Monthly Archives: June 2011

FRITZ!Lab is now available for International users

FRITZ! Lab now also available for international FRITZ!Box models. The day has finally come: owners of international FRITZ!Box models can now try out and use new functions before they’re incorporated into official firmware updates. What’s more, users now have the option to provide feedback and suggestions and thus make an active contribution to the functionality of future firmware versions. To kick off the international FRITZ!Lab launch, downloads are available for the FRITZ!Box models 7390 and 7340 at www.avm.de

Take advantage of new software developments sooner with FRITZ!Lab.

Owners of international FRITZ!Box models can now benefit from new software developments sooner. In FRITZ! Lab, users will discover new features for current AVM products before they’re incorporated into regular updates. All versions can be downloaded at AVM’s service portal www.avm.de/en/lab free of charge.

Downloads for FRITZ!Box models 7390 and 7340 are already available.

With the introduction of the international FRITZ! Lab, downloads for the FRITZ!Box models 7390 and 7340 are now available, with more in the pipeline. Some of the highlights of the new lab version include a DECT Repeater function and enhanced parental control software. The direct feedback function provides customers with a quick and convenient way to contact the AVM Development team. AVM looks forward to receiving feedback on new features and suggestions for future ones.
Try out exciting new features before the official firmware update with the FRITZ! Lab.
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AVM gets involved at World IPv6 Day

The Internet Society organization has announced a global initiative for the new Internet standard IPv6, to be held on June 8. The aim of the 24-hour initiative is to get Internet providers, hardware manufacturers and website operators ready for the transition from IPv4 to IPv6.

Transition urgently required

A quick transition from IPv4 to IPv6 is becoming more and more urgent, as the last available IPv4 address blocks were allocated in February of this year. With the introduction of the new IPv6 protocol, a virtually unlimited number of addresses will be available (approximately 340 sextillion).

IPv6 with FRITZ!Box

AVM has already been supporting IPv6 for over two years and has even been demonstrating the reliability of the FRITZ!Box in conjunction with the new standard. For instance, AVM has been collaborating with 7,000 IPv6 customers of the Dutch Internet provider XS4ALL. The new protocol is being thoroughly tested in combination with FRITZ!Box and a whole host of providers. In this way, AVM has already managed to gain extensive experience with the IPv6 protocol.
All the current FRITZ!Box models support the new Internet Protocol IPv6.

IPv6 for greater freedom in home networks

With IPv6, AVM customers also benefit from the technological advantages of the new protocol. As an IPv6 customer, a user is assigned not only an individual IP address for the entire network by their Internet provider, but also a whole sub-network comprising a number of public IP addresses. Existing services such as P2P, VPN and video conferencing are made easier and IPv6 also facilitates a wide range of new applications, including Smart Grid.
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FRITZ!Box and Windows 7: The Perfect Combination

The new “FRITZ!Box and Windows 7″ series highlights the advantages of the interplay between AVM products and Windows 7. Computers with the new Microsoft operating system can connect to the Internet using FRITZ!Box without any updates. The FRITZ!WLAN USB Sticks, which are ideal for WLAN connections between computers and the FRITZ!Box, are also ready for Windows 7.

The focus of this first part is on simple instructions for setting up a home network. With Windows 7 it is child’s play to use the FRITZ!Box to connect your home computer to the Internet and to other computers in a home network.

Secure Encryption with WPA2
After just a few clicks a connection to the FRITZ!Box is established. Both FRITZ!Box and Windows 7 encrypt this connection using WPA2, currently the most secure protection for WLAN connections. For more details about how to configure an optimum WLAN home network, click here.

The Network and Sharing Center: The Point of Entry for Home Networks
Yet Windows 7 offers even more new functions to facilitate networking. The central point of entry for creating networks is the “Network and Sharing Center” (accessed via “Start / Computer / Network / Network and Sharing Center”). For example, existing network connections can be viewed and new connections created here. This is also where file and printer sharing can be configured for the home network. The Network and Sharing Center

The network overview classifies devices according to their function in the network

The network overview (accessed via Windows Explorer -> Network) is very helpful too. It not only displays the various devices but also classifies them according to their function in the network and enables the user to take specific actions.

Network infrastructure devices, such as the FRITZ!Box as a WLAN router, have their own category in this section. Therefore, right-clicking on the FRITZ!Box entry, for instance, allows the user to call up the operating interface.

 Windows 7 Network

The Home Network is also the Focus of Part Two
The home network is also the subject of part 2 of the “FRITZ!Box and Windows 7″ series. In this installment you will learn things like how to integrate printers and remote connections into your network.

Review of all the installments of the series

For a review of all the installments of the series, click here:

Part 1: FRITZ!Box and Windows 7 – a perfect combination

Part 2: Configuring USB devices for the FRITZ!Box in Windows 7

Part 3: FRITZ!Box and Windows 7: Multimedia in the network

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Configuring USB devices for the FRITZ!Box in Windows 7

It goes without saying that the FRITZ!Box also makes USB devices available in Windows 7 in your home network. You can find more information and tips in this second part of our series “FRITZ!Box and Windows 7″.

We would like to begin with a little tip: if you use a USB hub from a computer dealer, you can operate up to three USB devices with the FRITZ!Box at the same time. Of course, these devices are then also available to the other Windows 7 computers in the network.

Making files available via a connected USB storage device
Do you want your home music, video or photo collection to be accessible from every computer in your network? No problem: the files on a connected USB storage device are made available by the FRITZ!Box to all devices in the home network. Click here to see how this works.

Configuring a USB printer as a network printer
The FRITZ!Box makes it possible for all devices in your home network to easily access a USB printer. The practical advantage: unlike enabling a printer in Windows, you can print like this without having to switch another computer on. We show you here what you need to pay attention to when configuring a USB printer in Windows 7. windows7_netzwerk_fritzbox_tn

Part 3: Focus on multimedia
Videos, music and photos – Part 3 of the series “FRITZ!Box and Windows 7″ will completely focus on multimedia. You can find the first part of the series here: windows7_netzwerk_fritzbox_tn

Review of all the installments of the series

For a review of all the installments of the series, click here:

Part 1: FRITZ!Box and Windows 7 – a perfect combination

Part 2: Configuring USB devices for the FRITZ!Box in Windows 7

Part 3: FRITZ!Box and Windows 7: Multimedia in the network

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FRITZ!Box and Windows 7: Multimedia in the network

The Media Server automatically offers the music, video and image files to the corresponding playback devices in the network. The media files can be played or displayed by all devices in the FRITZ!Box network that support the UPnP-AV standard.

This could be a stereo system, for instance, or the new Media Player integrated in Windows 7. The overview of the Windows Media Player displays not only the local media library, but conveniently, the FRITZ!Box Media Server as well. The media made available by the FRITZ!Box are then accessed just as simply and conveniently as data stored locally.

Music files are transmitted from the FRITZ!Box directly to the stereo system

The Windows Media Player can not only play back music, it can even forward it any other playback devices integrated in the home network. Use the “Play to” command, available when you right-click on the title, album or playback list.

Then the music is transmitted directly from the USB storage device connected to the FRITZ!Box to the stereo system. The big advantage: Now the computer can be switched off. Of course, pictures or video can be transmitted instead of music, for instance to a TV integrated in the network.

Review of all the installments of the series

For a review of all the installments of the series, click here:

Part 1: FRITZ!Box and Windows 7 – a perfect combination

Part 2: Configuring USB devices for the FRITZ!Box in Windows 7

Part 3: FRITZ!Box and Windows 7: Multimedia in the network

Source : AVM