AVM FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7270

Great for everything except GAMING!!!! – I purchased this through my ISP, I was very happy with the hardware itself, but for some reason all my xbox live parties kept dropping out, I kept dropping out of online multiplayer servers and some friends I couldn't even join or chat to at all and more often than not all connections with the Xbox kept dropping out.... I thought it was xbox live, but none of my other friends were having problems....just me.... So I went to PS4 and PC gaming for a while... I bought myself an Xbox One and what do you know....same issues... So I did some research and came across many things such as creating another IP Address, Disabling IPv6, allowing certain ports for the Xbox in the port forwarding settings as suggested by Microsoft Corporation and so on... The problem was the NAT settings, they needed to be disabled as well as the Teredo-Filter Aktiv setting and for some reason the Fritz!Box 7270 does not have these options... as if somebody forgot to throw them in there. So I went on to Fritz!Box's website to access technical support which turns out that when I had to select the model of Fritz!Box...it didn't even exist... turns out it's an Australian/International Model.. After sending AVM an e-mail, they said there was no longer any support for that particular model.... So $359AUD later, I have ordered the 7390 which I know for a fact has these settings... Apart from the whole gaming side of things, it IS an EXCELLENT GATEWAY and a very well built machine... Reliable, Never drops out, nice design and European Quality Terrible for gaming on the Xbox 360 and Xbox One due to missing NAT and Teredo-Filter Aktiv Settings

Quirky but great! – I bought a FRITZ!Box 7270 when my adult kids started to complain about lagging when playing on line games using the Billion VOIP router I was using at the time. Don't know what happened to the Billion, it just sort of slowed to a crawl, but was about four years old. Once I hooked up the Fritz the complaints stopped and peace was restored. Configuring the Fritz was very simple and took very little time. The interface seems to have been made for a dill, with little network knowledge, which makes it a little quirky. You can hit the advanced button and do things like port forwarding and setting up dynamic dns. I hit a bit of a snag with the cordless DECT phones I use. Uniden phones aren't supported by the Fritz, so keep this in mind. It was time to buy some new ones anyway. I got some Telstra ones that don't use 2.4GHz to avoid network interference. I got a pack of three from JB HiFi on special for about $60 and after a bit of a fight got them to work using the Fritz as the base station, not the Telstra base phone. But if you want to keep your Uniden phones then give Fritz the bum's rush.

Voip works very well with the Fritz, although some people may be disappointed with the ring tone from their cordless or corded phones. It is the European style Ring...Pause...Pause. Not the Australian Ring...Ring...Pause. This can't be changed unlike the Billion, but a future firmware update may make it possible. You get used to it after a while and learn to listen out for the one ring and then the long pause in between. The same goes for the dial tone - it's Euro style, not Aussie, and can't be changed. It seems to me that AVM aren't too concerned about adapting their firmware to Aussie conditions. We must be a very small market for them compared to Germany.

Overall, I'm very happy with the FRITZ!Box. If the NBN ever comes by I may buy a Gigabit version, but won't hold my breath. The wi fi performance is very good and has overcome the reception problems in an old home with solid plaster walls. Now that it's all configured it just fades into the background and does its thing day in and out without problems. If I could I would give it four and a half stars. As I can't, it is more deserving of a five, rather than a four. Easy to configure. Its web interface provides you with a wealth of information. AVM need to think of their Aussie customer base and produce some firmware updates to suit.

Extremely versatile and easy to use – I have had a six year old Netgear adsl modem and ATA for VoIP and decided to upgrade when the ATA died. This modem is super cool. It combines n wireless, 4 port ethernet only 100Mbit but you can pay $100 for the gigabit model 7390 which seems silly to me as the main determinant of speed is your internet conection speed. The Voip works well and is easy to set up. The wireless range is good. You can spend hours looking at all the info on the web interface. Also DECT base station which I haven't used as I don't have a compatible phone. It has multiple option to save power e.g turn off WLAN at night and make your kids go to bed by stopping their access to internet at the time you determine. I use my mobile as a landline when at home using the great Fritzfon app for android and my Ipad as well using IOS app. So many things in such a small box really is a brilliant example of modern tech and finally a good reason to upgrade those old faithful but now old feeling modems. Super versatile, hours of fun probing the web interface None. get 7390 if you need Gigabit.