User Interface: Home Network Menu
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Managing the Home Network
Overview
The overview of your FRITZ!Box home network in the “Mesh Overview” menu notifies you which devices are currently active in the home and guest networks, how they are connected with each other, and what throughput rates are available over the individual connections. And from here you can update all FRITZ!Box products in your home network and integrate them into the FRITZ!Box Mesh.
Home Network and Mesh
An overview diagram shows all of the devices connected with the
FRITZ!Box along with all Mesh Repeaters.
The overview diagram displays the following information:
• The FRITZ!Box: the IP address of the FRITZ!Box in the home network, the SSID of the Wi-Fi network, and the SSID of the guest network, if it is enabled.
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User Interface: Home Network Menu
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• All devices that are connected with the FRITZ!Box.
• Mesh enabled: the “Mesh enabled” icon marks the devices that are repeaters in the Mesh.
• Perform update: the button indicates whether a new FRITZ!OS is available (only for FRITZ! products).
• Connection technology: Wi-Fi, Ethernet cable, DECT, USB, powerline
• Connection path of the devices to the FRITZ!Box: direct connection or via a repeater or access point
• Throughput values in device direction
• Guest access: devices that are connected with the FRITZ!Box via the guest network
Active Connections and Current Software Version
All devices connected with the FRITZ!Box are displayed in the “Active-
Connections in the Home Network and Current Software Version” table:
• FRITZ!Box: The FRITZ!Box itself
• Network devices: all network devices connected with a network cable or via Wi-Fi, for example: computers (PCs, laptops), mobile terminal devices (tablets, smartphones), wireless repeaters, TV sets
• Telephones: all of the telephones connected with the FRITZ!Box
• USB devices: all connected USB devices, for example USB storage media, USB printers, USB mobile broadband dongles
• Smart Home devices: Smart Home devices connected with the
FRITZ!Box, for example, smart plugs or radiator controls
In the “Connection”, “Properties”, and “Update” columns you can click on links to the connection settings or the device settings and perform updates:
Column Name Contents / Advantages
Device / Name The name or the designation with which the device is registered with the FRITZ!Box.
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User Interface: Home Network Menu
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Column Name Contents / Advantages
Connection The connection technology with which the device is connected with the FRITZ!Box. Click on the link to open the page with connection settings.
Properties
FRITZ!Box
Update
Information on the devices. For devices from
FRITZ!, the current FRITZ!OS version will be displayed. For network devices there is a “Details” link with which you can open the detailed view for the given device.
For FRITZ! products, the “Update” column displays whether the installed FRITZ!OS is the latest, or whether an update is available. If there is an update, you can install it directly from the table.
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