Fritz network issues

Cat Drummond · 22 Oct 2021 at 21:44

Hi all
So I had a network comprising a Fritzbox 7530 as the main mesh master and two FritzRepeater 3000s working perfectly in the house.
We have had an outhouse built at the end of the garden and so I have run a LAN cable from one of the repeaters down to the outhouse, which is connected to another Fritzbox 7530 set up as a mesh repeater, and another FritzRepeater which is connected via Wi-Fi to the second Fritzbox in the outhouse.
Ever since I added the outhouse:
1) one of the repeaters in the house refuses to mesh - it is connected via Wi-Fi but isn’t meshed (have tried the usual fixes)
2) internet via wifi in the house stops working all the time. So for example my phone will say it’s connected to wifi but not browse. What is weird is that the wifi in the outhouse appears to be unaffected as 2 ring security cameras appear to be connected without any issues.
I have tried rebooting the main mesh masher many times. Usually the internet over wifi in the house works for a couple of minutes and then stops again.
Any thoughts gratefully appreciated!

!bluetonic! · 23 Oct 2021 at 06:55

Hey @Cat Drummond

I have a FritzBox mesh network.

It's rock solid most of the times but I do occasionally get the problem you describe.

In my unscientific opinion, this happens after the boxes have updated their firmware automatically.

I then normally need to fettle the mesh settings to make it good again.

In the event of this issue, 2.4 appears to be fine and it's the 5 GHz network that won't get out to the internet.

Cat Drummond · 23 Oct 2021 at 07:55

Thanks !bluetonic!.
Do you have any specific ideas as to what I can do?
For me, I don’t think it’s a firmware issue as it coincided with me adding boxes to the system.
But not having wifi is driving me slightly nuts!
In addition, unsure on the 5 ghz vs 2.4 thing for my setup as I’ve got up this morning and I can’t even log my phone into the box itself via its IP address (which I don’t think should need internet, should it)?

!bluetonic! · 23 Oct 2021 at 16:52

@Cat Drummond Yes, you don't need the internet to connect to the Fritzbox, but if you haven't been given an IP address from its DHCP server, then you wouldn't be able to connect.