FRITZ! Box 7520 gets the final FRITZ! OS 7.25

Today it is the turn of the FRITZ! Box 7520 from AVM and the final FRITZ! OS 7.25 is available for download. As always with a new version, the list of changes and new functions is of course long.

New function

• Right of way in the home office - prioritization of a computer for Internet access can be easily activated
• FRITZ! Fon shows the weather forecast on the start screen
• "Wake up / fall asleep" light sequence for the FRITZ! DECT 500 and compatible DECT LED lamps
• Great room climate with FRITZ! DECT 440 - the humidity easily in view
• FRITZ! Smart Home now also supports compatible roller shutter controls
• For the fax machine integrated in the FRITZ! Box: Journal for received and sent faxes
• Numerous improvements to the user interface for the use of the telephone book, call diversions and call barring

New functions in FRITZ! OS 7.25

Internet

• NEW You can now easily activate the prioritization of a home network device on the FRITZ! Box user interface

Telephony

• NEW Fax function: Journal for received and sent fax messages
• NEW Support for the business telephony platform "Telekom CompanyFlex" (SIP trunk and Cloud PBX)

DECT / FRITZ! Fon

• NEW New start screen with current weather information

Smarthome

• NEW FRITZ! DECT 440 measures air humidity and enables its display with the FRITZ! App Smart Home and FRITZ! Fon
• NEW FRITZ! DECT 440 displays the QR code for easy access to the wireless guest access
• NEW Switching the wireless guest access or answering machine on and off at the touch of a button on the FRITZ! DECT 440
• NEW At the push of a button on FRITZ! DECT 440 or 400, an internal telephone rings and displays a short text
• NEW Roller shutter control via FRITZ! DECT 440, FRITZ! Fon and the FRITZ! Box user interface
• NEW "Wake up / fall asleep" light sequence for the FRITZ! DECT 500 and compatible DECT LED lamps via "automatic switching"

Further improvements in FRITZ! OS

• Improvement of child protection: Tickets to extend the surfing time, if necessary, can now be distributed more easily and reset altogether
• Improvement of the settings for the access profile in the child protection to include the assignment of devices
• Improvement of device status (active / inactive) is shown in the device selection for port sharing displayed
• Improvement of the port release overview on mobile devices improved
• Improvement Independent port releases for a device are now allowed if the request via IPv6 for the IPv4 address of the device has been made - and vice versa
• Improvement of the event message when port 80 is temporarily used to issue a certificate for letsencrypt.org is released
• Improved robustness of DNS over TLS (DoT) increased
• Fixed Display in the overview of port forwarding corrected Fixed After updating FRITZ! OS 7.03 or older, the IP address in MyFRITZ! Net (DynDNS) was not updated
• Fixed When the FRITZ! Box was operated behind certain Cable modems there were brief interruptions in the Internet connection every 12 hours.
• Corrected the operating mode IP client via LAN with DHCP could not be set correctly in certain scenarios.
• Corrected changes in access profiles were partially rejected without justification with the error message: "List of blocked network applications with the same ID already exists"
• Fixed Setting Internet access via LAN-1 via GUI resulted in the LAN IP being reset to 192.168.178.1 if confirmation was deactivated
• Fixed VPN connections via L2TP (including Windows 10) were unexpectedly slow
• Fixed Repeated interruptions and re-establishment of VPN connections after forced disconnection Fixed After resetting to factory settings, the first configured VPN connection did not work
• Fixed Formatting errors occurred when setting up IPv6 routes
• Fixed IPv6: After renewing the home network prefix, invalid IPv6 addresses for guest access were not deleted
• Fixed IPv6: In IPv6 Router Advertisement (RA) with option 25 (Recursive DNS Server) some bits of the "Reserved" field was set
• Fixed DNS queries of the "PTR" type were partially not resolved correctly. After importing a configuration with an alternative LAN IPv4 network in the settings transfer, the local DNS server remained in the old network.
• Fixed When a saved configuration was selectively transferred, not all originally configured were Push mails accepted
• Fixed Extended support data transmission did not trigger a push mail
• Fixed The TR-064 parameter "WANAccess" was possibly incorrect ("granted") if no WAN was available when restarting
• Fixed Extended failure protection with cellular sticks in the modem Mode did not work when using an ADSL connection
• Fixed Extended failure protection with cellular sticks and Internet access via WAN / LAN 1 was not started under certain initial conditions that existed at the time of activation

DSL

• Improved stability and interoperability improved
• Improved interoperability for long reach VDSL improved
• Improved 35B super vectoring at some remote stations
• Improved interoperability with Keymile and Ikanos (with an 8 MHz band plan) increased
• WLAN:
• Improved auto channel function after detection of sources of interference (5- GHz band)
• Improvement Revision of the "WLAN / Radio Channel" page
• Improvement of messages for WLAN under "System / Events" improved
• Improvement of detection of several parallel WPS activations improved
• Improvement New message under "System / Events" when the maximum number of WLAN- Repeaters
• Improvement designation of the wireless guest access (SSID, default) as a function of the language change in the operating mode "Mesh Repeater" are on the selection of the mesh Masters only WLAN radio networks with visible name displayed
• Fixed Error in the display of the channel bandwidth for connections with HUAWEI P30 Fixed
• Fixed After the FRITZ! OS update, no wireless channels, and, under certain circumstances, no wireless networks in the vicinity were displayed on the "WLAN / Radio
• Channel" page. Fixed Activating WPS directly after starting the Mesh Master led to non-DBDC uplinks to Mesh more often Repeater
• Fixed Incorrect event under "System / Events" with WPS during the DFS waiting time

Mesh

• Improvement Improved information about an active takeover of settings for a FRITZ! Box as Mesh Repeater Fixed Incorrect formatting in the mobile view of the "Mesh Settings" page on a FRITZ! Box in "Mesh Repeater" mode Fixed Settings for the WLAN timing could be found under Can not be changed if the "FRITZ! Box as Mesh Repeater" setting was used.
• Fixed With a FRITZ! Box that was set as a Mesh Master but not as a router (DHCP server), the name and IP address of the Do not change the router
• Fixed The display of the WLAN channel bandwidth in the user interface could differ from the Mesh Repeater on the Mesh Master

Telephony

• Improving voice quality for calls in mobile networks and abroad increased enhancement settings pages for call forwarding and call barring completely revised improvement diversions offer option selected calls to a particular phone to the FRITZ! Box redirect!
• Improving representation and management of entries in telephone directories completely revised (including photo visible in the overview, columns can be selected for display, multiple selections as well as copying and moving entries between phone books added)
• Improvement of the initial setup assistant offers the setup of a telephone
• Improvement If the country is set to Germany and the phone number set up automatically by the provider, the area code contained therein is automatically recognized and transferred to the connection settings.
• Improvement After opening all newly received fax documents in the fax journal, the "Info" LED no longer flashes
• Improvement Settings for sending and receiving faxes summarized under "Telephony / Telephony Devices"
• Improvement Added setting for using the internal fax machine to "Only send faxes"
• Improvement Supports integration of multiple CardDAV telephone books
• Improved compatibility with encrypted telephony increased
• Improved compatibility of the SIP registrar of the FRITZ! Box with the LinPhone SIP client increased
• Improved compatibility with the telephony providers Easybell and VoIPfoneUK increased
• Improved forwarding of calls accepted by Snom on IP telephones is supported without consultation
• Improvement Hiding the tabs "E-Mail" and "RSS" in the menu "Telephony / Telephony devices", if DECT is switched off
• Change Adaptation to the changed behavior of the T-Net-Box when rejecting calls e.g. B. in the context of call blocks
• Fixed The Internet address of the CardDAV server could not be changed retrospectively in online telephone books Fixed On a FRITZ! Box used as a Mesh Repeater for telephony, the phone numbers transferred from the Mesh Master could be edited and new phone numbers created
• Fixed Telephone numbers of provider 1 & 1 could no longer register after editing via "Other provider"
• Fixed Telekom SIP trunk account could not be deactivated
• Fixed Integration of online phone books from certain CardDAV providers failed with error code 26
• Fixed With integrated iCloud phone books (Apple )
• First and last names were sometimes displayed in inconsistent order Fixed When synchronizing entries in online phone books (CardDAV), all e-mail addresses were deleted in certain constellations
• Fixed Certain phone numbers were temporarily not registered (including Sipgate, EnviaTel, Teledate)
• Fixed connection interruptions after approx. 30 seconds with TLSonly-secured telephony connections (including KPN)
• Fixed With telephony via IPv6, only one-way voice transmission ran in certain constellations.
• Fixed Unsuitable presetting for telephony provider Vodafone Italy. Fixed. Registration of phone numbers with telephony profile for provider Vodafone Italia was not possible.
• Fixed Sporadic errors when faxing via T.38 connections.
• Fixed No waiting announcement after resetting to factory settings fixed pickup of IP phones for more than 4 seconds possible resolved After sending a fax, a selected using the phonebook receiver was not identified by name in the call log resolved editing door phone led in part to the loss of e-mail notification for entrance telephones
• Fixed After importing answering machine settings including saved messages into another FRITZ! Box model, some of the imported messages could not be played back afterward Fixed incorrect ringing sequences for the country setting Australia Fixed Sporadic loss of the time switching settings for the answering machine after updating the FRITZ! OS

Home network

• Improvement Display of network connections in very large networks is accelerated
• Improvement When you exit the device details, a note about the changed device name is only displayed if the name has actually been changed.
• Change When you set an individual name for the FRITZ! Box, the name of the workgroup for the home network sharing ( "USB / storage") unchanged
• Fixed In the device details of guest devices, the section for the device lock was displayed, although the function is reserved for home network devices. Fixed Changed IP settings of the FRITZ! Box was not offered for printing.
• Fixed Time synchronization (NTP) was in certain scenarios unstable smart home:
• Improvement of the template for a quick change of the color setting and the brightness with FRITZ! DECT 500

USB

• Improvement Several files can be marked with the shift key on the fritz has fixed the home network share of a network drive (SMB) was not visible in Windows Explorer under Network
• Fixed Data transfer via network drive function (SMB) failed with the Windows error message "STATUS_NO_MEMORY"
• Fixed Online storage was sometimes not reconnected after a forced DSL disconnection
• System:
• Improvement A password can be made visible in the user interface when it is entered (eye symbol)
• Improvement Security query when leaving a page without saving the changed settings
• Improvement Backing up and restoring settings expanded to include telephony data from the internal memory of the FRITZ! Box (ring tones, phone book images, voice messages)
• Improvement In the user interface, the list of events in the FRITZ! Box can simply be copied from the print view to the clipboard
• Improvement Detailed corrections In "Diagnosis / Function" in the Mesh and USB area
• Improvement Improvements in user-friendliness in the initial setup
• Improvement Status overview page within the initial setup
• Improvement The wizard for the initial setup can be interrupted and resumed
• Improvement After sending support data to AVM, a second sending is possible after the sending process has been completed.
• Change Changeover to "Level III: Inform about new FRITZ! OS versions and install new versions automatically (Recommended)" is only offered after the update if before updating "level II: About new FRITZ OS versions informed and necessary install updates automatically" was set change assignment of an e-mail address to a user no longer applies (existing e-mail addresses are retained in Update) change the option of logging on to a FRITZ! Box (user interface) without a password, which was previously not recommended, is no longer supported * 1
• Change If “only with the FRITZ! Box password” was set for logging on to the user interface, a FRITZ! Box user with the name “fritz” and a random four-digit number as well as the FRITZ! Box password is automatically created. To log in to the user interface in the home network, it is still sufficient to enter the FRITZ! Box password. * 2
• Fixed FRITZ! Box users could not be sorted in the overview
• Fixed Podcast settings were not imported into another FRITZ! Box model when settings were restored
• Fixed Parental control access profiles with blocked applications were not available after settings were restored
• The fixed number of messages in "System / Events" was too low in some areas
• Fixed The display of the installation date for the last update was not correct in certain scenarios

Mobile network:

• Improvement New option for the generic integration of variants of known mobile radio sticks "Compatibility mode for mobile radio sticks" Improvement Country-specific list of mobile network providers when using the FRITZ! Box with a USB mobile network stick Improvement Detailed optimizations for the setting "Extended failure protection"
• Improvement of mobile network provider "Magenta Mobil" for the country Austria added improvement support for USB cellular stick Huawei E3372h-320

The update comes automatically or can be downloaded manually from the AVM website. We will of course adapt our list with the updated status of the respective AVM devices immediately.