Mesh Overview
- **Fixed** In the VPN overview table "local network" was missing and "remote network" left empty
- **Fixed** Devices that are connected to a downstream router via IPv6 prefix delegation received no IPv6 internet connection when parental controls were enabled
- **Fixed** Devices that are connected to a downstream router via IPv4 static routes received no IPv4 internet connection when parental controls were enabled
- **Fixed** Port sharing for different devices with the same name could not be created
- **Fixed** Adaptations of DSL line speed were no longer accounted for after restart
- **Fixed** Occasional restarts of FRITZ!Box during many parallel FTP transmissions over WAN
- **Fixed** Problems with umlauts in the parental control filter lists
- **Fixed** Guest network lock in the parental controls did not lock reliably
- **Fixed** No automatic Wake on LAN (WoL) via VPN
- **Fixed** Prioritization settings for devices with the "Everything except surfing and mail" access profile were no longer applied after rebooting
## DSL:
- **Improved** Interoperability for supervectoring 35b
- **Change** Resdesigned display of the "DSL Information" in the user interface
## Wireless:
- **Improved** Redesigned the print output of information on the wireless guest access
- **Improved** "WPA3" option added to the encryption of the FRITZ!Box in "Mesh Repeater" operating mode
- **Change** Reworked information page (for instance, after changes to Wi-Fi configuration)
- **Change** WPS/PIN method removed
- **Change** Outdated WPA/TKIP encryption removed
- **Fixed** "Wireless / Guest access": Duration for disabling automatically could not be changed
- **Fixed** Sorting by MAC addresses in "Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi Network / Security" did not work
- **Fixed** "Delete" button for devices was displayed even if the device could not actually be deleted
- **Fixed** PMF option no longer offered for "WPA/TKIP" encryption selection
- **Fixed** Detection of interference did not work under certain rare circumstances
- **Fixed** Time stamp "Wireless LAN channels used" corrected (5-GHz band)
- **Fixed** Incorrect entry no longer appears in the "Event Log" when individual wireless bands were enabled or disabled manually on a FRITZ!Repeater 3000
## Mesh:
- **Improved** Rendering of DHCP host name, media server name and SMB name on Mesh Repeaters improved
- **Improved** Improved text for configuration of a FRITZ!Box as a Mesh Repeater
- **Improved** Better detection of terminal devices that cannot be rerouted via Mesh steering
- **Improved** Notification in FRITZ!Box log when a network loop is created (for instance, simultaneous LAN and wireless connection to the same device)
- **Improved** Notification in FRITZ!Box log when a network loop is created (for instance, simultaneous LAN and wireless connection to the same device)
- **Change** On a FRITZ!Box configured as a Mesh Repeater, the option for adopting the settings in the Mesh is offered only after Mesh was enabled on this FRITZ!Box
- **Fixed** Display of FRITZ!Powerline 520/530E in the Mesh connection diagram was not correct
- **Fixed** In certain cases a FRITZ!Repeater was displayed twice in the "Mesh Overview" of the FRITZ!Box
- **Fixed** When telephony in the Mesh is used, telephony registration of a FRITZ!Box used as a Mesh Repeater was sometimes prevented by the Mesh Master
- **Fixed** For wireless guest access the steering characteristics (11k/v) of wireless devices were not taken into account correctly (Google Pixel 2 and SAMSUNG S10)
## Telephony:
- **Improved** Calls from door intercoms (including images) added to "Calls" push mail
- **Improved** "Always register via an internet connection" option added for SIP trunk providers
- **Improved** More detailed messages for security-relevant changes to settings
- **Improved** New telephony providers added for the country setting "Italy": TIM, Fastweb, Vodafone and others
- **Improved** Telephony providers O2, PYUR and multiple SIP trunk providers added
- **Improved** Telephone numbers can be assigned to multiple answering machines, so that up to ten different greetings can be scheduled to play on one telephone number
- **Improved** For operation of ISDN devices, advanced settings are offered under "Telephony Device" in the user interface
- **Improved** The call list in the user interface offers a separate view for rejected calls
- **Improved** For company lines (SIP trunk and SIP DDI lines), a settings offered to support setting any telephone numbers desired (CLIP no screening)
- **Improved** Integrated fax function supports sending up to ten pages of text
- **Improved** If a storage location is set in the fax function of the FRITZ!Box, sent faxes will be stored there along with received faxes
- **Improved** New methods for call diversion to external destinations supported for certain telephony providers (302 - Moved temporarily)
- **Improved** Automatic configuration of telephone numbers for provider Telekom adapted to the latest network demands
- **Improved** Increased robustness of telephony against partial failure of network infrastructures when TCP internet protocol in use
- **Improved** Better interoperability with Swiss provider sipcall
- **Improved** Maximum length for hold announcement of answering machine increased from 8 to 30 seconds
- **Improved** Transfer/Forwarding of calls supported (without a query) on IP telephones to other telephones connected with the FRITZ!Box
- **Change** New missed calls are no longer displayed with a flashing "Info" LED on the FRITZ!Box
- **Change** New fax and email messages for answering machine services (like the Telekom SprachBox) are no longer displayed with a flashing "Fon" LED on the FRITZ!Box
- **Fixed** Under the "SIP trunking" selection, telephone numbers could not be created for providers that could be selected for another telephony provider using the same registrar
- **Fixed** Under the "Other Provider" selection, telephone numbers could not be created for providers that could be selected for another telephony provider using the same registrar
- **Fixed** Automatic fax recognition for the telephone numbers of the analog landline could not be set up
- **Fixed** Changes to the settings for the proxy server and STUN server were not adapted in the telephone numbers
- **Fixed** When the fax function was started in the user interface, only an empty page was displayed if there was an entry without a telephone number in the telephone book
- **Fixed** Telephone numbers set to "Only via IPv6" could not be switched to use IPv4 without an IPv6 internet connection
- **Fixed** When preparing a fax in the integrated fax machine for sending, the contents in the "To" field were deleted after selecting a telephone book entry and switching to another input field
- **Fixed** For IP door intercom systems with multiple doorbells, sometime the desired ring tone was not used
- **Fixed** When listening to messages on the integrated answering machine with an ISDN telephone, the key shortcut for callback did not work
- **Fixed** No internet connection with LTE mobile communications dongles from Huawei when using a rate without LTE support
## DECT/FRITZ!Fon:
- **Improved** Telephone book display for FRITZ!Fon C4, C5 and C6 now faster
- **Improved** Setting up call blocking in the handset is now easier
- **Improved** Display of FRITZ!Box events with "OK" button in the "FRITZ!Box" start screen
- **Improved** Pictures can also be browsed with up/down rocker
## Home Network:
- **Improved** "Mesh" added to properties in the network connection overview
- **Improved** Mesh icon shifted in the Mesh table from the "Connections" column to the "Properties" column
- **Improved** Reliable display of new AVM Powerline products in the FRITZ!Box home network
- **Improved** More reliable indication of low powerline data rates in the FRITZ!Box home network
- **Change** "Smart Home" menu moved to top menu level and "DECT" menu moved to the telephony menu
## Smart Home:
- **Improved** Fiber: Improved - Optimized display of the "Fiber Information" in the user interface
- **Change** Smart Home: Change - Display of low battery level on Smart Home devices now only on the FRITZ!Box user interface, by push service, and on connected FRITZ!Fon devices
- **Fixed** Smart Home: Fixed - Wrong target temperature when accessing the FRITZ!Box via MyFRITZ!
- **Fixed** Smart Home: Fixed - Template for radiator control did not work if heating was off during 01/01 until 31/12
## USB:
- **Improved** When creating new release links on fritz.nas, the user is informed if the FRITZ!Box is not accessible from the internet
- **Improved** The "USB Devices" and "Storage (NAS)" pages on the user interface were integrated into "USB/Storage" and simplified
- **Change** "USB Devices" and "Storage (NAS)" menus combined under "Home Network / USB/Storage"
- **Fixed** A folder released for sharing was not rendered legibly under "Sharing"
- **Fixed** When uploading a file to fritz.nas by Drag & Drop, each file was uploaded twice
- **Fixed** The time information "Changed On" was given incorrectly on fritz.nas if the language was not set to German in the FRITZ!Box
## System:
- **Improved** Device name displayed the same everywhere in the Mesh
- **Improved** "FRITZ!Box Info" push service now includes an option for information on the "Home network"
- **Improved** New menu icons for "Overview" and "Smart Home"
- **Improved** "Reset" function in details of network devices for deleting all settings for this device
- **Improved** Diagnostics check expanded to include "Mesh", "Internet", "DECT" and "Wi-Fi"
- **Improved** FRITZ!Box support page now includes option to send support data directly to AVM
- **Improved** Separate restoration of settings for the Smart Home and Telephony areas
- **Improved** Modernized display of "LEDs" and other symbols throughout the user interface
- **Improved** Upon the first restart after the update, activation of automatic updates is offered (auto-update level III)
- **Improved** Warning on the FRITZ!Box Overview on selected settings that are not recommended
- **Improved** Page structure simplified in many areas of the user interface to improve usability
- **Improved** Reworked concept for navigation in the wizard for first configuration
- **Improved** Overview of authorized apps in the "System / FRITZ!Box Users" area now also includes rights and time of last login
- **Improved** Update information is included in event log (visible only with the next update)
- **Improved** Update process optimized for automatic updates (silent update, task 60018)
- **Change** WAN port can be switched as 5th LAN interface if this is not needed as a WAN connection to the internet provider
- **Change** In the factory settings, the WAN port always works as a WAN interface (an existing setting as 5th LAN interface for this connection is not changed by the update)
- **Change** Update setting upon delivery is now auto update level III (updates are installed automatically)
- **Change** User with the name "ftpuser-internet" is deleted
## Mobile Communications:
- **Fixed** Detail corrections to settings and status information when using mobile dongles
- **Fixed** Not all of the settings for the SMS message push service could be changed
- **Fixed** Received SMS messages were sometimes rendered with only partial text or with an incorrect time stamp in the push service and in "System / Event Log"
## Security:
- **Improved** More detailed message about security-relevant changes under "System / Event Log"
- **Improved** Display of the ports that can be reached from the home network under "Diagnostics / Security"
- **Change** Waiting for the additional confirmation of a change is indicated by the flashing of all LEDs
## Repeater:
- **Improved** Event messages added for WPA3
- **Improved** Simplified login with the FRITZ!Repeater user interface (drop-down menu and pre-assigned user name)
- **Improved** Automatic upgrade of Mesh uplink encryption
- **Improved** Support for configuration at the touch of a button (WPS) with access points that only use 5 GHz Wi-Fi
- **Change** Option for saving and restoring settings removed
- **Change** FRITZ!Repeaters without a password assigned that are not enabled for Mesh request that a password be assigned when the user interface is opened
- **Fixed** Occasional irregular flashing of LED on unconfigured repeater (repeater only)
- **Fixed** Message on wait time once radar was detected was missing from the event log
# Further Improvements of FRITZ!OS (within FRITZ!Labor)
## Internet:
- **Improved** "Allow NetBios" not set as default for VPN LAN-LAN linkups
- **Improved** Blocked network devices now also displayed on the start page
- **Improved** Reworked troubleshooting for active device block
- **Improved** Optimized resolution of PTR queries in DNS
- **Improved** Optimization of error handling (retransmit) for incorrect DNS responses to DNS over TLS (DoT)
- **Improved** VPN interoperability improved on DS Lite/CG NAT connections
- **Improved** Added notification (push mail) for changes to the configuration of the DoT (DNS over TSL) settings
- **Improved** Improved robustness and performance for DoT (DNS over TLS)
- **Improved** Improved stability for name resolution (DNS) over TCP
- **Improved** Improved stability for VPN connections
- **Improved** Prevention of fallback scenarios with DNS over TLS (DoT) when the FRITZ!Box is offline
- **Improved** Improved stability for name resolution in the internet (DNS), especially when the remote site suddenly aborted the connection
- **Improved** Improved stability for encrypted name resolution in the internet (DNS over TLS, DoT)
- **Change** Error message if list of fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) for DNS over TLS (DoT) is empty
- **Change** Strict syntax check for fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) for DNS over TLS (DoT)
- **Fixed** Detailed view of devices at LAN guest access showed blank page
- **Fixed** Fully qualified domain names (FQDNs) for DNS over TLS (DoT) were not retained after disabling
- **Fixed** Reproducible restart when a network application was added to "Internet / Filters"
- **Fixed** Prioritized applications were deleted upon restart
- **Fixed** VPN connections created by software generated a white page in the VPN table
- **Fixed** In the first configuration wizard, configuration via "existing connection over Wi-Fi" was not possible
- **Fixed** Incomplete troubleshooting for device block
- **Fixed** Troubleshooting for device block was incomplete
- **Fixed** On DS-Lite lines, the IPv4 address of the FRITZ!Box home network was displayed in the "Online Monitor" as an external IPv4 address
- **Fixed** Misleading display after disabling FTP when FTP internet access was not enabled
- **Fixed** IP Client with DHCP operating mode could no longer be configured in some cases
- **Fixed** Inconsistencies in display of times blocked by parental controls
- **Fixed** Progress display missing in the configuration wizard for selection of "Internet connection via LAN" or "Internet connection via Wi-Fi"
- **Fixed** Incorrect warning about diverted or multiply opened ports
- **Fixed** Incorrect dispatch ID sometimes displayed for generation of support data
- **Fixed** Display problems in the port sharing overview
- **Fixed** During configuration of MyFRITZ! internet access for existing users, no NAS rights were set
- **Fixed** On a FRITZ!Box configured as an IP client, it was not possible to reset additional protection for MyFRITZ! (myfritz.net)
- **Fixed** Email notification about successful update was not sent to the MyFRITZ! email address (myfritz.net)
- **Fixed** VPN connection to a FRITZ!Box with older version of FRITZ!OS was not always possible
- **Fixed** Remote access via HTTPS/MyFRITZ! led to occasional interruptions due to invalid session
- **Fixed** After reboot it was not possible to reset additional protection for MyFRITZ! (myfritz.net)
- **Fixed** After rebooting, all prioritization rules for a network application were deleted except the first prioritization rule
- **Fixed** No internet access possible when a VPN connection used with a smartphone
- **Fixed** Under some circumstances, a device on the Wi-Fi guest access of the repeater was not assigned an IP address via DHCP
- **Fixed** VPN connection of a downstream FRITZ!Box failed in ATA mode
- **Fixed** After import of a VPN configuration, the changed configuration was not enabled
- **Fixed** Corrected details for "Expanded Failover Protection"
- **Fixed** Push service did not send a mail notifying that encrypted name resolution in the internet (DNS over TLS) had been activated
- **Fixed** Enabling encrypted name resolution in the internet (DNS over TLS) did not require two-factor authentication
- **Fixed** Only one port could be shared via manual address entry
- **Fixed** DNS server learned from a VPN remote site were not taken into account under certain circumstances
- **Fixed** VPN connections were not established if expanded failover was enabled
- **Fixed** Ticket entry for parental controls was also displayed on days without time restrictions on internet use
- **Fixed** VPN connections created by software generated a white page in the VPN table (N75543,75748)
- **Fixed** VPN connections were not possible on Vodafone lines
- **Fixed** Change notice with incorrect content when DNS over TLS (DoT) was also enabled on changed DNS servers
- **Fixed** Error when redeeming valid tickets from parental controls
- **Fixed** Push mail on FRITZ!OS update was not sent when registration with MyFRITZ! was started but not concluded
- **Fixed** Occasional VPN connection interruptions under heavy load
- **Fixed** Under certain circumstances no data were transmitted via the VPN connection
- **Fixed** UPnP-based services were not found
- **Fixed** External port for port sharing was assigned twice under certain conditions
- **Fixed** When devices restricted for a VPN connection, only the first device could use this VPN connection
- **Fixed** Parental controls prevented access to network devices via VPN
- **Fixed** Under some circumstances, device on the Wi-Fi guest access of a repeater did not receive an IP address
- **Fixed** Upload of large files to FRITZ!NAS was not possible
- **Fixed** When a FRITZ!Box Cable is integrated into an existing network via LAN 1, DSL Lite is enabled by default; error message "DHCP6: got no aftr"
- **Fixed** Incorrect display in the "Online Monitor" of load on internet connection by guests
- **Fixed** During configuration of a VPN tunnel for selected LAN ports on the FRITZ!Box, devices connected to those ports were not able to access the internet
- **Fixed** Unexpected restriction on reaching certain websites when blacklist enabled
- **Fixed** Occasional restarts at night
- **Fixed** After resetting two-factor authentication for MyFRITZ! (myfritz.net), FRITZ!OS continued to show two-factor authentication as "active"
- **Fixed** Occasional VPN connection disruptions under high load
- **Fixed** Device could not be reached with the device name (host name), device name now replaced by DNS name
- **Fixed** Servers for encrypted name resolution in the internet (DNS over TLS, DoT) that were shut down in case of error were not always reactivated
- **Fixed** Servers for encrypted name resolution in the internet (DNS over TLS, DoT) disabled in case of errors were sometimes not enabled again
- **Fixed** In certain operation modes, the Online Monitor showed no upload traffic
- **Fixed** Incorrect rendering of downloads in the "Online Monitor"
## DSL:
- **Improved** Better VDSL stability
- **Fixed** Reduced upstream transmission speed on special lines (Annex J)
## Wireless:
- **Improved** WFA Enhanced Open, new icon for ONE-encrypted Wi-Fi guest access
- **Improved** New icon ("Suitcase and lock icon") for encrypted connections at the wireless guest access (public Wi-Fi hotspot) with OWE/Enhanced Open (Opportunistic Wireles Encryption)
- **Improved** New information presented when "WPA2 + WPA3" encryption selected on the "Wi-Fi / Security" page
- **Improved** New information presented when "WPA2 + WPA3" encryption selected on the "Wi-Fi / Security" page
- **Improved** Power consumption in "Green AP" mode optimized for a channel bandwidth of 160 MHz (VHT160) (7590)
- **Improved** Auto-channel function in the 5-GHz band more robust against interference
- **Improved** Better stability
- **Improved** Auto channel function further optimized
- **Improved** Display of real maximum data rate of wireless device rather than the theoretically possible data rate
- **Improved** Optimized performance
- **Improved** "Zero Wait DFS" in repeater operating mode enabled on the 5-GHz band whenever uplink to the Mesh Master enabled on 2.4 GHz
- **Improved** Better stability
- **Improved** ZeroWaitDFS function improved for channels with 160-MHz bandwidth in the 5-GHz band (7590)
- **Improved** Better stability
- **Improved** Better stability
- **Improved** Better stability
- **Improved** Messages on Wi-Fi under "System / Events" completed
- **Improved** Channel bandwidths can be adjusted dynamically (both bands)
- **Improved** Messages on radar under "System / Event Log / Wi-Fi" completed
- **Change** Base stations with hidden SSID cannot be displayed
- **Fixed** WPS can also be started by clicking on a button in the user interface
- **Fixed** Users received a warning message via push mail for unencrypted guest access (Hotspot)
- **Fixed** Settings for Wi-Fi schedule were not possible in certain environments (empty page)
- **Fixed** Different names for the frequency bands (SSIDs) were not applied
- **Fixed** Display of the QR code on the "Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi Network" page when the SSID was the same and the 2.4-GHz band was disabled
- **Fixed** No settings for the Mesh Repeater were shown in the "Wi-Fi" menu
- **Fixed** Incorrect display on the "Wi-Fi Info" page
- **Fixed** Incorrect confirmation dialog when encryption mode changed
- **Fixed** Under "Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi Network /
- **Fixed** Settings for Wi-Fi schedule could not be changed
- **Fixed** Wi-Fi guest access by telephone or MyFRITZ.box can be activated in "Existing connection via Wi-Fi" operating mode
- **Fixed** For FRITZ!Box models set to use "Existing connection via Wi-Fi": Encryption of uplink could not be set to WPA2
- **Fixed** First configuration of the FRITZ!Box failed at "Existing connection over Wi-Fi"
- **Fixed** Detection of interference in the Wi-Fi network again possible
- **Fixed** Wireless devices on the public wireless hotspot were not displayed correctly
- **Fixed** Authentication problems with WPA3
- **Fixed** For a 2.4-GHz uplink to the Mesh Master during operation in "Wireless Repeater" mode, no messages on radar detection appear under "System / Event Log"
- **Fixed** After interrupted switch of channels, connection was lost
- **Fixed** Incorrect channel bandwidth displayed for Wi-Fi guest access after radar detection
- **Fixed** Displays for bandwidth and number of Wi-Fi streams were incorrect for repeater connections
- **Fixed** Connection losses of wireless devices at the 5-GHz AP (FRITZ!Box with ZeroWaitDFS function)
- **Fixed** Error while setting the Wi-Fi channel whenever radar was detected during the channel switch (5-GHz band)
- **Fixed** Connection problems for wireless devices with QCA chipsets for channel bandwidth of 160 MHz (VHT160)
- **Fixed** Problems with activation of the Wi-Fi guest access
- **Fixed** Activation of 160 MHz (VHT160) channel bandwidth in certain operating scenarios was not possible after events caused by radar (ZeroWaitDFS)
- **Fixed** Wi-Fi channel could not be set correctly for Zero Wait DFS in the 5-GHz band when all channels could be used freely
- **Fixed** Incorrect display of channel bandwidth for connections with bandwidth ov 160 MHz (VHT160) to repeaters with QCA chipsets
- **Fixed** Problems during combined use of WPS and auto channel
- **Fixed** Configuration for use of an existing internet connection via Wi-Fi did not work
- **Fixed** Problems could occur when registering wireless devices with the "Connect/WPS" button
- **Fixed** Incorrect display of current data rates on the "Wi-Fi / Wi-Fi Network" page for Wi-Fi connection (2.4 GHz) to the Mesh Master
## Mesh:
- **Improved** Channel bandwidth taken into consideratio for Mesh steering decisions
- **Improved** Allows Mesh steering between access points with fixed WPA encryption and those with mixed WPA encryption
- **Improved** Stability of connection between FRITZ!Repeaters and FRITZ!Box improved in certain situations
- **Improved** Stability
- **Fixed** Data rates of FRITZ!Repeaters' LAN connections were not displayed
- **Fixed** In certain cases a network device was not displayed in the Mesh Overview
- **Fixed** No connection possible when "non-encrypted" was selected as encryption
- **Fixed** Activation of "WPA/WPA2" mode was not adopted by FRITZ!Repeaters in the Mesh
- **Fixed** LAN guest access was not switched on/off on the FRITZ!Box working as a Mesh Repeater when only 2.4 GHz enabled on the Mesh Master
- **Fixed** The combination of Wi-Fi settings "Mixed Mode" and "PMF" was not applied correctly in the Mesh
- **Fixed** Switch of Wi-Fi encryption to WPA3 was not reliably applied on the FRITZ!Repeater operating in "LAN bridge" mode
## Telephony:
- **Improved** Labeling of multiple/overlapping use of telephone numbers by the internal answering machine standardized
- **Improved** Further optimization of the mobile view for managing telephone numbers
- **Improved** Corrected details for the new transfer function with IP telephones
- **Improved** Various details corrected for telephony provider profiles for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and the Netherlands, and additional provider profiles added
- **Improved** Better stability
- **Improved** Enhanced compatibility for encrypted telephony for connections across networks
- **Improved** Minor adjustments for various telephony provider profiles in Italy and the Netherlands
- **Improved** Presettings adjusted for some telephony providers in the countries Austria, Italy and the Netherlands (A1, Vodafone, Fastweb, Freedom, Voys)
- **Improved** Details improved in the telephony provider profiles for EW and Plusnet
- **Change** CardDAV provider "MagentaCloud" renamed to "TelekomMail"
- **Fixed** Dialing rules could not be set up
- **Fixed** Various bug fixes for CardDAV and iCloud telephone books
- **Fixed** When creating new telephone numbers, the first area code entered was not applied to the line settings
- **Fixed** Area codes starting with 01 or 1 were not accepted (for instance, 01 for Vienna with the Austrian country code)
- **Fixed** On the Start page, most of the telephone numbers of a SIP trunk were displayed as not registered
- **Fixed** Telephone numbers could not be managed in mobile view (with iOS)
- **Fixed** When creating and editing telephone numbers under "Other provider", the password was requested
- **Fixed** Import of contacts to the iCloud and CardDAV telephone book failed with error code 20
- **Fixed** CardDAV telephone book for providers like nextcloud/owncloud did not synchronize any sub-telephone books
- **Fixed** Answering machine messages could not be played back over the user interface
- **Fixed** Manual configuration of telephone numbers failed for Vodafone provider
- **Fixed** Incorrect rendering of regional prefix during editing
- **Fixed** Incorrect display of area code when editing the SIP trunks of certain providers (e.g., Easybell)
- **Fixed** Corrections for the telephony provider profiles "Vodafone zuhause" and "A1 SIP-Trunk"
- **Fixed** Wrong default settings for music on hold after loading the factory settings
- **Fixed** Incorrect message when fax function configured without telephone number assignment
## DECT:
- **Fixed** Public hotspot could not be switched with DECT handset
## Home Network:
- **Improved** Improved display of locked devices in device details
- **Change** Option to switch the WAN port to 5th LAN port operation
- **Fixed** The note "valid starting with the next query" under the IP address of unused connections was visible too often
- **Fixed** Problems with adjusting the speed of LAN ports
- **Fixed** Problems setting up static routes
- **Fixed** The "Start Computer" (Wake on LAN) button was missing for certain connection types
- **Fixed** Access profile of parental controls could no longer be changed in the device details
- **Fixed** Graphics error for certain options in the device details
- **Fixed** Mesh Repeaters displayed the name of the Mesh Master instead of their own name
- **Fixed** Possible failure of LAN sockets until next restart
## USB/NAS:
- **Fixed** Files and folders were displayed twice and could not be deleted
## USB:
- **Improved** New option for indexing storage manually
- **Improved** Tethering devices were not displayed correctly
- **Improved** Display of tethering devices as their own category
- **Improved** New option for indexing storage manually
- **Improved** USB performance improved via Windows network drive function (SMB)
- **Fixed** USB settings could not be changed
- **Fixed** Search in FRITZ!NAS did not always work reliably
- **Fixed** RSS feeds could not be added
- **Fixed** Folders and files were displayed twice in FRITZ!NAS and could not be deleted
- **Fixed** USB Device Overview: Ejection of storage assigned on mobile communications dongles did not work
- **Fixed** USB Device Overview: Display of tethering dongles was incorrect
- **Fixed** For search results on
http://fritz.nas no HTML5 player was started when a file was supposed to be played back
- **Fixed** The media server was not found
- **Fixed** The printer on the USB remote connection was not found
- **Fixed** USB remote connection did not work
- **Fixed** Some files could not be opened via the network drive (SMB)
- **Fixed** When network drive (SMB) was accessed, the IP address of the home network device was not listed in the "Event Log"
- **Fixed** Access to online storage failed because storage was supposedly full
- **Fixed** Incorrect display of storage capacity
- **Fixed** Network drive function (SMB) for overwriting files on "fritz.nas" in Windows 10 started only with a long delay
- **Fixed** Under some conditions no folder could be created or files could be accessed via Windows network drives (concerned partitions formatted as NTFS)
- **Fixed** In some constellations it was not possible to connect to online memory
## System:
- **Improved** Popup informing about outdated browser when opening FRITZ!Box interface
- **Improved** Mesh information added to the support data under "Contents / FRITZ!Box Support"
- **Improved** Diagnostics function check expanded to include NTP
- **Improved** Expanded diagnostics function check in the "Wi-Fi" area
- **Improved** Display of blocked devices added to the "Overview" page
- **Improved** Rendering of blocked devices in the user interface completed
- **Improved** Corrected details in the user interface
- **Improved** Improved evaluation of Wi-Fi connection in "Diagnostics / Function"
- **Improved** Stability
- **Improved** Faster loading of the user interface
- **Fixed** No email notification about available updates via myfritz.net
- **Fixed** Function diagnostics showed connection errors for functioning Mesh Repeater connections
- **Fixed** Problem when changing recipient of push service mail
- **Fixed** Misleading error message in diagnostics when a downstream FRITZ!Box was registered with MyFRITZ! (myfritz.net) as an IP client
- **Fixed** The "Internet / Cable Information / Statistics" page was no longer displayed when the "uBlock" plug-in was activated (FRITZ!Box Cable only)
- **Fixed** User interface could not be reached with older versions of Edge
- **Fixed** Empty page for multiple execution of "Diagnostics / Security"
- **Fixed** After exiting the wizard for first configuration, routing led to the wrong page
- **Fixed** Inconsistent progress display in the wizard for first configuration
- **Fixed** Incorrect display of dispatch ID for support data
- **Fixed** Missing display of evaluation for password assignment
- **Fixed** Rendering during IP client operation via LAN was not correct in "Diagnostics / Function"
- **Fixed** "Diagnostics / Function" on Mesh Repeaters indicated non-existent doubling of names for the Wi-Fi network
- **Fixed** Error when ending configuration wizard
- **Fixed** Incorrect connection status for repeaters shown under "Diagnostics / Function" on the Mesh Master
- **Fixed** When maximum number of users reached, an empty page was displayed when the settings were opened under "System / FRITZ!Box Users"
- **Fixed** Welcome page to lab with information on new features could not be closed in iOS 13
- **Fixed** Empty page in the statistics of the "Energy Monitor" when "Italian" set as language
- **Fixed** Configuration of telepone numbers and telephony devices missing in the Configuration wizard
- **Fixed** Incorrect display of the "Password" field under "System / Backup"
- **Fixed** Deletion of app rights was not successful
- **Fixed** Occasionally the "Error code 1" dialog appeared in "Diagnostics" after an updating and then the user interface could no longer be reached
- **Fixed** Either the name of the Mesh Master or no name was used when sending Push Services from Mesh Repeaters
- **Fixed** Potential FRITZ!Box restart when "Diagnostics / Security" opened
- **Fixed** Push mail on the FRITZ!OS update sometimes contained incorrect information about how the update was initiated
- **Fixed** Attempt to import a configuration generated with lab firmware failed under some circumstances
- **Fixed** The "DSL Version" was missing in mail from the "FRITZ!Box Info" push service
- **Fixed** After set to IP client mode, a fixed IP address was always configured
- **Fixed** Recurring restarts in connection with a special setting for fax reception
- **Fixed** Fax sending triggered a delivery error for push service, although push service was not enabled
- **Fixed** Frequent restarts with certain USB flash drives (mobile network)
- **Fixed** Adjustment of LED brightness to ambient light did not work
- **Fixed** Problems with setting LED brightness
## Mobile Communications:
- **Fixed** Huawei 3372 LTE dongles were sporadically detected as tethering devices, even though the dongle's firmware does not support tethering
- **Fixed** Incorrect PIN/PUK treatment for 4G Systems W1208 dongle when the dongle was already inserted when the FRITZ!Box was started
- **Fixed** USB/Mobile Communications: Fixed - Optimized packet handling was inactive for mobile dongles
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