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New features:

• User interface: Diagram showing the connections in the overview (homepage)
• Internet: Now IPv6 data can also be transmitted via a WireGuard® VPN tunnel
• Mesh: Redesigned diagram of all devices connected with the FRITZ!Box with additional functions
• Push service: Reworked design and more convenience

With each FRITZ!OS update, AVM also updates its security functions. Therefore we recommend performing the update for all devices.

Below you find a complete list and descriptions of the new functions in the latest FRITZ!OS, along with a list of further improvements in this version.

Top functions of FRITZ!OS 8.02

Internet:

• TOP Internet: IPv6 data now can also be transferred via a WireGuard® VPN tunnel

Mesh:

• TOP Mesh: Graph in new design with additional functions

System:

• TOP Push service: Reworked design and more convenience

New functions of FRITZ!OS

Internet:

• NEW IPv6 data now can also be transferred via a WireGuard® VPN tunnel (new WireGuard® connection required, no forwarding of IPv6 data to the internet)
• NEW Online time limited by parental controls can be extended by 45 minute intervals directly on the Details settings page of the network device

Wi-Fi:

• NEW Visualization of Wi-Fi usage in the home network for the last 7 days added on "Wi-Fi > Wi-Fi Channel"

Mesh:

• NEW Devices using the guest network can be assigned names and icons of their own in the graph of the Mesh overview
• NEW Home network devices can be assigned names and icons of their own in the graph of the Mesh overview (tooltip for home network device)

Home Network:

• NEW Better overview through individual icons for network devices
• NEW Even devices that use the guest network can be assigned individual names

Powerline:

• NEW Password for all devices in the powerline network can be changed with a single click

Further Improvements of FRITZ!OS

Internet:

• Change For VPN connections via IPSec, AES-192 is no longer supported as an encryption algorithm in the Phase 2 security associations (SA)
• Change In PPPoE passthrough operation of the FRITZ!Box, DNS root queries are no longer filtered via UDP
• Change The IPv6 option "Assign unique local addresses (ULA) as long as no IPv6 internet connection exists (recommended)" is no longer offered
• Change The hash algorithm MD5 and the 3DES encryption algorithm are no longer used on VPN connections over IPSec for reasons of security
• Fixed Changes to the device name of a device in the home network were not transmitted to MyFRITZ!Net
• Fixed During operation of the FRITZ!Box on an external modem or router, limitations of the internet connection occurred
• Fixed In some circumstances active WireGuard® connections were interrupted when adding or deleting WireGuard® connections
• Fixed Independent port sharing (UPnP) for the same port with various home network devices did not work under certain circumstances
• Fixed No internet connection after update to FRITZ!OS 8.00 when no password included in account information
• Fixed Sometimes IPSec VPN connections with the option to route all data traffic via this connection did not work
• Fixed Sometimes emails about push service or MyFRITZ!Net were sent with empty login information
• Fixed The preferred user for default login with the FRITZ!Box during MyFRITZ! access from the internet was not transmitted to MyFRITZ!Net
• Fixed Under certain circumstances, OpenWrt devices operated behind a FRITZ!Box did not receive an IPv6 connection to the internet
• Fixed Under some circumstances the network traffic of a connected telephone system was not routed via a specially configured VoIP interface
• Fixed VPN connections via WireGuard® to an endpoint given as multiple (comma separated) domains could not be established
• Fixed When data traffic is active in both directions, restrictions in internet speeds or voice quality could occur during internet access via LAN (router)
• Fixed When using certain mobile sticks, the fallback to mobile network in the extended failure protection did not work
• Improved Added notification about potential risk of sharing port 80 or 443
• Improved EDNS0 expansions for local domains (fritz.box) to improve interoperability with Linux system (systemd-resolved) during use of DNS-SEC
• Improved For VPN network couplings via WireGuard®, the "fritz.box" domain is resolved in the entire coupled network
• Improved For VPN network couplings via WireGuard®, the domain of the remote site can be specified for DNS resolution
• Improved If the configured time server could not determine the system time, the system time is obtained from a public time server
• Improved Improved details during the initial configuration behind a fiber optic modem (ONT)
• Improved More precise explanations of errors during the configuration of WireGuard® connections
• Improved Preselection of easiest configuration method for the internet providers Telekom, Vodafone, and EWE for initial configuration on a fiber optic connection
• Improved When sharing internet access to FRITZ!Box services, an additional IP block list from AVM can be used

Wi-Fi:

• Change For improved compatibility with older wireless devices, security settings can be adjusted on the "Wi-Fi > Security" page
• Change Text reference to selection of "WPA2 + WPA3" Wi-Fi encryption removed
• Fixed Display of Wi-Fi properties of a registered wireless device was in rare cases incorrect
• Fixed Repeaters that were logged into the guest network were not marked as "Wi-Fi guests"
• Fixed WLAN LED flashed for an unnecessarily long time after change to a Wi-Fi setting when no guest access was active
• Fixed When 5-GHz channels were checked for radar (DFS), no wait cursor was displayed under these channels in the user interface

Mesh:

• Improved Details of LAN connections between FRITZ! devices are listed in the graph of the Mesh Overview (tooltip)
• Improved Rejuvenated graph of the Mesh overview

Home Network:

• Improved Detailed settings of a device on the "Home Network > Network Connections" page were redesigned
• Improved Random calculation of the Unique Local Address (ULA, IPv6) in accordance with RFC 4193)
• Improved Troubleshooting and settings for speeds on WAN/LAN connections reworked

System:

• Change The link generated by "Forgot Password" push service in the email is valid for 20 minutes
• Fixed After results of functional diagnostics were sent, an event message about changed FRITZ!Box settings was displayed
• Fixed Although the push service worked, sending the test email to the provider GMX failed when the sender name contained umlauts
• Fixed Push service on Mesh Repeaters that adopted settings could not send email
• Fixed Restart of FRITZ!Box via user interface sometimes failed
• Fixed The "Live TV" button for Magenta TV streaming was missing in the user interface screens resolved for smartphone and tablet
• Fixed The status of port sharing was always inactive in the "FRITZ!Box Info" push service mail
• Fixed When accessing the FRITZ!Box interface via the internet (https), individual elements or pages were sporadically missing
• Improved A personal subject line can be defined for the push service
• Improved Changing addresses in the push service simplified due to new standard recipient that can be configured independently from the sender
• Improved Communication to all AVM services for the FRITZ!Box (update, etc.) preferentially via IPv6 with fallback to IPv4
• Improved File name for saved settings now includes name of individual FRITZ!Box
• Improved Link to reset the password more prominent in the "Forgot password" email
• Improved Reworked push service configuration
• Improved With "Diagnostics > Function" the services for the Network Time Protocol are checked and relevant information displayed about any errors found

USB:

• Fixed Files in a folder on the highest level of a file tree could not be moved, copied, or deleted via FTP
• Fixed In certain constellations, access to NAS contents via download link was not possible
• Improved Data packets downloaded from fritz.nas now include the name of the given FRITZ!Box model and a time stamp in the file name to ease identification
• Improved Energy-saving function now also works with USB storage devices in Green Mode (USB 2.0)