I don’t have one of these boxes any longer, I got rid of it for a couple of reasons and I’ll get to those later.
Since I rid myself of my Fritz! Box I’ve learnt that a new firmware update is out so I’ve no idea what’s new, what may have been changed within the Interface and so on. Regarding Media Servers? The Fritz! Box is far from the only device on Planet Earth to have this ability, most modern Routers and even some NAS storage devices have built-in Media Servers, Windows 7 itself even has one. There are various pieces of software and hardware devices that can interact and control a media server, the best way I’ve found to control a Media Server is with XBMC Media Center. So why did I get rid of the Fritz! Box? Firstly I’d like to say that - for an all in one device - the Fritz! Box offers an excellent value for money choice and certainly the Box is feature packed and has a very user friendly Interface however it does have some glaring faults. The ADSL modem built into the box isn’t as good as it could be but this problem can easily be fixed by spending say £10.00 on a Tplink modem, hooking this up to LAN port 1 on the Fritz! Box, setting LAN1 to a WAN port, use the Fritz! Box as your PPOOE connection, bridge the TPlink ADSL Modem and connect that way, my speeds for upload/download have increased dramatically from around 13 megabyte to 17. megabyte. The bigger problem for me with the Fritz! Box was the terrible Wi-Fi service offered from the box, perhaps some of the glaring omissions in the feature set of the Wi-Fi facility have been fixed but - even if they have - the transmission power of the Radios was very weak so time to consider a new router which I did, I bought an Asus RTn56U which has all the features of the Fritz! Box - Minus the VOIP - and much much more. The RTN56U can handle up to 300,000 data operations per second, has a far more configurable Wi-Fi network - 2 very flexible Wi-Fi networks as it happens - and far greater range for Wi-Fi. Of course I did have my Fritz! Box connected to the RTN56U for some time for the excellent VOIP facilities the Box offers but I found a VOIP replacement which suits my situation better than the Box did. On 22 Dec 2013, at 11:32 pm, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all > I know that Dane at least has, or had one of these the last I heard. But > Does anybody else haffen to have one? If not, perhaps Dane would be able to > remind me of a coueaple out things, at the endulgence of others on list. > I'm aware that the FritzffBox has an in-built media server. Where can I find > more details as to exactly how it works? What about a print server, is that > supported as well? > While I'm off work, I'm hoping to be able to find the time to think about > setting something uf so that we can utilise our networks more efficiently. > I'm hoping to get this configured so that even when Both Lynne and myself are > at work, we can still access the servers if, for instance, we need to print > out content for our personal use, access audio and maybe video material, that > kind of thing. Our FritzffBox is configured so that it is a part of one of > our networks without using the in-built mobem, as we do not use ADSL as such. > Our networks are on SCSL rather than ADSL, so using the modem side is not an > option. > One thing I'd really like to be able to do if it is possible, and this is my > primary reason for asking about the print server, is to put my Index Braille > embosser which I now have working again, on to the back of the print server, > and thereby be able to produce translated documents from adywhere, and have > them embossed remotely. I do also have a Viewplus EkBraille emboiser, that > is true. But although it is quite portable, it has one major disadvantage to > my Index, it is ncapable of producing interpoint Braille. Nor is it capable > of handling stacked cut sheet paper. If you want to have it produce Braille > using continuous paper feed, you need to use tractor-feed paper. > All be it that my Index is now almost 15 years old, it is still very much in > usable condition. It makes sense, therefore, to use it if possible. Hence > my interest in setting up a print server and a media server. > Anyway, I'm waffling. Any info very much appreciated, on or off list. > Kind regards, and season's greetings to all > Gordon Smith > Information Technology Accessibility Consultant > Providing Support For Young People Living With Sight Loss: Advice On > Accessible Information Technologies, And Braille Transcription Services. > > ======================================= > > The Techno-Chat E-Mail forum is guaranteed malware, spyware, Trojan, virus > and worm-free > > To modify your subscription options, please visit for forum's dedicated web > pages located at > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/techno-chat > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Techno-Chat group at > either of the following websites: > > http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/techno-chat/index.html > > Or: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> > you may also subscribe to this list via RSS. 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