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title: AVM FRITZ!Box Tools
description: Instructions on how to integrate AVM FRITZ!Box routers into Home Assistant.
title: FRITZ!Box Tools
description: Instructions on how to integrate FRITZ!Box routers into Home Assistant.
ha_category:
- Binary sensor
- Image
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title: Enabling or disabling entities
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The AVM FRITZ!Box Tools integration allows you to control your [AVM FRITZ!Box](https://en.avm.de/products/fritzbox/) router and have presence detection for connected network devices.
The FRITZ!Box Tools integration allows you to control your [FRITZ!Box](https://en.fritz.com/products/fritzbox/) router (by FRITZ!, formerly AVM) and have presence detection for connected network devices.

There is support for the following platform types within Home Assistant:

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### Port forward switches

Due to security reasons, AVM implemented the ability to enable/disable a port forward rule only from the host involved in the rule. As a result, this integration will create entities only for rules that have your Home Assistant host as a destination.
Due to security reasons, FRITZ! implemented the ability to enable/disable a port forward rule only from the host involved in the rule. As a result, this integration will create entities only for rules that have your Home Assistant host as a destination.

**Note 1**: On your FRITZ!Box under **Internet** > **Permit Access**, enable the setting `Permit independent port sharing for this device` for the device which runs HA.

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Check if one of the following cases applies:

- You see a device as still present, even if it is offline or disconnected for more than the configured [consider home](#consider-home) seconds.
- You're using additional network equipment like a network switch or Wi-Fi access point other than an AVM Fritz!Repeater or other AVM components, but not configured as a [mesh](https://en.avm.de/service/knowledge-base/dok/FRITZ-Box-7590/3329_Mesh-with-FRITZ/) in your home network.
- You're using additional network equipment like a network switch or Wi-Fi access point other than a Fritz!Repeater or other FRITZ! components, but not configured as a [mesh](https://en.fritz.com//service/knowledge-base/dok/FRITZ-Box-7590/3329_Mesh-with-FRITZ/) in your home network.

If one of the above cases applies to your setup, try [enabling the old discovery method](#enable-old-discovery-method) in the [integration options](#integration-options). This might resolve the issue.

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