Digging deeper into the settings, you’ll find a separate control panel for managing satellite devices including AVM Fritz! Repeaters, which can form a mesh network, as well as a USB/Storage menu, which allows you to manage the contents of and connections to a NAS drive. You can also tinker with Wi-Fi channels, which is handy if you’re living somewhere where there’s a lot of interference from other people’s networking devices.

Private Internet Access (PIA) is a US-based VPN provider well known for its high-quality and customizable VPN apps for all platforms. With PIA you get a service with a kill switch, DNS leak protection, obfuscation. OpenVPN encryption, port forwarding, and split tunneling. In addition, this VPN gives users a lot of customizability over the level of encryption that is available, allowing users to either strengthen the encryption or weaken it to get faster speeds. AVM also has a side line in Fritz!-branded smart home devices including smart plugs, and smart radiator thermostats. While these aren’t as well known in the UK as brands like Honeywell and Hive, if you’re keen on being able to control your heating and cut down on bills, there’s the option to do that and control everything via your router. Apps As Fritz!Box VPN services cannot be loaded directly onto your router or modem, we have listed services that offer apps and software for the following devices:Ports: 1x Gigabit WAN, 4x Gigabit Ethernet LAN, 2x USB 3.0,VDSL/ADSL2+ Modem (Annex B), 2x Analogue Phone, 1x Analog or ISDN landline That’s a general overview of what the 7590 AX offers, but it has some subtle enhancements regarding the telephone functionality. In use

The Upstairs test is taken one storey up and roughly 15 metres away from the router, while the Garden test is approximately 20 metres away, with two closed doors and two load-bearing walls between the router and the clients. Results below are averages, rounded up: Wi-Fi 5 test

Once you realise what has happened, it's easy enough to reconnect to the 7590 AX, but some hint that this might happen is needed. The price is admittedly high, though once you factor in all the extra hardware, you might need to bring a cheap 2400AC class router up to the specification of the 7590 AX, then it isn’t excessive. Here's how the FRITZ!Box 7590 performed in our suit of benchmark tests. All tests performed in a three-floor terrace surrounded by generally busy Wi-Fi channels, on a 200+Mbps connection: