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

• WLAN standard
  With this setting you specify a WLAN standard.
• Frequency band
  The FRITZ!Box transmits in the 2.4-GHz (ISM) band.
• 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 WLAN device can register at the FRITZ!Box.
• WLAN autochannel including channel 12/13
  If the "Autochannel" 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 WLAN connection to the FRITZ!Box via one of these channels will not be possible in such a case.
• Maximum transmitter power
  The range of the radio waves can be influenced by adjusting the transmitter power.
• Optimize WLAN transmission for IPTV applications
  With this option TV transmissions via WLAN 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".