Connecting FRITZ!Powerline with the FRITZ!Box via LAN
Connect FRITZ!Powerline to your FRITZ!Box via LAN to add an additional wireless access point to your home network quickly and easily. This way you will have ideal Wi-Fi reception and high-speed connections to the internet and home network, even when outside the Wi-Fi range of your FRITZ!Box.
If you use the same Wi-Fi settings in the FRITZ!Powerline device and the FRITZ!Box, your wireless devices will automatically connect with the Wi-Fi network with the strongest signal (Wi-Fi roaming).
Note:All instructions on configuration and settings given in this guide refer to the latest FRITZ!OS for the FRITZ!Powerline device.
1 Loading the factory settings of the FRITZ!Powerline device
To perform the following steps, the FRITZ!Powerline device must be set to factory settings:
- Plug the FRITZ!Powerline device into an outlet and wait until the Power LED or WLAN LED remains lit or the Connect LED flashes slowly.
- Push the corresponding button on the device:
Model Button Duration FRITZ!Powerline 1260(E) / 1240 AX Connect 15 seconds FRITZ!Powerline 1220 / 1210 Connect 10-15 seconds FRITZ!Powerline 1240E WLAN - WPS
Powerline - Security15 seconds FRITZ!Powerline 1220E / 1000E Powerline · Security 10-15 seconds FRITZ!Powerline 546E / 540E WLAN · WPS und Powerline · Security 10 seconds FRITZ!Powerline 530E / 510E Security 12 seconds FRITZ!Powerline 520E / 500E Reset 2 seconds - During this process, all of the LEDs flash once. The Power LED or WLAN LED remains lit or the Connect LED flashes slowly as soon as the factory settings have finished loading.
2 Connecting the FRITZ!Powerline device with the home network
- Use a network cable to connect the FRITZ!Powerline device to the home network (for example on FRITZ!Box or Mesh Repeater).
3 Adding additional FRITZ!Powerline devices
If you want to set up a new powerline network with additional FRITZ!Powerline devices over your home's wiring, you can easily connect them by pressing a button on the FRITZ!Powerline device that you just set up:
- Plug the FRITZ!Powerline device you want to add to the powerline network into an outlet near the FRITZ!Powerline device that you already configured.
- Wait until the FRITZ!Powerline device is ready for operation and the Connect LED flashes slowly or the Power LED or WLAN LED remains lit.
- Briefly push the Connect button (see table) on both of the FRITZ!Powerline devices. You can push the button on whichever FRITZ!Powerline device you want first. When you release the button, the Powerline or Connect LED flashes. Depending on the FRITZ!Powerline model, several other LEDs flash at the same time.
FRITZ!Powerline model Connect button FRITZ!Powerline 1260(E) / 1240 AX / 1220 / 1210 Connect FRITZ!Powerline 1240E WLAN - WPS
Powerline - SecurityFRITZ!Powerline 1220E / 1000E / 546E / 540E Powerline · Security FRITZ!Powerline 530E / 520E / 510E / 500E Security - The process is completed and the FRITZ!Powerline devices are connected with each other as soon as the Powerline LED remains lit.
