The FRITZ!Box is displayed multiple times in the Windows network environment because Windows detects the FRITZ!Box through various technologies (for example NetBIOS, WSD, SSDP / UPnP) and displays the FRITZ!Box in its functions as router, media server, and network storage in different categories. This is not an error.

• In the "Other devices" section, the FRITZ!Box is displayed several times with its host name (factory setting: fritz.box) and possibly also as "InternetGatewayDeviceV2". Normally the entries can be used to open the FRITZ!Box user interface.
• In the "Computer" section, the FRITZ!Box is displayed up to two times depending on the system environment: Once with its host name (factory setting: fritz.box) and once with its IP address separated by hyphens (factory setting: 192-168-178-1). The entries can be used to access the NAS contents of the FRITZ!Box.

  Note:Displaying the IP address as the name makes it easier to identify a FRITZ!Box in certain constellations. You can also assign the FRITZ!Box a unique name under "Home Network > FRITZ!Box Name" to make sure you can identify a FRITZ!Box.

• In the section "Multimedia Device", the FRITZ!Box is displayed once as "AVM FRITZ!Mediaserver". This is an entry for the FRITZ!Box's UPnP media server.
• In the section "Network Infrastructure", the FRITZ!Box is displayed once in its function as a router (Internet Gateway). The entry can be used to open the FRITZ!Box user interface.