9. After the fi nal confi guration step, disconnect the LAN cable from the computer and
connect the FRITZ!Repeater 3000 with your FRITZ!Box (router).
Enable Mesh (Only with FRITZ!Box Software FRITZ!OS 7 or Newer)
1. Make sure that the FRITZ!Repeater 3000 is connected with your FRITZ!Box (router) via
LAN cable. The LED for connection quality lights up green.
2. Press the "Connect" button. The "Connect" LED fl ashes.
3. Within 2 minutes, enable Mesh on your FRITZ!Box:
- FRITZ!Box with "WPS" or "Connect/WPS" button: Press button briefl y.
- FRITZ!Box with "WLAN" or "WLAN/WPS" button: Press button for at least 6 seconds
When Mesh is enabled, the FRITZ!Repeater is marked with the
under "Home Network / Mesh" in the user interface of the FRITZ!Box The FRITZ!Repeater
3000 adopts all of its wireless LAN settings from the FRITZ!Box, including the wireless
network name (SSID) and network key.
More detailed information about the benefi ts and the confi guration of Mesh is
presented in the PDF manual and at en.avm.de/mesh-networking.
FRITZ!Repeater 3000 in the Home Network
FRITZ!Repeater 3000 on a FRITZ!Box with Mesh
In the home network of a FRITZ!Box with Mesh (FRITZ!OS 7 or higher), operation of your
FRITZ!Repeater 3000 is especially easy and convenient.
• When Mesh is enabled, all of the FRITZ!Box's wireless LAN settings are permanently
adopted.
• Updates for the FRITZ!Repeater 3000 can be performed directly in the FRITZ!Box user
interface under "Home Network / Mesh".
• Mesh WiFi provides for the optimum wireless connections of all wireless devices.
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Mesh enabled symbol
During confi guration at the press of a button (see from pageSeite 8), the
FRITZ!Repeater 3000 is automatically enabled for Mesh. When "LAN bridge"
access mode is confi gured, Mesh has to be enabled; see page Seite 12.
FRITZ!Repeater 3000 on a FRITZ!Box without Mesh or a Wireless Router
from Another Manufacturer
• During confi guration the FRITZ!Repeater 3000 adopts the wireless network name and
password of the FRITZ!Box (wireless router).
• If the wireless network name and/or password is changed in the FRITZ!Box (wireless
router), the Repeater has to be reconnected.
• Settings and updates for the FRITZ!Repeater 3000 are confi gured and performed via
the FRITZ!Repeater user interface.
Opening the User Interface of the FRITZ!Repeater 3000
• With a FRITZ!Box:
Enter
http://fritz.repeater
in the web browser on a connected device to open the user
interface of the FRITZ!Repeater 3000. Perform any update available under "System /
Update".
• With another wireless router:
1. Open the user interface of the your wireless router to determine the IP address
assigned to the FRITZ!Repeater 3000.
2. Then enter the IP address in the address bar of a new web browser window to open
the FRITZ!Repeater 3000 user interface.
3. Secure your FRITZ!Repeater 3000 with a password the fi rst time you open the user
interface.
4. Perform any update available under "System / Update".
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