Fritz!Box 4040 - Expanding a Wi-Fi Network with Mesh

Expanding a Wi-Fi Network with Mesh
Overview
If the Wi-Fi network of the FRITZ!Box does not reach all of your rooms,
then you can extend it with various FRITZ! products. Mesh combines
the individual Wi-Fi networks of the FRITZ! devices into a single Wi-Fi
network.
The FRITZ!Box is the hub of the Wi-Fi with Mesh, the “MeshMaster”.
Other FRITZ! devices in the Mesh are “MeshRepeaters”.
Mesh is available in FRITZ!OS version7.00 or later.
The Mesh functions are not available when you expand the Wi-Fi net-
work with a wireless repeater from another manufacturer.
FRITZ! Devices with Mesh
The following FRITZ! products can be used as “MeshRepeaters” to ex-
pand the Wi-Fi network of the FRITZ!Box:
• FRITZ!Repeater
The connection to the FRITZ!Box will be established via Wi-Fi or
LAN cable (FRITZ!Repeater with LAN port only). More information at
en.avm.de/products/fritzwlan.
• FRITZ!Powerline
The connection to the FRITZ!Box is established via the electric
wiring. For more information, see en.avm.de/products/fritzpower-
line.
• second FRITZ!Box
The second FRITZ!Box must be configured as a “Mesh Repeater”
and as an IP client (IP client mode); see the FRITZ!Box manual at
en.avm.de/service/manuals.
The connection to the first FRITZ!Box is established using a LAN ca-
ble. For some FRITZ!Box products a Wi-Fi connection is also possi-
ble; see the FRITZ!Box manual at en.avm.de/service/manuals.
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