Today I finally got access to an EPT Homeserver, which actually is a Fritz!Box 7570 VDSL, with a few features missing compared with a Fritz!Box 7270. Some of the missing features are Remote Administration and DynDNS support. But amazingly the EPT Homeserver supports the VoIP service by voipGATE. The VoIP and telephony features are essentially the same as those of the 7270, e.g. 2 analog phone ports (called FON1 and FON2), an internal ISDN interface, DECT and WLAN 802.11n support.
Firmware update available from EPT: http://supportvente.pt.lu/luxdsl/avm/FRITZ!Box 7570/firmware/75.04.78/
2009/07/01 at 21:12
Comment originally from Patrick submitted via eMail:
I was told by an AVM sales rep that the Fritz!Box 7250 supports IPv6. However, this is an OEM box, so I was wondering if the P&T version has an interface to configure IPv6. Can you enlighten me ? Thanks.
2009/07/01 at 21:32
I don’t have access to the EPT Fritz!Box 7570 currently, so I’m replying from memory.
I cannot remember having seen a GUI option to activate and/or configure IPv6 support.
I also remember that the auto update feature throw an error. Also there are no downloads available via the AVM website for the 7570 Fritz!Box, this is surely due to the OEM status of this box.
Also I haven’t seen IPv6 support in “general available” AVM firmwares, the IPv6 support seems to be limited to BETA firmwares for the moment.
Due to the fact that the Fritz!Box 7570 seems to be quite similar to the Fritz!Box 7270, one could assume that the Fritz!Box should be technically able to support IPv6, once a IPv6 firmware for the Fritz!Box 7250 is available.
As the EPT network is IPv6 enabled, it seems to be very likely that future EPT Fritz!Box models could have native IPv6 support and that older EPT Fritz!Box models could be updated to natively support IPv6.
2009/09/18 at 04:08
First-rate Post.
Thank you for the post.
2009/09/19 at 12:23
There is now an IPv6 enabled BETA firmware for the 7570, see my other article http://marc.storck.lu/blog/2009/09/avm-releases-beta-firmwares-for-international-fritzbox-versions/
2009/11/17 at 14:30
when will the switch be 10/100 /1000? that`s all it`s missing to be the best in the market
2009/11/18 at 11:36
Hi There,
to use IPv6 on the international version of 7270 or 7570 you need to download the Lab (beta) version of the software. AVM provides a special IPv6 Firmware for both models here:
http://www.avm.de/en/news/artikel/IPv6_Lab.html?linkident=grafik
You can use this Firmware also on the P&T edition of the 7570. Please send your feedback to AVM using this link:
http://www.avm.de/de/Service/Service-Portale/Service-Portal/Labor/labor_feedback.php?labor=9fccea
Happy testing!
Regards,
Gerrit
2009/11/18 at 11:40
AVM is working on a brand new FRITZ!Box. The FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7390 supports Gigabit Ethternet but also dual band WLAN, VDSL and contains internal flash memmory.
More info:
http://www.avm.de/en/press/announcements/2009/2009_09_02.php3
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Gerrit
2009/12/06 at 22:15
You can find the new firmware with IPv6 on the Lux PT servers here (thanks Google):
http://supportvente.pt.lu/luxdsl/avm/FRITZ!Box 7570/firmware/
It works perfectly and seems to enable IP6 but also some NAS capabilities.
If you browse a bit you will also find the documentation in PDF.
If someone knows how to change the DNS on the Fritzbox ?
I’d like to test the new Google DNS.
2009/12/07 at 19:27
I already tried to find possibilities on using alternative DNS service, like OpenDNS. Unfortunately it seems like currently there is no way to do this with original firmware. OpenDNS brings much more features than Google DNS.
2009/12/07 at 22:55
I found this:
http://blog.marc-seeger.de/2009/07/04/change-dns-servers-to-opendns-on-the-fritzbox-7240
buut could not enable telnet, maybe because my connected phone is a ISDN.
2009/12/08 at 16:23
You are right, you can change these settings via Telnet without the need to install a special firmware. However consider that enabling telnet is not supported by AVM, any mistakes may result in your Fritz!Box becoming unusable. Any changes you apply to your Fritz!Box via telnet or any other unsupported way are at your own risk!
BTW most ISDN phones have issues dialing the * and # signs before a call has been setup, so you may need to try via an analog phone. Some ISDN phones offer the possibility to activate the full “keypad” in order to dial service codes.