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Knowledge document #399
FRITZ!Repeater 6000
This support document is available for the following products:
Updating FRITZ!OS of the FRITZ!Repeater
There are several ways to install the latest FRITZ!OS for your FRITZ!Repeater: either quickly and easily with one of the two "online update" functions, or manually if an online update is not possible:
- Online update using the FRITZ!Box user interface
- Online update using the user interface of the FRITZ!Repeater
- Manual update using the user interface of the FRITZ!Repeater
1 Using the FRITZ!Box user interface to update
- Click "Home Network" in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
- Click "Mesh" or "Home Network Overview" in the "Home Network" menu.
- If available, click "Search for updates" on the bottom right.
- If a FRITZ!OS update is found, click "Update" or "Perform update" next to the respective FRITZ!Repeater.
2 Using the user interface of the FRITZ!Repeater to update
- Click "System" in the user interface of the FRITZ!Repeater.
- Click "Update" in the "System" menu.
- Click on the "FRITZ!OS Version" tab.
- Click the "Find New FRITZ!OS" button.
- Click the "Start Update" button.
3 Updating manually
If an online update is not possible, for example when the FRITZ!Repeater is not connected to the internet, update manually:
Downloading the FRITZ!OS file
- Call up download.avm.de/fritzwlan/ in your web browser.
- Switch to the folder for your repeater model, then to the subfolder "deutschland" or "other", and then to the folder "fritz.os".
- Download the file with the extension ".image" to the computer.
Installing the latest FRITZ!OS
- Click "System" in the user interface of the FRITZ!Repeater.
- Click "Update" in the "System" menu.
- Click on the "FRITZ!OS file" tab.
- Click the "Browse..." or "Choose File" button.
- Select the update file you downloaded (image file).
- Click the "Start Update" button.