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- FRITZ!Box 7590 AX
- FRITZ!Box 7590
- FRITZ!Box 7583 VDSL
- FRITZ!Box 7583
- FRITZ!Box 7582
- FRITZ!Box 7581
- FRITZ!Box 7560
- FRITZ!Box 7530 AX
- FRITZ!Box 7530
- FRITZ!Box 7520
- FRITZ!Box 7510
- FRITZ!Box 7490
- FRITZ!Box 7430
- FRITZ!Box 7390
- FRITZ!Box 7369
- FRITZ!Box 7360
- FRITZ!Box 7330
- FRITZ!Box 7272
- FRITZ!Box 6890 LTE
- FRITZ!Box 6850 5G
Maximum cable lengths
The FRITZ!Box comes with various cables to connect it to your line, a computer, or hub, for example. If a cable is too short, you can extend or replace it. Since you can only extend cables to a certain limit, below you will find information on the maximum possible length for each type of cable.
1 DSL/telephone cable (Y cable)
Important:You can only extend the short ends of the DSL/telephone cable that are connected to the DSL line and your landline. Signal interference may occur if the common DSL/telephone part of the cable is extended.
The following maximum lengths are possible:
- A maximum of 100 meters between the FRITZ!Box and analog landline.
- Up to 20 meters between the FRITZ!Box and DSL line; greater distances are possible with many DSL lines.
Note:If you are making your own DSL cable, we recommend using CAT 5 UTP network cables.
2 DSL cable
The entire section of cable between the "telephone jack -- DSL splitter (not always present) -- FRITZ!Box" may be up to 20 meters long, often even longer. It depends on the distance between your DSL provider's exchange and your DSL line.
Note:If you are making your own DSL cable, we recommend using CAT 5 UTP network cables.
3 Telephone cable
Normally, the cable between a telephony device and an analog extension on the FRITZ!Box may be up to 100 meters long, but this depends on the telephony device used.
4 Network cable
The network cable between the FRITZ!Box and a connected device may be up to 100 meters long.
Note:Any standard STP-type (Shielded Twisted Pair, 1:1) CAT-5e Ethernet cable can be used to connect a network device to the FRITZ!Box.
5 USB cable
The cable of USB devices connected to the USB port on the FRITZ!Box should be a maximum of 5 meters long.