Update news

Find out more about the free updates. Select your FRITZ! product and discover new features and product enhancements from the AVM Development team.

Info to FRITZ!Box 4040

New features:


  • User interface: Diagram showing the connections in the overview (homepage)
  • New Online Monitor informs about the load on the internet connection and the load by individual network devices
  • Internet: Now IPv6 data can also be transmitted via a WireGuard® VPN tunnel
  • Mesh: Redesigned diagram of all devices connected with the FRITZ!Box with additional functions
  • Push service: Reworked design and more convenience

With each FRITZ!OS update, AVM also updates its security functions. Therefore we recommend performing the update for all devices.


Below you find a complete list and descriptions of the new functions in the latest FRITZ!OS, along with a list of further improvements in this version.


Top functions of FRITZ!OS 8.02

Internet:

  • TOP Internet: IPv6 data now can also be transferred via a WireGuard® VPN tunnel
  • TOP New graphic Online Monitor informs about the utilization of the internet connection and on the utilization by individual network devices

Mesh:

  • TOP Mesh: Graph in new design with additional functions

System:

  • TOP Push service: Reworked design and more convenience

New functions of FRITZ!OS

Internet:

  • NEW IPv6 data now can also be transferred via a WireGuard® VPN tunnel (new WireGuard® connection required, no forwarding of IPv6 data to the internet)
  • NEW New graphic Online Monitor with additional information about the utilization of the internet connection by individual network devices
  • NEW Online time limited by parental controls can be extended by 45 minute intervals directly on the Details settings page of the network device

Wi-Fi:

  • NEW Visualization of Wi-Fi usage in the home network for the last 7 days added on "Wi-Fi > Wi-Fi Channel"

Mesh:

  • NEW Devices using the guest network can be assigned names and icons of their own in the graph of the Mesh overview
  • NEW Home network devices can be assigned names and icons of their own in the graph of the Mesh overview (tooltip for home network device)

Home Network:

  • NEW Better overview through individual icons for network devices
  • NEW Even devices that use the guest network can be assigned individual names

Powerline:

  • NEW Password for all devices in the powerline network can be changed with a single click

Further Improvements of FRITZ!OS

Internet:

  • Change For VPN connections via IPSec, AES-192 is no longer supported as an encryption algorithm in the Phase 2 security associations (SA)
  • Change In PPPoE passthrough operation of the FRITZ!Box, DNS root queries are no longer filtered via UDP
  • Change The IPv6 option "Assign unique local addresses (ULA) as long as no IPv6 internet connection exists (recommended)" is no longer offered
  • Change The hash algorithm MD5 and the 3DES encryption algorithm are no longer used on VPN connections over IPSec for reasons of security
  • Fixed Changes to the device name of a device in the home network were not transmitted to MyFRITZ!Net
  • Fixed During operation of the FRITZ!Box on an external modem or router, limitations of the internet connection occurred
  • Fixed In some circumstances active WireGuard® connections were interrupted when adding or deleting WireGuard® connections
  • Fixed Independent port sharing (UPnP) for the same port with various home network devices did not work under certain circumstances
  • Fixed No internet connection after update to FRITZ!OS 8.00 when no password included in account information
  • Fixed Sometimes IPSec VPN connections with the option to route all data traffic via this connection did not work
  • Fixed Sometimes emails about push service or MyFRITZ!Net were sent with empty login information
  • Fixed The preferred user for default login with the FRITZ!Box during MyFRITZ! access from the internet was not transmitted to MyFRITZ!Net
  • Fixed Under certain circumstances, OpenWrt devices operated behind a FRITZ!Box did not receive an IPv6 connection to the internet
  • Fixed Under some circumstances the network traffic of a connected telephone system was not routed via a specially configured VoIP interface
  • Fixed VPN connections via WireGuard® to an endpoint given as multiple (comma separated) domains could not be established
  • Fixed When data traffic is active in both directions, restrictions in internet speeds or voice quality could occur during internet access via LAN (router)
  • Fixed When using certain mobile sticks, the fallback to mobile network in the extended failure protection did not work
  • Improved Added notification about potential risk of sharing port 80 or 443
  • Improved EDNS0 expansions for local domains (fritz.box) to improve interoperability with Linux system (systemd-resolved) during use of DNS-SEC
  • Improved For VPN network couplings via WireGuard®, the "fritz.box" domain is resolved in the entire coupled network
  • Improved For VPN network couplings via WireGuard®, the domain of the remote site can be specified for DNS resolution
  • Improved If the configured time server could not determine the system time, the system time is obtained from a public time server
  • Improved Improved details during the initial configuration behind a fiber optic modem (ONT)
  • Improved More precise explanations of errors during the configuration of WireGuard® connections
  • Improved Preselection of easiest configuration method for the internet providers Telekom, Vodafone, and EWE for initial configuration on a fiber optic connection
  • Improved When sharing internet access to FRITZ!Box services, an additional IP block list from AVM can be used

Wi-Fi:

  • Change For improved compatibility with older wireless devices, security settings can be adjusted on the "Wi-Fi > Security" page
  • Change Text reference to selection of "WPA2 + WPA3" Wi-Fi encryption removed
  • Fixed Display of Wi-Fi properties of a registered wireless device was in rare cases incorrect
  • Fixed Repeaters that were logged into the guest network were not marked as "Wi-Fi guests"
  • Fixed WLAN LED flashed for an unnecessarily long time after change to a Wi-Fi setting when no guest access was active
  • Fixed When 5-GHz channels were checked for radar (DFS), no wait cursor was displayed under these channels in the user interface

Mesh:

  • Improved Details of LAN connections between FRITZ! devices are listed in the graph of the Mesh Overview (tooltip)
  • Improved Rejuvenated graph of the Mesh overview

Home Network:

  • Improved Detailed settings of a device on the "Home Network > Network Connections" page were redesigned
  • Improved Random calculation of the Unique Local Address (ULA, IPv6) in accordance with RFC 4193)
  • Improved Troubleshooting and settings for speeds on WAN/LAN connections reworked

System:

  • Change The link generated by "Forgot Password" push service in the email is valid for 20 minutes
  • Fixed After results of functional diagnostics were sent, an event message about changed FRITZ!Box settings was displayed
  • Fixed Although the push service worked, sending the test email to the provider GMX failed when the sender name contained umlauts
  • Fixed Push service on Mesh Repeaters that adopted settings could not send email
  • Fixed Restart of FRITZ!Box via user interface sometimes failed
  • Fixed The "Live TV" button for Magenta TV streaming was missing in the user interface screens resolved for smartphone and tablet
  • Fixed The status of port sharing was always inactive in the "FRITZ!Box Info" push service mail
  • Fixed When accessing the FRITZ!Box interface via the internet (https), individual elements or pages were sporadically missing
  • Improved A personal subject line can be defined for the push service
  • Improved Changing addresses in the push service simplified due to new standard recipient that can be configured independently from the sender
  • Improved Communication to all AVM services for the FRITZ!Box (update, etc.) preferentially via IPv6 with fallback to IPv4
  • Improved File name for saved settings now includes name of individual FRITZ!Box
  • Improved Link to reset the password more prominent in the "Forgot password" email
  • Improved Reworked push service configuration
  • Improved With "Diagnostics > Function" the services for the Network Time Protocol are checked and relevant information displayed about any errors found

USB:

  • Fixed Files in a folder on the highest level of a file tree could not be moved, copied, or deleted via FTP
  • Fixed In certain constellations, access to NAS contents via download link was not possible
  • Improved Data packets downloaded from fritz.nas now include the name of the given FRITZ!Box model and a time stamp in the file name to ease identification
  • Improved Energy-saving function now also works with USB storage devices in Green Mode (USB 2.0)