Not sure why WordPress.com failed to post this on 20140525, so I put it in the scheduler again. In the end I got a Fritz!Box 7490 and though the
In 2013, [Wayback] Fritz!Box replaced the 7390 top model with the 7490 and I [Wayback] might get get soon when ADSL (which still has a Fritz!Box 7240 attached) is upgraded to fiber.
So here are some differences partially from the English FRITZ!Box and German FRITZ!Box Wikipedia page between the [Wayback] Fritz!Box 7390 and [Wayback] Fritz!Box 7490, partially from the below video:
- 7490 is bigger than 7390 (wider, taller and thicker)
- 7490 has a lot more air vents than the 7390 both at the front and back
- 7490 has USB3 whereas the 7390 has USB2
- 7490 has much faster WiFi performance using 802.11ac up to 1300/450mbit (on 5/2.4 Ghz)
- 7490 page has a [Wayback] dead datasheet link; but following the pattern to the 7390 datasheet at [Wayback] http://www.fritzbox.eu/Datenblaetter/AVM_FRITZBox_7390_en.pdf, the 7490 datasheet is at [Wayback] http://www.fritzbox.eu/Datenblaetter/AVM_FRITZBox_7490_en.pdf.
- 7490 specs indicate it uses at least 1 WATT more power than the 7390
About cooling: according to the video both run the same temperature, either because the air cooling of the 7490 is better. I’m wondering if that is the same when running inside a closet.
[Wayback/Archive.is] HardwareInfo.nl has a Fritz!Box 7490 review that indicates 802.11ac and USB3 might not be as fast as you’d hope.
Reading the [Wayback/Archive.is] Amazon.de 7490 reviews, I might just ask xs4all to get me a 7390, not a 7490.
–jeroen
via: Vergleich AVM FRITZ!Box 7490 und FRITZ!Box 7390 – YouTube.
PS: I need to research [Wayback] USB over LAN in more detail, especially the [Wayback] open source project USB IP.
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