At that point I realised that it wasn't going to come good by itself, so worked out that a looong press oof the WPS button ~20 seconds forces a reset. Thanks to an integrated radio network, even devices further away have Wi-Fi access to your home network. Eventually I managed to get it to connect using WPS, and after entering the initial setup info it rebooted and came back up for the first time.

So far whenever I have it on, it makes my Wi-Fi unstable, even when it is in close proximity to the fritz box. devices work together as part of a single network, communicating with each other and optimizing your devices and network usage. Box there are extra benefits, for a start, this will work with the inbuilt mesh networking technology.With high-speed gigabit LAN you can achieve speeds of up to 1200 Mbit/s without any extra cable required. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. Not sure if this is by design or a bug or just not possible to manually turn on the wi-fi of the 3000 without it being connected via cable.

Repeater 3000 does this by using radio signals to bridge the distance to the router, something that used to require laying extra cables. At this stage I thought it may have died but decided to leave it off for half an hour and try again. Once set up you’ll need to find a good position, you want to place this where the existing WiFi signal is OK rather than non-existent. So after changing the 5 gig device to which it connects, I think I will leave it as is and not roll back as I first suggested and see how it goes. Using fast powerline for up to 1200 Mbit/s you can achieve gigabit speeds on both LAN ports without any new cables.Fixed** During Wi-Fi integration with a Telekom router Speedport Smart 3 with WPS, sometimes the FRITZ! repeater in your smartphone, tablet or computer browser, and offers user-friendly menus for all features. Travel Tech We’ve tested out dozens of products over the last few years to bring you review of gadgets to take on the move.