Fritz!Box

Unbranding a Fritz!Box 6490 KDG Edition

What was going on? Recently, I had once again the unique opportunity to flash a “Fritz!Box 6490 KDG Edition” with the guarantee of no consequences in case I completely brick it. This time, because I needed the DECT functionality still working after this operation, I chose to stay on the proprietary firmware by AVM. 🤷‍♂️ So, here is my battle plan: Get the stock firmware for the device from its vendors download-server with its recovery-tool in case it goes really wrong.

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OpenWrt for Fritz!Box 7360 EWE Edition

What was going on? Recently, I had the unique opportunity to open-source flash a “Fritz!Box 7360 EWE Edition” with the guarantee of no consequences in case I completely brick it! So my first choice fell on OpenWrt, as it is a well-known and well-documented open-source firmware for routers and modems. Especially, this would fix issues with increasingly decreasing wireless performance with the original firmware after multiple weeks of uptime (thanks AVM).

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