Access to Home Network

Access to Home Network

Under "Access to Home Network" you specify how your FRITZ!Repeater connects with the home network and the Internet router (a FRITZ!Box, for instance).

Adopting Wireless Settings from the Router (FRITZ!Box) via WPS

Rules

  • If you change the wireless LAN settings of the router, you have to adopt these anew.

Instructions: Adopting Wireless LAN Settings

  1. Click the "Start Adoption" button.
  2. Start WPS on the router. On a FRITZ!Box, press the "WPS", "WLAN/WPS" or "WLAN" button until the "WLAN" LED on the FRITZ!Box starts flashing.

Changing the Type of Connection

Overview

You can establish a wireless connection between the FRITZ!Repeater and your router (FRITZ!Box) or connect the FRITZ!Repeater to the router using a LAN cable.

In the preconfigured "Wireless bridge" access mode you can establish a wireless connection to the router. If you would like to connect the FRITZ!Repeater using a LAN cable, you must change the access mode an set up a LAN bridge.

Example 1

Your router has no wireless LAN. Then set "LAN bridge" access mode.

Example 2

You would like to deploy the FRITZ!Repeater at a location where no stable wireless connection to your FRITZ!Box is possible. Then set "LAN bridge" access mode.

Instructions: Changing the Type of Connection

  1. Select "Access to Home Network".
  2. Click on "Change Type of Connection".
  3. Select an access mode.
  4. Click on "Next". A wizard takes you through the next steps.