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Smart home device is not connected after a FRITZ!Box restartAfter a restart of the FRITZ!Box, individual devices or all of your smart home devices, for example a FRITZ!DECT radiator control, FRITZ!DECT smart plug, FRITZ!DECT Repeater, are no longer displayed under "All connected or registered home network devices" in the Mesh or home network overview. The connection status "Not connected" is...

FRITZ!Box reports "Internal system error (17) occurred" when adding a Google calendarWhen setting up automatic switching for the outlet switch, for example FRITZ!DECT 200 or the LED light FRITZ!DECT 500, you cannot add a Google calendar. During the authentication process, the error message "The authentication process for the Google Calendar could not complete the procedure successfully. Internal...

FRITZ!Box reports "Connected the powerline adapter [...]"The message "Connected the powerline adapter FRITZ!Powerline [...]" is displayed in the event log of the FRITZ!Box.FRITZ!Box refreshes the powerline connectionThe message is displayed if the FRITZ!Box refreshed the powerline connection to the FRITZ!Powerline adapter and the connection works correctly. The message is therefore a status...

Replacing the FRITZ!Box's wireless antennasThe FRITZ!Box's wireless antennas are optimally designed for the Wi-Fi function of the FRITZ!Box. Therefore, the FRITZ!Box's antennas cannot be replaced with ones from another manufacturer. Note:You can find information on how to improve the Wi-Fi range of the FRITZ!Box in this guide

Can an internet service provider's hotspot service be set up in the FRITZ!Box?Some internet service providers offer so-called hotspot services to provide their customers with mobile internet access via private wireless routers belonging to individual customers. Hotspot services can only be set up in special wireless routers made available by the provider. Currently, you cannot set up such hotspot...

FRITZ!Box changes the Wi-Fi channel that was manually setAlthough a specific Wi-Fi channel was set in the user interface, the FRITZ!Box switches to a different channel by itself. The following message is displayed in the event log of the FRITZ!Box: "A very strong source of interference was detected on channel [...]; channel switched automatically." 1 Channel change due to strong interferenceThe...

What do the two letters in the Wi-Fi network name (SSID) mean?The two letters after the FRITZ!Box's product name on the type label on the bottom of the device serve to distinguish your FRITZ!Box's Wi-Fi network from the Wi-Fi network of an identical FRITZ!Box model. The FRITZ!Box already has individual Wi-Fi settings in the factory settings that are printed on the type label. This way, each...