Click on the "Apply" button to save your settings. If you leave the page without saving, all of your changes will be discarded.

Set radio channel settings automatically (recommended)

With this option the FRITZ!Box automatically checks the wireless environment to select the optimum radio channel settings.

Adjust radio channel settings

With this setting you configure the radio channel settings yourself so that you can adapt them to the circumstances at your location.

• Wireless standard
  With this setting you specify a wireless standard. The standards are "802.11n+g+b" for the 2.4-GHz band and "802.11n+a" for the 5-GHz band.
• Frequency band
  FRITZ!Box transmits in either the 2.4-GHz (ISM) band or in the 5-GHz band, but not simultaneously in both bands. Due to the multitude of users (wireless LAN, Bluetooth, microwave devices etc.), the 2.4-GHz band is loaded more than the 5-GHz band.
  Note: If the FRITZ!Box detects the presence of a so-called "higher-priority user" in the 5-GHz band, such as radar, for instance, it automatically switches channels.
• Radio channel
  If you select the "Auto channel" setting instead of a fixed channel, the FRITZ!Box independently searches the wireless LAN environment for networks in the vicinity and sets the optimum channel. This process can take 30 seconds or more. During this period no wireless device can register at the FRITZ!Box.
• Wireless auto channel including channel 12/13
  If the "Auto channel" option is selected, then all available radio channels will be included in the automatic search. Please note that some wireless devices (like notebooks, for example) may not be able to use the channels 12 and 13 due to erroneous configurations. Establishing a wireless connection to the FRITZ!Box via one of these channels will not be possible in such a case.
• Use radio channels optimized for 300 Mbit/s
  When this option is enabled, FRITZ!Box attempts to use radio channels with a bandwidth of 40 MHz. This means that the FRITZ!Box, no matter which generation of the IEEE 802.11n standard is used, can transport up to 300 Mbit/s over wireless LAN. If not enough space is available in the radio spectrum to allow interference-free transmission on the channel with bandwidth of 40 MHz, the FRITZ!Box automatically reduces bandwidths to 20 MHz ("fallback") with a correspondingly lower transmission capacity.
• Automatically reduce transmission power to the actual needs
  When this option is enabled, the FRITZ!Box independently reduces the transmitter power to the necessary value when the quality of the WLAN connection is good. This serves to reduce radiation emissions.
• Maximum transmitter power
  The range of the radio waves can be influenced by adjusting the transmitter power.
• Optimize wireless LAN transmission for IPTV applications
  With this option, TV transmissions via wireless LAN that are based on the Internet protocol (IP) will have the highest priority during data transmission.

Adjust radio channel settings

With these settings you configure the radio channel settings yourself so that you can adapt them to the circumstances at your location.

• Wireless standard
  With this setting you specify a wireless standard. The standards are "802.11n+g+b" for the 2.4-GHz band and "802.11n+a" for the 5-GHz band.
• Frequency band
  FRITZ!Box transmits in either the 2.4-GHz (ISM) band or in the 5-GHz band, but not simultaneously in both bands. Due to the multitude of users (WiFi, Bluetooth, microwave devices etc.), the 2.4-GHz band is loaded more than the 5-GHz band.

  Note: If the FRITZ!Box detects the presence of a so-called "higher-priority user" in the 5-GHz band, such as radar, for instance, it automatically switches channels.

• Radio channel
  If you select the "auto channel" setting instead of a fixed channel, the FRITZ!Box independently searches the wireless LAN environment for networks in the vicinity and sets the optimum channel. This process can take 30 seconds or more. During this period no wireless device can register at the FRITZ!Box.

WLAN Location

The "Wireless Location" area displays the allocation of wireless channels by other wireless networks.

• The allocation of WLAN channels by other wireless networks is separated by frequency bands. Click the "2.4-GHz Band" and "5-GHz Band" tabs to view the allocation of the WLAN channels in these frequency bands.
• The "Show WLAN disturbances" option displays the graph of which radio channels are already being used by other wireless networks. Overlapping of radio channels can lead to reduced throughput rates, ranges, or even interrupted connections in the participating WLAN radio networks. If your WLAN connection is unstable, look for a better channel in the graph and then select it under "Adjust radio channel settings".

Wireless Radio Networks

The "Wireless Radio Networks" overview shows which wireless radio networks were found at your location.

All radio networks found at your location are displayed in a table indicating their signal strength, radio network name (SSID), the radio channel used, and MAC address.