Update for Fritzbox and Company: All functions and innovations

At a glance the latest Fritzbox updates

January 18: Update for further WLAN stability

The second update of the new year is again powered by AVM for the Fritzbox 7590 and 7490. With software version 07.24-85338 or 07.24-85337, router owners can not only get support for “Telecom Company Flex SIP-Trunk”, but also have the option to set up a fixed or cloud-based telephone system for companies. The current update brings improvements to the Internet and phone areas and fixes bugs. For example, with Fritz Labs, AVM is increasing the stability of the WLAN, which is particularly relevant during home schooling and home office periods. Connections and router detection functionality via Supervectoring 35B have been improved.

Updates for the Fritzbox 7590 and Fritzbox 7490 are detailed here:

Phone:

• New Support for “Telecom Companyflex SIP Trunk”
• Progress Optimal stability in the context of an encrypted phone

Website:

• corrected Option to set IPv6 addresses under “Home Network / Network / Network Settings” (6890 only)
• corrected Adding network usage under “Filters / Listings” was rejected with error code 1

DSL:

• Progress 35B Supervectoring upgraded at some remote stations (7590 only)

WLAN:

• Progress Increased stability
• corrected Incorrect text in WLAN datasheet

Organization:

• Progress Extensive improvements in “diagnosis / function”
• corrected Error message displayed for no reason while activating push service for fax function
• corrected Speed ​​display for LAN connections is not correct

Also read: Need to change the router provided by the provider?

January 8: Update for the Fritzbox 7590 and 7490

Overall, AVM provides the following details for the Fritzbox update:

Website:

• corrected – The “surf and email only” system for WLAN guest access does not work
• corrected – No PPPOE connection even though the DSL connection works (7590 only)
• corrected – Websites loaded significantly or only partially (7590 with 7.24-84940)

USB:

• corrected – Share links from Fritz! NAS requires input of login data

Settings

• corrected – The “Support” page can no longer be called directly

December 21: New lab update for Fritzbox and repeaters available

After a series of officially completed updates, AVM has now re-created the Fritz Laboratory. With the new beta software, the manufacturer offers both the Fritzbox 7590 (version: 07.24-84940) and the older Fritzbox 7490 (version: 07.24-84944).

The current Fritz Laboratory makes many discoveries, especially in the field of internet and organization. For example, AVM improved WLAN stability and fixed a problem that caused a slow Internet connection on the Fritzbox 7590 after a previous update. There are other, minor innovations in the field of mobile communication and telephone.

Website:

• corrected – No error message was found when the IPv4 address was assigned twice to the home network device
• corrected – Internet connection slows down after updating to 7.24-84707 (7590) in some situations

WLAN:

• Progress – Increased stability

Phone:

• corrected – Icons for existing contact images will not be displayed for online phone books

Home Network:

• Progress – The display of the code for the preferred device is somewhat misaligned

Organization:

• Progress – Error handling when enforcing the option “Internet access is also allowed” corrected with incorrect password
• corrected – MyFritz! App or Fritz! When setting up the App Smart Home, a message appeared stating that the login data is invalid or invalid when moving

Cellular:

• Progress – New option for general integration of different types of known mobile radio sticks “Compatibility mode for mobile radio sticks”

Fritz! Repeaters 3000 and 2400 receive an update from the lab. Two firmware versions have identifiers 07.24-84853 and 07.24-84849. They bring improvements to the system and fix various minor bugs. AVM lists the following innovations for its repeaters:

• Progress – News for WLAN has been updated under “System / Events”
• Progress – Improved the detection of multiple parallel WPS functions
• Progress – Edited DFS standby time messages under “System / Events”
• Progress – WLAN guest access (SSID, default) position depending on language choice
• Progress – Stability improvements
• corrected – On rare occasions the 5 GHz band had multiple radar standby times, followed by connection loss
• corrected – In rare cases, the 5 GHz connection to the Fritzbox is lost
• corrected – Problems with channel allocation when changing the WLAN standard from “11a + n” to “11n + ac”
• corrected – Incorrect event under “System / Events” for WPS while waiting for DFS

More interesting: AVM will not provide updates for these Fritz boxes soon

Innovations in the current Fritzos 7.2x

Fritz! With OS 7.2X, AVM offers more than 100 new functionalities and upgrades for its Fritz devices. These not only increase the performance of Fritz boxes, but also improve WLAN connections from mobile devices, enable faster and more stable connections over VPN networks, and ensure greater security on the home network. Overall, AVM introduces innovations in all key areas such as the Internet, telephone, smart home and home network.