Using Telephony in the Mesh

You can use the "Telephony in the Mesh" function if you have more than one FRITZ!Box that supports Mesh in your home network.

Overview

With the "Telephony in the Mesh" function you only have to configure your telephone numbers in one FRITZ!Box (Mesh Master). Then you can simply adopt the numbers automatically and use them on every other FRITZ!Box in the Mesh. The other FRITZ!Box does not have to be connected with the internet connection or the landline.

Requirements

  • Your telephone numbers are registered in the FRITZ!Box that is configured as the Mash Master.
  • All FRITZ!Box devices on which you would like to adopt the telephone numbers are configured as Mesh Repeaters.

No Automatic Switching between FRITZ!Boxes

DECT cordless telephones like FRITZ!Fon will not automatically switch to a different FRITZ!Box when they change location. This applies even if telephony is configured in the Mesh.

Note:You can register your FRITZ!Fon with multiple FRITZ!Boxes, and then switch among FRITZ!Boxes as needed in the FRITZ!Fon menu.

Configuring the Use of Telephony in the Mesh

Enable the use of telephony in the Mesh for every Mesh Repeater on which you would like to adopt the telephone numbers from the Mesh Master.

Instructions: Enabling the Use of Telephony in the Mesh

  1. On the Mesh Repeater: Select "Telephony / Telephone Numbers" in the user interface.
  2. Delete all telephone numbers already registered there.
  3. On the Mesh Master: Select "Home Network / Mesh / Mesh Settings" in the user interface.
  4. Under "Using Telephony in the Mesh", click on "Enable" next to a Mesh Repeater that is to adopt the telephone numbers on the Mesh Master.
  5. Follow the instructions in the "Confirm" window and and confirm the operation on the Mesh Master.

The Mesh Repeater adopts the telephone numbers on the Mesh Master.

Instructions: Assigning Numbers to Telephones in the Mesh Repeater

  1. On the Mesh Repeater: Select "Telephony / Telephony Devices" in the user interface.
  2. Click on the "Edit" button next to a telephone or other telephony device to which you would like to assign telephone numbers.
  3. Select a telephone number for outgoing calls.
  4. Select one or more telephone number(s) for incoming calls.
  5. Click on "OK".

Supported Features

You can use the following features on a FRITZ!Box on which you have adopted the telephone numbers from the Mesh Master:

  • CLIP (display the caller's telephone number)
  • CLIR (hide your own telephone number)

Additional features may not be supported. This affects, for example:

  • Busy on busy
  • Call-back on busy
  • Fax and data connections

Enabling International Calls

After enabling telephony in the Mesh, only domestic calls and calls to emergency numbers are possible from the Mesh Repeater. You can disable this security feature in order to allow international calls.

Instructions: Enabling International Calls

  1. On the Mesh Master: Select "Telephony / Telephony Devices" in the user interface.
  2. Click the "Edit" button next to the IP telephone of the desired FRITZ!Box (Mesh Repeater).
  3. Next to "This telephone may only make outgoing calls to numbers within the country", click on "Change".
  4. Under "Security", click on "Change Selection".
  5. Disable the checkbox next to the desired IP telephone and click on "OK".
  6. Click on "Apply".

Making Internal Numbers Known in the Mesh

Make the internal numbers of telephones connected with a Mesh Repeater known in the Mesh. Then you can conduct internal calls using any telephones that are connected with the Mesh Master or Mesh Repeater.

Instructions: Making Internal Numbers Known in the Mesh

Perform the following steps on every telephone that is connected to a Mesh Repeater:

  1. Enter **9,
  2. Press the call key.

    **9 starts a broadcast call: All other telephones ring.

  3. Hang up again.

Instructions: Making Internal Calls

See Making Internal Calls

Disabling Unused Telephone Numbers

After enabling telephony in the Mesh, all of the telephone numbers from the Mesh Master are available in the Mesh Repeater. All calls for these telephone numbers will be signaled on the Mesh Repeater and appear in its call list. This is also true for telephone numbers that are not assigned to any telephone connected to the Mesh Repeater.

If only calls for telephone numbers used on the Mesh Repeater should be signaled, define which telephone numbers are used in the Mesh Master. This will disable the remaining telephone numbers for the Mesh Repeater.

Note:It is not possible to permanently delete telephone numbers in the Mesh Repeater as long as the device is part of the Mesh.

Instructions: Defining Telephone Numbers in the Mesh Master

When telephony in the Mesh is enabled, an IP telephone for the Mesh Repeater is created in the Mesh Master. With this IP telephone you can assign certain telephone numbers (up to 10) to the Mesh Repeater:

  1. On the Mesh Master: Select "Telephony / Telephony Devices" in the user interface.
  2. Click the "Edit" button next to the IP telephone of the desired FRITZ!Box (Mesh Repeater).
  3. Leave the field under "Outgoing Calls" empty. Numbers for outgoing calls are assigned to your telephones in the Mesh Repeater.
  4. Under "Incoming calls", select all of the telephone numbers you would like to assign to telephones connected to the Mesh Repeater.
  5. Click on "OK".

Resetting the FRITZ!Box (Mesh Repeater)

The Mesh Repeater must be reset if you would like to configure the "Use Telephony in the Mesh" function for the first time.

Instructions: Resetting the FRITZ!Box (Mesh Repeater)

  1. On the Mesh Master: Select "Home Network / Mesh / Mesh Settings" in the user interface.
  2. Under "Use Telephony in the Mesh", click on the "Edit" button next to the desired Mesh Repeater.
  3. Click on the "Remove from Mesh" button.
  4. On the Mesh Repeater: Restoring the Factory Settings to the FRITZ!Box (Mesh Repeater).

Now the FRITZ!Box can once again be integrated into the Mesh and adopt the telephone numbers from the Mesh Master.