# AVM Fritz!Box

15 Hacker News commenters recommended AVM Fritz!Box and 8 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 6 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Popular home router and modem, easy to configure through its web interface and well supported with updates. Caveat: no VLANs or extra SSIDs for advanced users.

## Why people recommend it

- Easy web interface configuration (3 comments): "Perfect router/modem for consumers (not too complicated), can be configured through a web interface" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48433324)) "Easy interface. Good enough hardware. Stable modems." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46559767)) "The web UI is kind of nice, actually." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46560929))
- Solid hardware and stable modem (4 comments): "Fritzboxes have distinguished themselves by being about the best device you can hope to get from an ISP." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46559833)) "I am happy enough with a FritzBox (maybe also because of the included modem, so less devices)" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50067796)) "Rock solid and has a lot more bells and whistles than I expected" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50102758))
- Long firmware and security support (2 comments): "They support the hardware for ages." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46561982)) "quite good at security maintenance" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45873202))
- Many features for home use (3 comments): "It can traffic-shape, forward ports, configure fixed IP addresses and DNS names" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46561856)) "Rock solid and has a lot more bells and whistles than I expected" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50102758)) "controls UPnP access with per-device controls" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46559300))

## What people warn about

- Limited advanced and VPN features (2 comments): "their routers limited capability of establishing and routing IPsec VPN" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45796914)) "miss a the advanced features Unifi supports" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46159423))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [MikroTik router](https://hackerapproved.com/p/mikrotik-router.md): 59 recommend
- [GL.iNet travel router](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gl-inet-travel-router.md): 54 recommend
- [Ubiquiti UniFi Travel Router](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unifi-travel-router.md): 35 recommend
- [OpenWrt One](https://hackerapproved.com/p/openwrt-one.md): 34 recommend
- [Ubiquiti UniFi 5G](https://hackerapproved.com/p/unifi-5g.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=AVM+FRITZ%21Box+router&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Official site](https://fritz.com/en/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "AVM Fritz!Box", https://hackerapproved.com/p/avm-fritz-box/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).