With mobile phones becoming more intelligent, networked, and cloud data-driven, routers have expanded from the original single board bridging data function to a variety of functions, and even have the trend of serving as the master control center of smart home. Well, don't go too far. This experience is Lenovo's newifi mini gigabit router. Let's talk about this product.

[Unpacking]

Newifi mini's packing box is packed with the most popular retro kraft paper at present, and Lenovo and Baidu's LOGO are on the front and bottom, indicating that it is jointly produced by the two companies; The logo and logo of newifi mini are on the side; The specific parameters of the router are listed on the back. For example, two wireless frequencies, 2.4GHz and 5GHz, are supported. The maximum wireless transmission rate in the 2.4GHz band is 300Mbps, and the maximum wireless transmission rate in the 5GHz band is 867Mbps. The overall design of the packing box is very brief.

After opening the package, the attention of the factory to the details can be reflected. The inside of the black box echoes the black body. The fixed lining material of the accessories inside the package is hard, and the details are good. Attention to these places is not due to tail obsessive-compulsive disorder, but a product I experienced a while ago. There are signs of other products on the back of the inner lining of the packaging box. After all, packaging can also experience the quality of products on the side.

Appearance

The overall appearance of Newifi mini is regular and compact. From the front, the small box is 13 cm long and 12.1 cm wide. The corners are arc shaped, and the panel is fingerprint proof, which makes it bright. Each indicator light is placed on the left side of the front, with LOGO on the lower right corner; Seen from the side, it is similar to the three-layer design, which makes the panel appear to be suspended. In fact, the tail thinks that the groove in the middle is designed for heat dissipation. The heat dissipation holes can be seen in the grooves on both sides, and the overall thickness is well controlled, only 2.66 cm.

Seen from the back, the annular cooling holes account for three fourths of the area. The newifi mini has been running continuously for ten days. Touch the back with your hand, only the feeling of temperature, temperature control and heat dissipation are effective. From the interface, in addition to the reset key and power interface, the newifi mini has one 10/100M adaptive WAN interface, two 10/100M adaptive LAN interfaces, and one USB 2.0 interface, which can be connected to an external U disk or a mobile hard disk for storage. The tail is connected to the network set-top box and desktop computer. It can only be said that the LAN port in the home is only enough. After all, it is the mini version.

【APP】

Since it is called intelligent new route, there must be a dedicated APP for interactive operation, which is also an important difference from ordinary routers. The functions of APP are still secondary, and its interactive experience is the most critical. After all, no matter how many functions there are, it will always feel uncomfortable to use, which is meaningless.

In addition to the traditional computer configuration for Internet access, Newifi mini can directly connect the initial wifi of the router with a mobile phone, and then configure the router through the same simple steps on the APP. As for APP download, the manual has a QR code (a little smaller), which can also be obtained from the mobile phone market or downloaded from the official website.

There are rich plug-ins on APP. At present, there are 12. For example, Baidu Cloud files and photo album backups make full use of the convenience of cloud data and can synchronize file files to Baidu Cloud disk. For another example, LAN file sharing and multimedia servers can easily check the audio and video data stored on the router with computers and mobile phones; In addition, iQIYI video acceleration and Xunlei remote download can be remotely operated and downloaded by means of downloading special client, binding account and so on, and can be available at home at one point. In addition, automatic disk hibernation, router scheduled restart, wifi timing switch, wifi signal strength setting, panel light control, etc., all make the operation of the router more intelligent and convenient. Among them, the WiFi timing switch and signal strength setting tail are the favorite, which solves the worry that WiFi will affect health when sleeping.

Signal

The quality of wireless signal is the main business of intelligent wireless router. It is reported that Newifi mini uses the MT7612E chip with wide signal and small radiation. How do you feel? The tail directly tests the signal strength in every corner of the home. Generally, the signal to noise ratio of the wifi signal received by the mobile phone is above - 70dBm, and the signal is OK. Taking a 135 square meter three bedroom two hall house as an example, Newifi mini was placed at position (1) of the study and tested different signal conditions at positions 1-6. The wooden doors of all rooms are closed, and the glass sliding doors of functional partitions are half open. The connection is in the 2.4GHz band, and the 5GHz band is slightly inferior to the 2.4GHz band wifi in actual use.

(1) In the study, Newifi mini is placed on the desk inside. The signals are as follows:

(2) The direct distance between the entrance door of the living room and a wall is as follows:

(3) In the kitchen, the glass sliding door is separated from the wall and the kitchen, and the signal is as follows:

(4) Inside the toilet, there is a glass sliding door separated from the wall and two doors. The signal is as follows:

(5) In the auxiliary bedroom, following the wall and two doors, the signal is as follows:

(6) In the master bedroom, a wall is vertically separated, and the signal is as follows:

From the above tests and actual experiences in different locations, the signals of Newifi mini are enough for families. The tail also used Lu Xiaopang to give Newifi mini a score. The score is purely entertainment. After all, this software is not recognized like Anthare.

Summary

To sum up, as a router that costs 99 yuan, only 20 or 30 yuan more than an ordinary router, its own configuration omits the tedious operations of traditional routers in terms of daily use, because various plug-ins have many unique, intelligent and convenient experiences, and signal stability has also performed well in the main business, which is worth recommending.