Connecting FRITZ!Powerline to a router from another manufacturer via Wi-Fi
Connect your FRITZ!Powerline adapter to your router via Wi-Fi to increase the Wi-Fi range of your home network easily and efficiently. The FRITZ!Powerline adapter adopts the Wi-Fi access information from the router and can be used directly by all of the wireless devices in the home network.
Connection scenario for wireless bridge mode
1 Loading the factory settings of the FRITZ!Powerline adapter
To perform the following steps, the FRITZ!Powerline adapter must be set to factory settings:
Plug the FRITZ!Powerline adapter into an outlet and wait until the Power LED or WLAN LED remains lit or the Connect LED starts flashing slowly.
Push the corresponding button on the device:
Model
Button
Duration
FRITZ!Powerline 1260(E) / 1220
Connect
15 seconds
FRITZ!Powerline 1240E
WLAN - WPS Powerline - Security
15 seconds
FRITZ!Powerline 1220E / 1000E
Powerline · Security
10-15 seconds
FRITZ!Powerline 546E / 540E
WLAN · WPS und Powerline · Security
10 seconds
FRITZ!Powerline 530E / 510E
Security
12 seconds
FRITZ!Powerline 520E / 500E
Reset
2 seconds
During this process, all of the LEDs flash once. The Power LED or WLAN LED remains lit or the Connect LED starts flashing slowly as soon as the factory settings have finished loading.
2 Setting up the FRITZ!Powerline adapter as a wireless bridge
Connecting the FRITZ!Powerline adapter
Use a network cable to connect the FRITZ!Powerline adapter to a LAN port on the router.