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Knowledge Base document #746

Updating the FRITZ!Powerline firmware

There are several ways to install the latest firmware for your FRITZ!Powerline device:

  • Online update using the FRITZ!Box user interface
  • Online update or manual update using the FRITZ!Powerline software

1 Using the FRITZ!Box user interface to update

  1. Click on 'Home Network' in the FRITZ!Box user interface.
  2. Click on 'Mesh' or 'Home Network Overview' in the 'Home Network' menu.
  3. If available, click on 'Search for updates' on the bottom right.
  4. If a FRITZ!OS update is found, click on 'Update' or 'Perform update' next to the respective FRITZ!Powerline device.

2 Using the FRITZ!Powerline software to update

FRITZ!Powerline software indicates 'Update available...'
  1. Start the FRITZ!Powerline software.
  2. Click on 'Update available...' next to the respective FRITZ!Powerline device and follow the instructions.

3 Updating manually

If you cannot use the 'online update' function, for example when FRITZ!Powerline is not connected to the internet, update manually:

Downloading the firmware file

  1. Call up https://download.avm.de/fritzpowerline/ in your web browser.
  2. Switch to the folder for your FRITZ!Powerline model, then to the subfolder 'deutschland' or 'other', and then to the folder 'fritz.os'.
  3. Download the file with the extension '.image' to the computer.

Installing the latest firmware

  1. Start the FRITZ!Powerline software.
  2. In the FRITZ!Powerline software, double-click on the symbol of the respective FRITZ!Powerline device.
  3. Click on the 'Load Update File' button.
  4. Select the firmware file you downloaded (image file).
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