Hi there,
I came across this forum searching the internet for a way to switch my Fritzbox to annex a. In this topic, I saw some instructions to do so, but I've got some problems with it. I don't know whether there's someone here who has some spare time to read this and feels inclined to help a noob, but I can always try...
I've got an FRITZ.Box Fon WLAN 7170 Annex B with English software at home, that we previously used for our ADSL via ISDN. The original firmware was version 29.04.82.
I now try to get it to work in my student home, for which it has to be Annex A. I already downgraded the firmware to version AnnexB.en.29.04.56. After that, I tried to use a pseudo image I found here to switch to annex A. However, it failed.
fritz_as_annex_a_kernel_args_newer.tar
If I try a firmware update, I get as far as the "this is not the official software etc"-alert. As soon as I click continue, I get a message saying the
firmware update failed, although there's no error. I repeated the update a few times, it fails each time.
I realize this file is probably 4 years old so I don't know whether there's still someone around here who know's about it contents, but... I couldn't figure out what went wrong, so maybe someone else could?
fritz_as_avm_annex_a_kernel_args.tar
This file seems to work - the firmware update is nicely completed. However, the 'Power/DSL' light is still flashing, and I can't get an internet connection. The software says "The internet connection is disturbed." "The internet cable is not plugged in" (it is). Could this indicate that the Fritx.box is still Annex B and therefore doesn't recognize the signal? Or is there something wrong with the other hardware? I'm really a noob, so I don't know much about it. I've got a plug
like this and a splitter
like this. It says 'ISDN splitter' on the box, but someone told me that's okay - or should I buy another splitter?
Thanks A LOT for reading up until here. If you can help me, even more thanks for trying!
PS: I have no problems reading answers in German. I just write in English to not hurt your eyes - my German grammar skills are horrible