Firmware update: AVM FRITZ!Box Fon WLAN 7340 99.05.05

AVM has released new firmware for its AVM Fritz!box Fon Wlan 7340. The 7340 is an adsl 2(+) and vdsl 2 modem, gigabit router, access point up to 802.11n and dect base station for up to six handsets in a. Furthermore, the device has two USB connections, with which a printer or external storage capacity can be shared on the network. You can always revert to the original firmware, so make sure you have a backup. The changelog for version 99.05.05 shows the following changes and improvements:

Internet:

• New – Child protection with filters for Internetpages and utilities
• New – Support for DS-Lite to connect to IPv4 addresses using native IPv6 access
• Automatic setup by the internet provider via TR-069 with added IPv6 support
• IPv6 – new tunneling protocol RFC 5969: IPv6 Rapid Deployment on IPv4 Infrastructures (6rd)
• IPv6 – Workaround: Windows 7 did not accept the same Prefix once it was invalidated without a reboot
• Import of VPN settings improved
• Added support of VPN-connections to Microsoft TMG-Servers
• Improved DynamicDNS registration
• Improved DNSSEC support

DECT:

• New : FRITZ!Fon MT-F now supports English, French, German, Italian and Spanish (depending on the language configured in the FRITZ!Box Webinterface)
• New – use your own MP3-Ringtone on MT-F
• Acceleration of menues and lists, improved handling of the phonebook, caller-list and answering-machine on MT-F

telephone:

• Open received faxes and messages from the calls-list
• Added third alarm
• Signaling of missed calls on IP-telehones (MWI)
• Improved fax interop (T.38)

Storage (NAS):

• New – Mediaserver and home-network-sharing (smb) can be renamed
• New – Mediaserver can be restricted to certain partitions (UPnP-AC)
• New – separate passwords for home-network-sharing and internet
• New – available FRITZ!Box shares shown in network-enviroment (smb share announcement)
• Revamped UPnP-AV Media Server 4.0

System:

• New – import settings from older FRITZ!Box modules (selective)
• New – display active phone calls or network activity on the FRITZ!Box home-screen.
• TR-064 – Automated telephony-device setup for FRITZ!App Fon