Fritz Box 7490 Als Mesh Repeater

Technical data

Overview

Manufacturer

Shopping Mall

Specifications

FRITZ! 7590
Hardware
CPU: AnyWAN GRX550
RAM: 512MB
NAND: 512MB

Connections
1x DSL
4x Gigabit Ethernet
1x Gigabit WAN
2x USB 3.0
2x a / b port
1x ISDN

Network
four ten four WLAN AC + N with multi-user MIMO
300 Mbit VDSL ports including supervving
Telephone arrangement with DECT base

2.4G WiFi: upward to 800Mbps
5G WiFi: up to i.733Mbps

other
Bone: FRITZ! OS
NAS: External USB media
Mesh: Yep
Usage: 9-x Watt

Size: 250 48 x x 184 mm
Weight: 522g

What'due south in the box

1x FRITZ! Box 7590
1x FRITZ! WLAN Repeater 1750E
1x power supply
1x four.25m DSL telephone connectedness cable
1x 4m DSL cablevision
1x 15m LAN cable
1x installation guide
1x TAE / RJ45 adapter
1x TAE / RJ11 adapter

Foreword: FRITZ! Mesh set

To provide a larger living area with but one wireless router is hard. Mostly in that location are several expressionless spots where no WLAN indicate is received. Help is provided past repeaters that aggrandize the network. However, there are issues with the WLAN change of the terminals. And so it may happen that the concluding still remains continued to the original network despite better reception to the repeater network and no change takes place. Intelligent Mesh should compensate for this disadvantage and enable a seamless and uninterrupted WLAN coverage.

Fritzbox Mesh Set

Design, workmanship and delivery

The FRITZ! Mesh Set includes everything needed to build a small mesh net. Included in delivery are the FRITZ! Box 7590 including the respective connection cable and instructions, likewise as a FRITZ WLAN Repeater 1750E.

The FRITZ! Box 7590 comes in a sleek red and white design. The router can be used both lying and mounted on the wall. The antennas are visually inconspicuous hidden in the housing. The summit of the example contains the status LEDs, which provide data about the DSL, the WLAN, the phone, the WPS and the Info. Detailed labels are available. Adjacent control buttons control the respective function.

The connexion options are a lateral USB 3.0 connection and a connectedness for analog telephony. On the dorsum at that place is another USB 3.0 connection, a WAN connection, four Gigabit LAN ports, 2 analogue phone connections, an ISDN connexion, a connexion for the Cyberspace and the ability connectedness.

Fritzbox router 7590

Commissioning & user interface

The setup of the FRITZ! Box and the repeater is piece of cake. The setup wizard guides y'all through all steps in an understandable mode. Users of an older FRITZ! Box can transfer existing configurations to the new model. The FRITZ! Box 7590 comes with FRITZ! OS vi.83, but can already be upgraded to FRITZ! Os seven.

Fritzbox user interface

The FRITZ! OS 7 user interface is extensive. There are many settings and functions. As a result, the arrangement is likewise nested and the desired function can only exist plant after several clicks. Useful features include an integrated media server, a NAS, a smart home command and mesh management.

Operation

WiFi & Mesh

The FRITZ! Box 7590 is amidst other things a dual-band Ac router, which can build a 2.4GHz and 5GHz net. The theoretical maximum possible manual speed is up to i.733 Mbit / s in the 5GHz network. With MU-MIMO support, multiple clients can exist serviced simultaneously to provide the maximum bachelor bandwidth as needed.

Fritzbox connections

For the functioning test, the powerful Intel Wireless Air conditioning-8265 WLAN bill of fare was used. The transmission speed was adamant past transmitting a file via a NAS. The distance of the router to the clients is ii meters. In the 2.4GHz network, a maximum transmission speed of thirty MB / south was measured. The 5GHz network has reached 95 MB / s.

Important is of grade the wireless range. Compared to other WLAN routers, the range is at the highest level and tin can cover an 3-floored residential building. If you want to extend the range, we recommend the FRITZ WLAN Repeater 1750E, which is included in the Mesh Set. The structure of a dense network has made AVM user-friendly. Connect the repeater, pair with the router and a mesh will automatically be established. In the mesh composite, the delivery of the respective node succeeds fluently, and then that no connexion gaps arise.

DSL

The DSL modem of the FRITZ! Box 7590 supports for the starting time time 300 Mbit Supervectoring VDSL connections. Due to the lack of a powerful DSL connectedness, the FRITZ! Box could simply be tested on a DSL 16.000 connection. There was what the management maximum loosely achieved. Stability problems did not occur.

Fritzbox Repeater 1750E

NAS

Worth mentioning is also the NAS part of the FRITZ! Box. Data media can be continued to the router via USB iii.0. The write speed measured in the examination with a FAT32 formatted USB stick is moderate 20 MB / due south. The reading speed reaches a maximum of 23 MB / southward. A highlight is the FRITZ! NAS non off. In turn, the assistants interface of the NAS is well implemented. Continued media tin can exist accessed easily with just 1 click via the browser.

ability consumption

Last only not to the lowest degree, the power consumption. In idle, the consumption is about 10 watts. Nether college load the consumption likes to increase to 12 Watt. Very decent values!

Price Comparison

Blueprint and workmanship
Fast dual AC WLAN with MU-MIMO
indicate stability
Indicate range
DSL supervectoring compatible
DECT and many telephone functions
FRITZ Mesh
Depression energy consumption

Irksome USB three.0 sockets
Somewhat confusing user interface

Summary

You tin not go incorrect with the FRITZ! Box Mesh Gear up. Excluding the weak transmission speeds of the USB 3.0 sockets, the FRITZ! Box 7590 offers an all-round carefree package consisting of high-performance hardware and functionally extensive user interface.

Peculiarly interesting is the AVM mesh, which is piece of cake to build and expand. WLAN to the last corner is guaranteed no problem!