Fritz!Box
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Fritz!Box, stylised as FRITZ!Box, is a series of residential gateway devices produced by the German company AVM GmbH. In 2010 it was estimated the series had a market share of 68% of the digital subscriber line consumer equipment in Germany. Fritz!Boxes run FRITZ!
Functionality
Typical functionality of a Fritz!Box includes:- a built-in broadband bridge:
- * a DSL modem
- * a cable modem
- * a 3G or LTE modem
- * a fibre broadband bridge
- a built-in LAN–WAN router, usually with a network switch supporting Fast Ethernet or, in newer models, Gigabit Ethernet
- in nearly all models, a wireless access point:
- * in the 2.4 GHz radio band, in accordance with IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11g and IEEE 802.11n standards
- * in many newer models, also in the 5 GHz radio band, supporting the IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11n and IEEE 802.11ac standards
- a PBX, particularly in the 7xxx series models:
- * a built-in SIP client for internet telephony
- * a DECT base station to connect cordless handsets
- * a SIP server to connect SIP-compliant phones or software devices
- * support for physical phones connected via ISDN and/or analog interfaces
- * an answering machine and software-based fax
- in most models since 2006, a USB port to connect external storage or printer which may also be used to connect a e.g. a 3G or 4G mobile modem
- a NAS and a DLNA/UPnP compliant media server in most models with newer firmware
IPv6 support was enabled from firmware version 4.90 onwards.
Fritz!Box devices operate under the control of Fritz!OS, a specialized Linux distribution, which provides a graphical web interface for user interaction.