FRITZ!Box Tools for Home Assistant (built-in integration)

About

FRITZ!Box Tools is a built-in integration that connects Home Assistant to a FRITZ!Box router over the local network. It adds binary sensors, buttons, device presence tracking, images, sensors, switches and update entities. Sensors cover connection uptime, CPU temperature, external addresses, data transferred, and link throughput and attenuation, while switches handle internet access, guest Wi-Fi and the main Wi-Fi bands. Buttons can reconnect the router, send Wake on LAN packets, and clean up devices or start a firmware update, though the last two are marked deprecated. Actions let the router dial a phone number or set a new guest Wi-Fi password. Home Assistant can discover the router on the network, and it is set up in the UI with host, credentials and optional SSL. An option sets how many seconds a device counts as at home, with a default of 180.

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Supports

Works locally Talks to your devices on your own network. No vendor cloud in between.
Set up in the UI Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
Found by itself Home Assistant spots it on the network and offers to add it.
Adds new devices New devices show up without setting it up again.
Cleans up devices Devices that are gone are removed by themselves.
Change settings later Its connection settings can change without removing it.
Gold quality Home Assistant's own rating of its code and setup experience.
Updated with Home Assistant Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

Provides

Switches
Sensors
Presence

Setting it up

Home Assistant usually finds it on the network and offers to add it. It can also be added by hand under Settings, Devices and services.

Set up FRITZ!Box Tools

Enable network device trackingEnable or disable the network device tracking feature.
HostThe hostname or IP address of your FRITZ!Box router.
PasswordPassword for the FRITZ!Box.
PortLeave empty to use the default port.
Uses an SSL certificateUse SSL to connect to the FRITZ!Box.
UsernameUsername for the FRITZ!Box. FRITZ!Powerline devices ignore this information and accept any value.

Set up FRITZ!Box Tools

Enable network device trackingEnable or disable the network device tracking feature.
PasswordPassword for the FRITZ!Box.
Uses an SSL certificateUse SSL to connect to the FRITZ!Box.
UsernameUsername for the FRITZ!Box. FRITZ!Powerline devices ignore this information and accept any value.

FRITZ!Box Tools - Update credentials

PasswordPassword for the FRITZ!Box.
UsernameUsername for the FRITZ!Box. FRITZ!Powerline devices ignore this information and accept any value.

FRITZ!Box Tools - Update configuration

HostThe hostname or IP address of your FRITZ!Box router.
PortLeave empty to use the default port.
Uses an SSL certificateUse SSL to connect to the FRITZ!Box.

After setup

Seconds to consider a device at 'home'Time in seconds to consider a device at home. Default is 180 seconds.
Enable network device trackingEnable or disable the network device tracking feature.
Enable old discovery methodEnable old discovery method. This is needed for some scenarios.

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, Apache License 2.0.

Entities

Binary sensorsConnection, Link
ButtonsCleanup, Firmware update, Reconnect, Wake on LAN
SensorsConnection uptime, CPU temperature, External IP, External IPv6, GB received, GB sent, Download throughput, Upload throughput, Link download power attenuation, Link upload power attenuation, Link download throughput, Link upload throughput, and 4 more
SwitchesInternet access, Wi-Fi Guest, Wi-Fi Main 2.4GHz, Wi-Fi Main 5GHz, Wi-Fi Main 5GHz High / 6GHz

Actions

Dial a phone numberMakes the FRITZ!Box dial a phone number.Fields: FRITZ!Box device, Maximum ring duration, Phone number
Set guest Wi-Fi passwordSets a new password for the guest Wi-Fi. The password must be between 8 and 63 characters long. If no additional parameter is set, the password will be auto-generated with a length of 12 characters.Fields: FRITZ!Box device, Password length, Password

Troubleshooting

DiagnosticsDownloads a diagnostics file to attach to a bug report.
Repair noticesNotices it can show in Settings, Repairs:'Cleanup' button is deprecated, 'Firmware update' button is deprecated