A few months ago, one of the best AVM routers to date appeared with the FritzBox 6690 Cable. The device is suitable for fast cable connections with gigabit speed according to the DOCSIS 3.1 standard and impressed in the test with very fast WiFi, a large WiFi range and the usual good functions. Anyone who owns the router and wants to test the upcoming functions of the next major firmware update on FritzOS 7.50 can be happy: AVM has released a beta version for the 6690. In addition, the FritzBox 6660 Cable, 6591 Cable and the somewhat older DSL price tip FritzBox 7530 have also received fresh laboratory versions.
New beta versions for FritzBoxes
The new betas for the FritzBox 6690 Cable, 6660 Cable, 6591 Cable and 7530 are available for download on an AVM website (version numbers: 7.39-96136, -96139, -96140 and -96142). They contain these innovations:
smart home
- New: Create and activate/deactivate routines (if-then link).
- New: Extension of the template for radiator controllers with comfort and lowering temperatures as well as frost protection and boost functions
- Improvement: Astronomical timer
Internet
- Improvement: Automatic prioritization ensures fairness in bandwidth distribution in the entire FritzBox network (home and guest network) (FritzBox 7530 only)
- Improvement: Display of the data flow from the guest network with IPv6 in the “Online Monitor” (FritzBox 7530 only)
telephony
- Fixed: Under certain circumstances, the initiator of a three-way conference couldn’t hear the other two participants
home network
- Improvement: Display of the “Mesh overview” expanded to include LLDP switches
system
- Change: “Help & Info” at the end of the menu area summarizes helpful information about the FritzBox
Further improvements within the beta versions
Internet
- Fixed: Alternatively configured DNS servers were not considered for WireGuard VPN connections
- Fixed: With a FritzBox with its own IP address range and its own firewall on an external modem or router, the IPv6 address was not updated on MyFritzNet
- Fixed: Network conflicts occurred with parallel WireGuard VPN connections from a device to two connected FritzBox products
- Fixed: Name resolution by configured DNS servers could be affected with active fallback to public DNS servers
WIRELESS INTERNET ACCESS
- Fixed: Fritz boxes in repeater mode registered incorrectly when the PMF option was activated
- Fixed: WPS status messages under System > Events didn’t always appear
- Fixed: Possible error situation with parallel activation of WPS (“session overlap”) on the main and guest access was not recognized
- Fixed: changes on the page WLAN > radio channel were not always adopted
- Fixed: WPS started via the user interface could not be clicked on Abort not be aborted
- Change: Arrangement and layout of various areas in the “WLAN” menu
home network
- Fixed: Under certain circumstances, changing names for the mesh master were displayed in the mesh
- Fixed: After the update, network devices PC-00-00-00-00-00-00 were incorrectly displayed
system
- Change: Adjusted width of UI content area
FritzOS 7.50: The most important innovations
For the first time since FritzOS 7.25, version 7.50 brings fresh functions. These are the most important innovations:
- Appointment calendar for FritzFon
- Voice announcement for FritzFon
- Call diversions and blocks for callers who are not in the phone book
- WireGuard VPN
- Faster and more stable WLAN with FritzBox in repeater mode
- New smart home templates
- Support of window sensors with DECT
- Network access to storage media in exFAT file format possible