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Cascading the FRITZ!Repeater with a Mesh Repeater via LAN

You want to connect a FRITZ!Repeater to an existing FRITZ!Repeater via LAN? ✔ Find out how to cascade them here.

You can cascade several Mesh Repeaters in the Mesh. This type of cascading allows you to extend your home network in a specific direction beyond the Wi-Fi range of a Mesh Repeater.

This means that not only can you connect your FRITZ!Repeater to the Mesh Master (FRITZ!Box or FRITZ!Repeater), you can also connect it to an already existing Mesh Repeater. It does not matter whether the existing Mesh Repeater is another FRITZ!Repeater, a FRITZ!Box, or a FRITZ!Powerline device, or whether the Mesh Repeater is connected via LAN or Wi-Fi.

In this guide we show you how to connect your new FRITZ!Repeater to an already existing Mesh Repeater using a network cable.

Example of LAN cascading with two FRITZ!Repeaters

Requirements / Restrictions

  • The existing Mesh Repeater is connected to the Mesh Master and is marked with the Mesh symbol in the Mesh Overview.
  • The existing Mesh Repeater has a LAN port.

Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Repeater.

1 Loading the FRITZ!Repeater's factory settings

To perform the following steps, the FRITZ!Repeater must be set to factory settings:

  1. Push and hold down the Connect button for at least 15 seconds.
  2. The Connect LED now indicates by alternately flashing and lighting up that the factory settings are being loaded and that the FRITZ!Repeater is being restarted. This process may take several minutes.
  3. The Connect LED flashes continuously for at least 1 minute as soon as the factory settings have finished loading.

2 Connecting the FRITZ!Repeater to the Mesh Master via LAN

  1. Use a network cable to connect the FRITZ!Repeater to a LAN port on the Mesh Master.

3 Adding a FRITZ!Repeater to the Mesh by button

  1. Briefly push the Connect button on the new FRITZ!Repeater (for about 1 second) and release it again. When you release the button, the Connect LED starts to flash quickly.
  2. Within 2 minutes: Push the Connect button on the Mesh Master until the Connect LED (see table) lights up or starts to flash. Other LEDs may also light up or flash:
    Mesh MasterConnect buttonConnect LED
    FRITZ!Box 6690, 5690 Pro, 4060 Connect Connect
    FRITZ!Box 6860 Connect WLAN
    FRITZ!Box 7690, 7682, 7590 (AX), 7530 (AX), 7520, 7510, 6890, 6850, 6670, 6660, 5690, 5590, 5530, 4690, 4050 Connect / WPS Connect / WPS
    FRITZ!Box 6591, 6590 Connect / WPS WLAN / DECT
    FRITZ!Box 7490, 7430, 5491, 5490 WLAN WPS WLAN / Info
    FRITZ!Box 6490, 6430 WLAN WPS WLAN / DECT
    FRITZ!Box 7560, 7362 SL WLAN WLAN / DECT
    FRITZ!Box 7583, 7582, 7581, 7580 WPS WLAN / Info
    FRITZ!Box 6820, 4040, 4020, 3490 WPS WLAN
    FRITZ!Mesh Set 4200, 1600 Connect Connect
    FRITZ!Repeater 1700 Connect LED
  3. The FRITZ!Repeater is fully integrated into the Mesh about 5 seconds after the LED for connection quality on the new FRITZ!Repeater glows green.

4 Connecting the FRITZ!Repeater to the existing Mesh Repeater

  1. Use a network cable to connect the FRITZ!Repeater to a LAN port on the existing Mesh Repeater.



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