Specifications

Saving Energy with the FRITZ!Box

13 Saving Energy with the FRITZ!Box

The FRITZ!Box combines a variety of devices in one device: VDSL and

ADSL modem, WLAN router and media server. This means that you

generally use much less power with the FRITZ!Box than you would

with several separate devices.

What is more, the FRITZ!Box saves energy by reducing processing

power on standby and lowering the power consumption of idle func-

tions. The FRITZ!Box also offers various settings for energy-saving op-

eration.

13.1 Saving Energy with the WLAN Radio Network

You can reduce the power consumption of the WLAN radio

network by

• setting up night service for the WLAN radio network (see

page 45).

• turning off the WLAN radio network with the “WLAN” but-

ton whenever no more WLAN devices are registered on

the FRITZ!Box.

• enabling the setting “Automatically reduce transmitter

power to the level actually needed”. This setting is con-

figured in the “WLAN / Radio Channel” menu on the

FRITZ!Box user interface.

13.2 Enabling Energy-saving Mode for USB Hard Drives

In the FRITZ!Box you can enable an energy-saving function for

USB hard drives connected to the FRITZ!Box.

When the energy-saving function is enabled, connected USB

hard drives will be switched off when they are idle—as long

as the hard drives support the energy-saving function.

Enable the energy-saving function in the “Home Network /

USB Devices” menu in the FRITZ!Box user interface. You can

also test here, wether your USB hard disk supports the ener-

gy-saving function.

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