(Image credit: https://avm.de/presse/pressefotos/?q=7490)
The script allows you to control/check your FritzBox from the terminal with a shell script. It is planned to add more functions in the future. The shell script uses cURL to create an SOAP request based on the TR-064 protocol to talk to the AVM Fritz!Box and AVM Fritz!Repeater.
Please raise an issue with your function you would like to add.
This package (before the fork) was tested on
- OK: Fritz!Box 7490, with firmware version
6.93 - NOK: Fritz!Box 7490, with firmware version
06.98-53696 BETA- Status check not working anymore. NewStatus field not updated. Stays "Disabled".
- OK: Fritz!Repeater 310, with firmware version
6.92
After the fork, it has solely been tested on
- FRITZ!Box 6490 Cable (kdg) with firmware version
06.87- DSL not working
- WAN partly working (rates are always 0)
- WANDSLLINK not working
- FRITZ!WLAN Repeater DVB-C with firmware version
06.92- everything concerning Wifi works as expected
- nothing else works (also as expected because - it is no Fritz!Box)
- no information pertaining DVB-C is provided via TR064
If you want to check out if your AVM device actually works with this script, you can do so by
executing fritzBoxShellTest.sh. It orints for (almost) every Service/Action pair if they
delivered data when called.
Authentication is handled exactly as described for fritzBoxShell.sh.
The result is a list written to the console containing the names of the checked service and actions followed by the resuklt of the check. Finally, the device type and firmware version are printed (of course only if this functionality was accessible!).
As an example - the result for my Fritz!Box:
WLAN_2G STATISTICS43 is working!
WLAN_2G STATE6 is working!
WLAN_5G STATISTICS43 is working!
WLAN_2G STATE6 is working!
WLAN STATE12 is working!
LAN STATE8 is working!
DSL STATE0 is not working!
WAN STATE16 is working!
LINK STATE0 is not working!
IGDWAN STATE28 is working!
IGDDSL STATE15 is working!
IGDIP STATE48 is working!
NewModelName FRITZ!Box 6490 Cable (kdg)
NewSoftwareVersion 141.07.12
Update on 2020/01/16:
WLAN_2G STATISTICS is working!
WLAN_2G STATE is working!
WLAN_5G STATISTICS is working!
WLAN_2G STATE is working!
WLAN STATE is working!
LAN STATE is working!
DSL STATE is not working!
WAN STATE is working!
LINK STATE is working!
IGDWAN STATE is working!
IGDDSL STATE is working!
IGDIP STATE is working!
NewModelName FRITZ!Box 7590
NewSoftwareVersion 154.07.12
Update on 2020/09/06:
WLAN_2G STATISTICS is working!
WLAN_2G STATE is working!
WLAN_5G STATISTICS is working!
WLAN_2G STATE is working!
WLAN STATE is working!
LAN STATE is working!
DSL STATE is not working!
WAN STATE is working!
LINK STATE is not working!
IGDWAN STATE is working!
IGDDSL STATE is working!
IGDIP STATE is working!
NewModelName FRITZ!Box 6591 Cable
NewSoftwareVersion 161.07.21
Update on 2023/09/27:
WLAN_2G STATISTICS51 is working!
WLAN_2G STATE8 is working!
WLAN_5G STATISTICS51 is working!
WLAN_2G STATE8 is working!
WLAN STATE14 is working!
LAN STATE10 is working!
DSL STATE2 is working!
WAN STATE26 is working!
LINK STATE2 is working!
IGDWAN STATE34 is working!
IGDDSL STATE13 is working!
IGDIP STATE50 is working!
NewModelName FRITZ!Box 6660 Cable
NewSoftwareVersion 252.07.57
Here you can find more information on TR-064 protocol and the available actions in your Fritz!Box or Fritz!Repeater.
- http://fritz.box:49000/tr64desc.xml
- http://fritz.repeater:49000/tr64desc.xml
- https://wiki.fhem.de/wiki/FRITZBOX#TR-064
- https://avm.de/service/schnittstellen/
cURL needs to be installed on your machine.
sudo apt-get install curl
Copy the fritzBoxShell.sh to your desired location (In my personal use case, I put it on a Raspberry Pi) and apply following permissions for the file:
chmod 755 fritzBoxShell.sh
The file fritzBoxShellConfig.sh contains all Information pertaining to endpoints and credentials. You can choose to adjust it or you can choose to give this information as environment variables at the start of the script. If you choose to use environment variables, you need not comment or delete anything in fritzBoxShellConfig.sh - environment variables alway take precedence over the contents of fritzBoxShellConfig.sh.
Calling fritzBoxShell.sh using environment variables could look like this:
BoxUSER=YourUser BoxPW=YourPassword ./fritzBoxShell.sh <ACTION> <PARAMETER>
Just start the script and add the action and parameters:
./fritzBoxShell.sh <ACTION> <PARAMETER>
Example (Deactivates the 5Ghz on your FritzBox):
./fritzBoxShell.sh WLAN_5G 0
| Action | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| WLAN_2G | 0 or 1 or STATE | Switching ON, OFF or checking the state of the 2,4 Ghz WiFi |
| WLAN_2G | STATISTICS | Statistics for the 2,4 Ghz WiFi easily digestible by telegraf |
| WLAN_5G | 0 or 1 or STATE | Switching ON, OFF or checking the state of the 5 Ghz WiFi |
| WLAN_5G | STATISTICS | Statistics for the 5 Ghz WiFi easily digestible by telegraf |
| WLAN | 0 or 1 or STATE | Switching ON, OFF or checking the state of the 2,4Ghz and 5 Ghz WiFi |
| LAN | STATE | Statistics for the LAN easily digestible by telegraf |
| DSL | STATE | Statistics for the DSL easily digestible by telegraf |
| WAN | STATE | Statistics for the WAN easily digestible by telegraf |
| LINK | STATE | Statistics for the WAN DSL LINK easily digestible by telegraf |
| IGDWAN | STATE | Statistics for the WAN LINK easily digestible by telegraf |
| IGDDSL | STATE | Statistics for the DSL LINK easily digestible by telegraf |
| IGDIP | STATE | Statistics for the DSL IP easily digestible by telegraf |
| REPEATER | 0 | Switching OFF the WiFi of the Repeater |
| REBOOT | Box or Repeater | Rebooting your Fritz!Box or Fritz!Repeater |
- Script will only work if device from where the script is called is in the same network (same WiFi, LAN or VPN connection)
- Not possible to switch ON the Fritz!Repeater after it has been switched OFF. This only works on Fritz!Box if still 2,4Ghz or 5Ghz is active or VPN connection to Fritz!Box is established
Currently I'm using the script (located on my RaspberryPi which is always connected to my router via ethernet) combined with Workflow (https://itunes.apple.com/de/app/workflow/id915249334?mt=8) on my iPhone/iPad. Workflow offers the possibility to send SSH commands directly to your raspberry or to any other SSH capable device. After creating the workflow itself, I have added them to the Today Widget view for faster access.
Suppose, you want to visualize the overall Download Rate of your FritzBox: The way to go here is to use the Action IGDWAN with parameter STATE. It gives (for example) this output:
NewByteSendRate 265
NewByteReceiveRate 17
NewPacketSendRate 0
NewPacketReceiveRate 0
NewTotalBytesSent 0
NewTotalBytesReceived 0
NewAutoDisconnectTime 0
NewIdleDisconnectTime 0
NewDNSServer1 83.169.186.33
NewDNSServer2 83.169.186.97
NewVoipDNSServer1 83.169.186.33
NewVoipDNSServer2 83.169.186.97
NewUpnpControlEnabled 0
NewRoutedBridgedModeBoth 1
The important line here is the one with NewByteReceiveRate in it. If we augment the script execution with some pipe magic, we get exactly
the Download Rate value:
BoxUSER=YourUser BoxPW=YourPassword /opt/telegraf/FritzBoxShell/fritzBoxShell.sh IGDWAN STATE|grep NewByteReceiveRate|cut -d ' ' -f 2
Now - how to get this measurement into Telegraf? Well, Telegraf has an exec input that allows us to inject one measurement with a specific value. It looks like this:
[[inputs.exec]]
commands = ["<some command>"]
name_override = "fritzbox_byte_receive_rate"
data_format = "value"
data_type = "integer"
Now for the ugly truth: we can not use the command shown earlier for where it says some command - we must instead use some simple bash logic:
[[inputs.exec]]
commands = ["/bin/bash -c \"BoxUSER=YourUser BoxPW=YourPassword /opt/telegraf/FritzBoxShell/fritzBoxShell.sh IGDWAN STATE|grep NewByteReceiveRate|cut -d ' ' -f 2\"" ]
name_override = "fritzbox_byte_receive_rate"
data_format = "value"
data_type = "integer"
Data with huge absolute values probably dont fit into type integer - in this case, long is the way to go...