With the advent of the smart era, people have more and more smart devices in their hands, and the quality of wireless networks has become more and more valued by users. As a result, wireless routers, which are one of the key factors in determining network quality, have become an object of concern. Today we have selected four smart routers that are representative of the 2015 market: newifi new route 2, 360 security route P1, polar route 3, new millet routers.
Appearance
The new route 2 is simple and fresh in design, and is equipped with a white panel to make the whole machine even more elegant. It also echoes with the hue of the home environment to form an organic whole. The flat-panel antenna design that breaks the traditional antenna form makes the product more integrated, and the usage of the antenna on the front of the fuselage and some Tips are also quite intimate.
360 security routing P1 looks like Apple Magic Trackpad touchpad, mini-millet route, so "crash" is a bit embarrassed evaluation. Just plain white sanded carton packs are relatively simple. Surprisingly, there are rubber anti-slip feet on the back of the machine, but there is no front, which makes it easy to shake when placed. What is surprising is that the common USB interface on the 360 ​​security routing P1 is actually canceled. Is it too "confident"?
Pole routing 3 is slightly different, using a golden metal appearance, at first glance slightly graded, relatively sleek shuttle fuselage is also considered good.
The new millet router does not bring much surprise in appearance, the biggest feeling may be heavy, saying that there is a hard drive inside, have to find a location at home.
Configuration articles
Newifi new routing 2 uses MediaTek's MT7621A dual-core CPU solution, the highest single-core frequency up to 880 MHz, equipped with the highest specifications of the market at the time of 256 MB DDR3 running memory, and 32M Flash + 8G C10 TF card, this configuration is not luxury Also known as the conscience, in addition newifi new routing 2 provides Gigabit wired interface and 1200Mbps wireless transmission rate, 1 Wan, 2 LAN, 2 USB, external hard drive with external maximum 6T memory support, can be Users provide services such as video and photo storage. In terms of frequency bands, newifi's new route 2 can support 1200AC dual-band 2.4GHz and 5GHz WiFi at the same time. Overall, it can be considered as expected. In addition, the antenna design is also a major highlight of the appearance of the new routing. This kind of flat panel design adopts a symmetric balanced array antenna to transmit elliptical wireless signals by means of flat plate lifting, which can effectively improve the wireless signal coverage.
The basic configuration of the new millet router and newifi new routing 2 is somewhat similar, for example, is also 256MB DDR3 running memory, but only a USB 2.0 interface, the interface is also more common 12V round, and most of the network adapter router power adapter interface the same, Only the cooling channels of the whole machine have only left and right vents. They enter and exit and individuals are worried about their heat dissipation capabilities.
Pole routing 3 on the basic configuration is a bit stingy, such as 128MB DDR2 memory, 16MB flash memory, 360 security routing p1 is only 64MB DDR, other configurations did not bring much surprises, of course, the current configuration can meet the daily needs, but People are not too many, there are some users seeking strong configuration, do not know how businesses consider.
System function
The newifi new route 2 internally runs the “Little Cloud Routing OS†customized based on Openwrt. The user of the system is relatively easy to use and the interface design is relatively simple. The user can easily find the function he wants to use. In addition, the plug-in is also rich, not only disk backup, Thunder and other common plug-ins, there are some plug-ins such as FTP, peanut shell, web server and some other high-end users need. Users only need to click, you can install, use very convenient.
Millet routers run MiWiFi ROM, an intelligent router operating system based on OpenWRT's deep customization. The mobile phone can access routers through internal and external networks. It also adds functions such as time switch signals, switches, and Thunder accounts that the computer does not have, but these functions do not Into the web settings interface, the operation is a bit troublesome. Another millet router is using Broadcom BCM94352 wireless network card, wireless connection speed is only 866Mbps, read 40M/S, CPU occupancy rate of 53%, write 30M/S, CPU occupancy rate of 62%, so the results for the love run points millet to It's a bit too much to say.
Pole routing 3 is equipped with a HiWiFi OS operating system. The use of plug-ins is also relatively free, and users can download and manage them on the web and APP. And up to 28 plug-ins, but the practicality of these plug-ins is not high, mostly accelerated, management plug-ins and remote download plug-ins, real practical plug-ins are few.
360 security routing P1 system is still using its own 360sOS, icon-based web pages on the touch screen is optimized, but after such a simplified function is relatively weak, but fortunately the mobile phone client made a completion. The main security of the 360 ​​security routing P1 do a number of firewall settings, as well as flood protection network protection, but WIFI join secret security currently only supports "mobile phone, QQ number, ID number" 3 encryption issues, do not know such encryption is True security or take the form.
Video content
Here focus on talking about millet routing and newifi new route 2. The new millet routing built-in Thunder look and Thunder Theater services, if it is Thunder member, download free and easy, but also through search to find more resources, mobile phone remote router download is also convenient enough.
And newifi new route 2 apparently spent a great deal of effort on watching the video. First of all, there is a recommendation for the most recent update of the video on the mobile phone APP, the following menu bar also pushes "Video", and "File" also shows the remote downloaded movie. Maybe it's their official saying: born for video. The most important thing is that they also cooperate with Sohu Video. Users can only use Sohu Video for life free VIP members for more than 16 hours a day. With the support of large-capacity, remote download and other functions, the advantages of video content are even greater. obvious.
to sum up
In general newifi new routing 2 hardware configuration superior, elegant appearance, features more practical, rich plug-ins, video features, 5G brings high-speed experience is also very good, plus 299 yuan in the price, in the same category or Quite competitive, it is also considered a consumer-grade smart router that is more suitable for home and small office environments.
Although the new millet router has a strong Broadcom CPU, there is still a gap between the signal strength and basic NAT forwarding performance and similar products. Of course, his hard disk read and write speed is still a topic.
The appearance of Pole Route 3 can really add color to itself, but the biggest regret is that the plug-in function does not progress much, and the stability needs to be improved.
The advantage of the 360 ​​security route P1 is the signal is relatively good, but also easier to use, in addition the price is pretty good, but unfortunately the scalability of the 360 ​​route is not as good as other intelligent routing, there are also vases on the security protection for the show suspect.
Of course, when we make consumer choices, we also need to choose according to actual needs, because as soon as possible routers are small, but it affects the Internet experience at all times.