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Saving and Restoring the FRITZ!Box Settings
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Saving Settings
A wizard is available in the FRITZ!Box user interface to assist
you in saving your FRITZ!Box settings, guiding you through
the process step by step.
1.
Open the FRITZ!Box user interface, see
page 32
.
2.
On the “Overview” page, select the “Wizards” menu.
3.
Start the “Save and Restore Settings” Wizard.
4.
In the next window, select the “Save settings” options
and then click “Next”.
The wizard guides you through the menus and dialogs to save
your settings.
Restoring Settings
With the “Restore” function in the “System / Backup” you can
have all settings from a backup file you created with this or
another FRITZ!Box loaded in full to your FRITZ!Box. Your cur-
rent FRITZ!Box settings will be overwritten by this function.
You can use the following backup files to restore settings:
•
Backup files created with the same FRITZ!Box.
If you apply settings from a backup file created with the
same FRITZ!Box, all settings will be restored in full.
•
Backup files created with a different FRITZ!Box of the
same model.
If you apply settings from a backup file that was created
with a different FRITZ!Box of the same model, then you
can restore all settings if the backup file was protected
with a password.
Backup files that are not protected by assigning a password
constitute a security gap. Protect your backup file with a
password to avoid security problems.
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Update: Updating FRITZ!OS
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Backup files created with a different FRITZ!Box model.
If you apply settings from a backup file that was created
with a FRITZ!Box of a different model, then you can re-
store several selected settings to your FRITZ!Box.
A wizard is available in the FRITZ!Box user interface to assist
you in restoring your FRITZ!Box settings, guiding you through
the process step by step.
1.
Open the FRITZ!Box user interface, see
page 32
.
2.
On the “Overview” page, select the “Wizards” menu.
3.
Start the “Save and Restore Settings” Wizard.
4.
In the next window, select the “Restore settings” op-
tions and then click “Next”.
The wizard guides you through the menus and dialogs to re-
store your settings.
8.6
Update: Updating FRITZ!OS
AVM provides regular free updates for your FRITZ!Box. This
software—called FRITZ!OS—controls all of the FRITZ!Box func-
tions. Updates provide for maximum security for your
FRITZ!Box, contain further developments of existing FRITZ!Box
functions and often also introduce new functions for your
FRITZ!Box.
Performing an Update with the Wizard
A wizard is available in the FRITZ!Box user interface to assist
you in updating your FRITZ!Box. The wizard checks whether
an update of the FRITZ!OS is available for your FRITZ!Box and
guides you step by step through installation.
Your current FRITZ!Box settings will be overwritten by
the settings in the backup file.
Always install the latest version of FRITZ!OS on all FRITZ!
products in your FRITZ!Box home network. This keeps your
FRITZ! products up to date and ensures optimum synchroni-
zation of all devices in your home network.
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Update: Updating FRITZ!OS
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Performing the Update
1.
Open the FRITZ!Box user interface, see
page 32
.
2.
On the “Overview” page, select the “Wizards” menu.
3.
Start the “Update” wizard.
The Wizard checks whether a FRITZ!OS update is avail-
able for your FRITZ!Box.
If the Wizard finds an update, it displays the version
number of the new FRITZ!OS. Click the link under the
FRITZ!OS version to view information about further de-
velopments and new functions contained in the
FRITZ!OS update.
4.
To transfer the FRITZ!OS update to the FRITZ!Box, click
“Start Update Now”.
The FRITZ!OS update begins and the “Info” LED on the
FRITZ!Box starts flashing.
The FRITZ!OS update is complete when the “Info” LED stops
flashing.
Performing a Manual Update
In some cases it is not possible to perform an automatic up-
date, for instance when the FRITZ!Box is not connected to the
Internet. Then you have the option of performing an update
manually.
Downloading the FRITZ!OS File
Before you can perform a manual update, you must download
an up-to-date FRITZ!OS file from the Internet (using your
neighbor’s or friend’s computer, or at an Internet café) and
save it on your computer or on a connected storage medium.
1.
Enter the address
in your
web browser.
Interrupting the FRITZ!OS update could damage your
FRITZ!Box. Do not clear the connection between
FRITZ!Box and the computer during a FRITZ!OS update,
and do not unplug the power cord.
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Update: Updating FRITZ!OS
2.
Switch to the folder for your FRITZ!Box model, then to the
sub-folder “firmware”, and then to the folder named
“english”.
The complete model name of your FRITZ!Box is shown in
the user interface on the “Overview” page and is also
printed on the sticker on the underside of the housing.
3.
Download the latest FRITZ!OS file for your FRITZ!Box with
the file extension “.image” to the computer.
The currently installed version of FRITZ!OS is displayed
on the “FRITZ!OS File” tab and on the “Overview” page.
The version number of the FRITZ!OS you downloaded
and saved is included in the name of the “*.image” file.
Perform an update only if the downloaded FRITZ!OS is a
newer version than the FRITZ!OS currently installed.
Now you can copy the FRITZ!OS file to the computer that is
connected to the FRITZ!Box, for instance using a USB flash
drive.
Performing a FRITZ!OS Update
1.
Open the FRITZ!Box user interface, see
page 32
.
2.
Enable the advanced view.
3.
Select “System / Update / FRITZ!OS File”.
4.
Click the “Save Settings” button to save the current set-
tings of your FRITZ!Box on your computer and save the
export file on your computer.
Using this file you can restore the settings of your
FRITZ!Box as needed.
5.
Click the “Browse...” button and choose the file with the
new FRITZ!OS you already downloaded and saved on
your computer.
Interrupting the FRITZ!OS update could damage your
FRITZ!Box. Do not clear the connection between
FRITZ!Box and the computer during a FRITZ!OS update,
and do not unplug the power cord.
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Update: Updating FRITZ!OS
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6.
Click the “Start Update” button.
The new FRITZ!OS is transmitted to your FRITZ!Box.
The update is complete when the “Info” LED stops flashing.
Using the Automatic Search for Updates
With the AVM service “Search for updates automatically” you
will always be informed about the latest FRITZ!OS updates for
your FRITZ!Box: When a new FRITZ!OS for your FRITZ!Box was
found, you will be notified on the “Overview” page. From here
you can then install the FRITZ!OS update; new updates will
not be installed automatically.
The service “Search for updates automatically” is enabled up-
on delivery of the FRITZ!Box, but you can disable it if desired.
The settings for this service are located in the “Contents /
AVM Services” area on the FRITZ!Box.

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