FRITZ!Box 4060 – (almost) complete even without modem
In the age of fiber-optic connections, it is only logical to launch a router without a DSL and cable modem. It is also the first AVM router with the latest tri-band technology, which is why I prefer it to the FRITZ!Box 7590 AX in the end, even if it hurts a bit. But I will come to that in a moment. Wi-Fi 6 and three different WLANs are important – one each on 2.4 GHz as well as one each in the lower and one in the middle channels of the 5 GHz band. This is perfect in such a large wireless network with many devices like mine, as everything is distributed much better. The third frequency of the router can alternatively be used as an exclusive connection to a tri-band repeater such as the two FRITZ! 6000, but I’ll get to that in a moment.
Router, power supply, manual and documentation, as well as a simple short Ethernet cable are included as accessories, and I’m glad that AVM has finally buried the era of ribbon cables again. Everything comes neatly packaged to the customer, and if AVM had done away with the terribly sensitive piano lacquer look (clean that!), the foil stickers would have been superfluous as well. Sustainability can also have benefits along with easier cleaning and use.
For Internet access, the router requires an external modem or a corresponding modem router. The WAN port for this connection supports 2.5 GBit/s, which even caused me to finally see peaks beyond the 1 GBit/s limit. The FRITZ!Box 4060 can also serve as a base station for up to six wireless DECT phones, but the connection of analog phones has unfortunately been omitted. This is annoying in that you can no longer directly use expensive office equipment like my large laser fax printer.
And if we’re being honest, the fax function via the box’s web interface is so rudimentary that you’d only want to use it in emergencies. I see a real need to catch up here. My solution consists of a China import in the form of a DECT adapter, which can again simulate a TAE socket and can be registered normally. This is pointless effort and also requires another plug-in power supply. Unfortunately, there is no wall mount either, which is a pity.
And where are the theoretically achievable gross rates? Thanks to Wi-Fi 6, the router manages up to 6 GBit/s gross, because it can use four data streams each. If you add up the transfer rates in the tri-band, then this sum results from the up to 1.2 GBit/s at 2.4 GHz. It is a pity that the router only uses 80 MHz channels, because many of my clients could also use a 160 MHz channel for transmission, which would also allow transfer rates of up to 2.4 GBit/s to be achieved. Add to that the maximum 2.4 GBit/s in both 5 GHz WLANs, which adds up to 6000. Current Wi-Fi-6 clients currently only use a maximum of two data streams anyway, which also means the loss of the lower 5-GH-z WLAN when operating with the FRITZ!Repeater 6000 puts it into perspective, because this WLAN is slow anyway when it is busy.
The FRITZ!Box 4060 uses the well-known band steering and distributes the connected clients to the best transmission frequency for them. This actually worked almost perfectly in practice, except for a few cases where the client moved very far through several rooms. The mesh will probably also have “helped” a little. As long as the stream was running, you could move away from the router and watch the transfer rate decrease. When the router was approached again, it took quite some time for the rates to return to the initial level. Without mesh, the effect was then almost gone. But you don’t run around the lab all day with a 4K camera in a live stream.
However, the power consumption is a sore point in times of rising prices. The log over several days shows an average of 12.4 watts with peaks of up to 15.8 watts. This is almost as much as the (complete) FRITZ!Box 7590 is required. With an additional switch and DECT converter, we will then be up to 20 watts above the old router, because the external devices always and permanently draw power.
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