**New features:** ------------------------------------------------------------ - User interface: Diagram showing the connections in the overview (homepage) - Internet: Now IPv6 data can also be transmitted via a WireGuardŽ 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 WireGuardŽ 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 WireGuardŽ VPN tunnel (new WireGuardŽ 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 WireGuardŽ connections were interrupted when adding or deleting WireGuardŽ 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 WireGuardŽ 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 WireGuardŽ, the "fritz.box" domain is resolved in the entire coupled network - **Improved** For VPN network couplings via WireGuardŽ, 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 WireGuardŽ 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)