Questions tagged [fritzbox]
FRITZ!Box Home Internet Routers manufactured by AVM in Germany
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How to reset a Fritz!Box DSL router to factory settings?
I need to change the setting of router Fritz Box. The setting were set by another person. I can't connect to router using cable, may be standard port or address were changed. So the only option is to ...
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Disable Homeplug feature on Fritzbox?
I wanted to test something with Wireshark and upon launching it, I noticed that some device named "AvmAudio" continuously broadcasts some "SW version request" (HomePlug AV protocol) even though our ...
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Can I leave my bandwidth higher than it actually is?
When setting up my internet connection, my router asks for the upstream and downstream bandwidth. What does this really do?
Is this only for limiting bandwidth to proritze between networks? So if you ...
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FritzBox 7490: Handing out a secondary internal DNS via DHCP impossible?
I have a Fritz!Box 7490 residential DSL/Modem/Router by AVM.
Additionally I run a DNS server at 192.168.178.5 (actually a Pi-hole Ad Blocker) which I have set in the Fritz!Box's DHCP settings as the ...
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How to change language of Fritz!Box from German to International
I have a Fritz!Box 7390 I bought while living in Berlin and would like to switch it to English. I've tried using the Recovery Tool, but it rejects updating the device. How can I update the device to ...
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Can't access configuration page of TP-Link network expander (TP-AV500)
Probably not the best place to ask, but I need help very badly.
So, we bought this TP-Link AV500 to expand our network, but I can't access the configuration page. It should be found under http://...
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Dynamic DNS for both IPv4 and IPv6 (using freedns.afraid.org or others)
[Edit: I have now found a solution; see below for my answer]
I want to set up dynamic DNS on my Fritz!Box 7490, so that it is reachable both on IPv4 and IPv6. Note that I want to reach the Fritz!Box ...
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Fritz!Box port forwarding is not working properly
I have a question about port forwarding with FRITZ!Box.
When I port forward for my server, it works for a while, but after 3/4 days people can't join my server anymore. It's really weird and I have ...
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Dynamic DNS at freedns.afraid.org using a Fritz!Box
I am having some trouble setting up Dynamic DNS with my Fritz!Box 7360.
I have set up the Dynamic DNS page with (this is translated from German, so might be worded a bit differently):
[x] Use ...
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How can I reset my FRITZ! Box 3272 to its original factory settings?
I accidentally misconfigured my FRITZ! Box 3272: The web console in no longer accessible. There is no DHCP and it does not respond when using direct cable connection and manually assigned IP.
How can ...
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Dropbox upload slows internet speed drastically
I just added a folder with some pictures and videos (~80 MB) to my Dropbox folder. Dropbox started syncing, and the "speed for browsing" dropped to unusable (DNS resolving pretty slow, websites loaded ...
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External access to NAS behind router - security concerns?
Consider this scenario:
My parents* have a Fritzbox router, probably 10 years old, which offers to attach a USB drive and set it up as a NAS, which I have done for them, so far, only with internal (...
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CNAME to local domain does not resolve
I have a server on my LAN wich I want to access with a public domain name, but it should be reachable only within my local network.
To do that, I added a CNAME record on my domain (example.org) to ...
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How to access Fritz!Box menus hidden by the ISP
I have the Fritz!Box 6660 Cable router. I want to disable the radar detection on my WiFi. The closest radars (police station) are over 5km away and I'm using 25% transmit power anyway. However, the ...
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Roger-Router: Cannot set file owner for /var/spool/roger/userName: Operation not permitted
I installed Roger-router on my Linux Mint Debian Edition 64Bit.
I had it running before on the same system on a different HDD. Now if I try to send a fax with printing it to the roger-router-printer, ...
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How to route a global url to a local computer on a Fritzbox
I have this Linux server in my LAN, which can be reached from anywhere using dyndns services. So when I am out, I enter myserver.dyndns.org to get to it. When I am at home, I could do that too, but ...
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Port Forwarding issue on FritzBox
I am running a server on a Raspberry Pi which is connected to a FritzBox. From within the network, I can reach the server both via the local IP and via the registered URL. From the outside, it is ...
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Add printer, connected by USB to my Fritz!box router, to Windows 10 available printers
I have a Canon TS6052 printer connected by USB to a FRITZ!Box 5490 router. In the router panel, I see the printer listed.
How do I add the router to Windows so people on the network can print and ...
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fritz.box faulty hostname resolution after (presumably) dhcp renew
I have a macOS 10.13.6 client connected to Fritz!BOX running Fritz!OS 06.83
Suddenly, an application using TCP stopped working, and I traced down the cause to this:
$ hostname
myself.fritz.box
the ...
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Getting notification when device enters/ leaves WiFi
I would like to know about possibilities to get notified (push notification on my mobile or an email) whenever a certain device connects to/ disconnects from my WiFi.
I´m using a fritzbox.
Any ideas?
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Configured DNS server in Fritzbox but it is not being used
I have a Fritzbox 7490. I set the IPv4 DNS Server to OpenDNS (208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220), but somehow these server are not used when I make requests.
How I noticed it:
There is a Domain that ...
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Network disruption when notebook attached to ethernet is suspended
I have been having this issue for a couple of months now where, if I suspend my notebook, while it is attached to the router via Ethernet, the entire network basically stops working (wired and ...
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How to enforce HTTPS access on AVM FRITZ!Box 7412?
According to the AVM knowledge database one can configure his_her own certificate for use with FRITZ!OS, but how can I enforce access through HTTPS, i.e. redirection from the HTTP login form to the ...
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How do I debug a WLAN issue?
Our home network consists of a Fritz!Box 7390 as ADSL modem/gateway and an old Linksys WRT54G running Tomato as additional access point. The latter is dumbed down to be nothing but an access point, ...
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fritz!box doesn't reply on dnsmasq rules that point to IPs within 192.168.178.### range
To ensure better monitoring of my home network (parental control) I tried and set up a Raspberry Pi with dnsmasq and added in some rules to the dnsmasq.conf, that basically come down to the following:
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Can't connect to router [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to reset a Fritz!Box DSL router to factory settings?
I need to change the setting of router Fritz Box. The setting were set by another person. I can't connect to router ...
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Is it possible to remotely connect through 2 router?
I've my main router responsible for my internet and another deviced called cubeX (https://www.daytradetheworld.com/cube-x/). I think you might treat this as a second router? But I'm not sure because I ...
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Google Chrome Manual IPSec VPN
The Google Chrome browser features various VPN solutions in its web store.
Those seem to be mostly for the "click here to hide your activity" type.
I'd like my Google Chrome installation to ...
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Is there a way to fix the DNS Routing bug in 84.06.06?
My research with forums and google searches hasn't turned up anything relevant.
I have lodged a service request with AVM, but not holding my breath.
Overview:
The Fritzbox adds static host routes to ...
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Can FRITZ!Box block Internet access by IP not MAC?
I have some devices connected to the LAN ports of an old ASUS repeater configured in "media bridge" mode.
The repeater connects over WiFi to a FRITZ!Box 7530 which provides Internet access.
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How to setup a VPN on a Fritzbox 6690 Cable without IPv4
So I have a Vodafone Contract and need to route all my traffic through a VPN.
Unfortunately they only provide IPv6 adresses and handle IPv4 trough DS-Lite.
I called with customer support and it's not ...
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Ping spikes when pinging router
Is it normal to get some spikes while pinging the router?
Normally I get some spikes of max 15ms and I am using a wired connection, this doesn't seems to be right.
My interface is a gigabit, my cable ...
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MacBook Pro Apple M1 disconnecting from FRITZ!Box 7490
I use
PC:
Device: MacBook Pro (13-inch, M1, 2020)
OS: 12.6 (21G115) Monterey
Ethernet adapter: Satechi ST-TCMA2M USB C
Router:
AVM FRITZ!Box 7490
Firmware: 07.29
Regardless do I connect with WIFI ...
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FRITZ!Box Samba share works using smbclient but not CIFS
I am trying to mount a disk attached to my FRITZ!box router NAS on my Manjaro Linux. FRITZ!box OS only supports SMBv1.0 at the moment, so I need to force the old protocol.
The following commandline ...
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Backup from an external USB-storage plugged in a FritzBox
I'm using an external USB-disk connected to a Fritz!Box for storing data. The data is accessible to all computers in the LAN by a share - this works fine! But now I want to backup the data from this ...
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Windows 10 can´t connect to local network with wifi and ethernet
for a few days now I’ve got a really strange problem with my network at home which (as far as I know) only affects my Windows 10 machines.
My problem:
My main computer is usually connected via ...
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Fritzbox behind a central Fritzbox: How to do internal call of phone on second fritzbox to phone on central fritzbox?
I have a central fritzbox and a second one with an attached phone. The configuration is done as described AVM and works in gerenal. But:
How can I do an internal call from that phone to a phone that ...
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Having two IPs for same hostname -- ping is sticking with the old IP and not trying the new IP
I thought there is a 1:n connection between IP and hostnames. However what I get is this
[me@neo ~]$ nslookup dozer
Server: 192.168.178.1
Address: 192.168.178.1#53
Name: dozer.fritz....
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Names not resolved
Yesterday I connected my computer (Arch) to a new WLAN, browsing without any problem at all.
Today, same computer, same WLAN, I can't browse anymore: the names are no longer resolved. Other devices on ...
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Getting Timeout when connecting to StrongSwan IPSec
I've tried to set up a Root Server in the public Internet with StrongSwan to use it as a VPN Server. Plan is to tunnel all Internet Traffic for some devices via this server. I've also set up an ...
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How to block everything except whatsapp?
I'd like to block access to the internet on my smartphone for everything except whatsapp.
I could do this on a fritzBox or on DD-WRT routers.
Any advice?
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Accessing different vpn networks about vpn lan connection
I have 3 locations with indipendent networks. Locations A, B, C. Each location accessing the internet about a fritzbox (different types).
Already I connected A to B and B to C. Now i am trying to ...
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How to correctly use a LAN with network cables in walls?
I just moved into a new apartment, and have problems connecting to the internet. Every room as a LAN outlet that looks like this:
The cables to these outlets run in the walls, and collectively have ...
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Fritz!Box 7490 (Fritz!OS 6.30): Which USB ext. HDD actually work in USB3 mode?
I have an external USB3.0 Transcend StoreJet (model TS1TSJ25M3) 1TB HDD connected to my Fritz!Box 7490 (tested both with official Fritz!OS 6.30 and "laboratory beta" 113.06.36-31504 BETA).
When ...
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FTPS conncetion to Fritzbox NAS fails - due to EPSV / PAS port change?
I am using my FRITZ!Box 3490 with a connected USB HDD as a NAS server. I have configured a certain port (32753) for FTP communication. To ensure a static static servername (u**********u.myfritz.net), ...
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Guest WiFi with additional Access Point?
I wanted to set up a guest wifi for friends and family when they come over so it's easier to manage. I found an option to enable a guest wifi on my fritzbox with a separate password and enabled that. ...
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Internal DNS server ignored via VPN
I have the following home network setup:
LAN: 172.16.0.0/24
Proprietary router of my ISP (IPv4, Bridge-Mode -> Bridged to my FRITZ!Box router)
Router & DHCP (FRITZ!Box) -> 172.16.0.1
VPN, ...
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Why can't I access Home Assistant via IPv6 from outside?
I would like to be able to access my Raspberry Pi from outside of my local network. The raspberry pi runs Raspbian GNU/Linux 10 and Home Assistant. For example when I want to check if I really closed ...
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Fritz!Box cannot use mailserver that uses ECDSA X.509-certificate
My Fritz!Box 6590 using current Fritz!OS 7.12 cannot use my mail server to send out push service notifications. The problem is, that my mail server uses ECDSA certificates. I see in the TLS client ...
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Fritzbox modem/router in router-only setup connected to pfsense router works but doesn't show up in DHCP table
I have a spare Fritzbox modem/router. This is an old model from my provider that I keep as a backup. I wanted to see if this could work as router only, so I've connected one of the LAN ports to my ...
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