With the rapid popularization of a variety of intelligent hardware products relying on the network, such as mobile phones, tablets, TV boxes, etc., consumers' demand for the network has become more and more intense and even thirsty. In addition, the Internet of Things, smart home and other concepts that have been popular in recent years are gradually integrated into people's daily life, and the position of wireless routers as the nerve center of home networks is increasingly prominent. In addition to signal quality and stability, ease of use and scalability have also become important indicators to measure whether a wireless router is easy to use.

In response to the new demand hotspots of consumers, many old or emerging router enterprises have launched smart router products in due time. These products usually have independent operating systems, and users can install various applications, control bandwidth, online number, browse web pages, control online time, and have powerful USB sharing functions, Realize the intelligent management of network and equipment. As soon as it was listed, it was favored by consumers.

Today, Xiaobian has brought you the latest intelligent router product - New Route 2. It is a new generation of intelligent hardware product powered by Tintin Technology and JD+Ecology. Compared with its predecessor products, its appearance has changed greatly, and its hardware configuration has been upgraded comprehensively. The product focuses on video acceleration, while providing offline download, local storage Video sharing and other services. In addition, Ting Ting Technology also cooperates with Sohu Video, and users can continue to enjoy the VIP membership treatment of Sohu Video for free.

So, what is the actual experience of this new route 2? Compared with similar products on the market, what features does it have? Now, let's start the new route 2 experience.

▲ The outer package of New Route 2 is packed in environment-friendly kraft paper box, which has considerable hardness. The outer layer is covered with disposable plastic film, and the front has nothing but the middle brand logo, which is extremely simple; There is a product information sticker with light yellow background on the lower side of the back, which shows its cooperation with JD+. We can see the specific hardware configuration of the new route 2: MTK's MK7621A dual core CPU, with a main frequency of up to 880MHz and a memory of 256MB. The body provides two gigabit LAN ports, one gigabit WAN port and two USB2.0 interfaces. It has a built-in TF card with a capacity of 8GB, and the wireless speed can reach up to 1200Mbps.

▲ Open the box, the upper layer is the main body of New Route 2, which is tightly wrapped by white protective film, and the lower layer is the accessory area, including warranty card, manual, power adapter, etc., which are stacked neatly.

▲ First of all: router, power supply, manual, warranty card. Looking at the white, the white controller said he liked it very much.

▲ The shape of New Route 2 is unique among many router products on the market. It is very simple on the whole. The pearl white color matching looks fresh and clean, and it is easier to integrate with other homes. The overall shape is oblique cut, and the front is pasted with precautions and basic configuration instructions. The product logo is in the middle of the bottom, which is also white. The recognition degree is not high against the background of white.

▲ The antenna design of New Route 2 is absolutely different. It adopts an exclusive external symmetrical balanced dipole antenna, which is like a flat plate as a whole. When in use, it can be opened, and when not in use, it can be placed flat and stored.

Open the antenna cover plate according to the prompt, and you can see that there are five rows of cross shaped cooling holes under the cover plate. The striking red cross on the right is the WPS function key, which can quickly connect other devices.

▲ There is a label of "invalid after tearing" on the left side. Under the label is the built-in 8GTF card socket. More plug-ins can be installed to enrich the routing function. The manufacturer directly provides 8G memory card, which is much more generous than other manufacturers.

▲ The overall shape of the back of the new route 2 is also very strange. The trapezoidal base composed of multiple oblique sections is full of array openings designed for heat dissipation. After all, the heat dissipation directly affects the overall performance of the router; There are three anti slip soft rubber pads on the top and bottom, and the bottom is the product information. Note that the area marked in the yellow box in the following figure is the LED indicator light of the new route. The LED indicator light is designed to be too hidden. Although it is not disturbed by lights at night, it is also difficult to see its working state when it is placed on the front.

▲ There are various ports in the area behind the new route 2, from left to right: power interface, WAN interface, two gigabit LAN interfaces and two USB2.0 interfaces (one of them actually supports USB3.0, but it is not open yet.), and the small hole between the two USB interfaces is the restart button. Dual gigabit LAN interfaces, dual USB interfaces, and the previously mentioned 8GTF card have greatly improved the scalability of the new route 2. You can even use it as a NAS to build your own home private cloud.

▲ The power adapter of New Route 2 has a very delicate appearance. In order to supply power to the dual USB interface, the output current is up to 12V/2A, so the size is much larger than the general adapter.

As a smart router product, New Route 2 not only has the common features of similar products in the market, such as simple settings, mobile APP control management, rich plug-ins and strong playability, but also has its own unique secret skills, such as its main video acceleration function, coupled with the hardware configuration of dual USB interfaces, making it possible to connect a mobile hard disk with a maximum capacity of 12T, Serve as a high-capacity private cloud NAS server, and cooperate with Sohu Video to give free VIP member services, so that users can never get stuck watching online videos, download offline at any time, etc., and become a veritable drama chaser. Now let's experience the powerful functions of new route 2 one by one.

▲ The WiFi setting of New Route 2 is very simple. First, access the newifi signal (the default name is generally "newifi_xxxx") through a mobile phone or computer, enter "newwifi. com" or "192.168.99.1" in the browser to jump to the initialization boot interface, and follow the prompts to easily complete the relevant settings.

▲ The management interface of the new route 2 has fresh color matching and reasonable functional range division, which is divided into three parts: status, configuration and common plug-ins. Common plug-ins are directly displayed on the top in the form of icons. Among them, samba, Baidu online disk and Xunlei remote download functions are very practical functions that Xiaobian likes very much.

Of course, for advanced players, New Route 2 has also prepared more professional advanced settings for them. The English interface is daunting to the little white editor, but senior players will certainly have fun.

▲ As an intelligent router, rich and easy to use plug-ins are essential. The new route 2 provides a wide range of functional plug-ins, which users can download, install and use according to their personal needs.

▲ New Route 2 comes with two USB interfaces, through which two 6TB mobile hard disks can be connected externally to build a private cloud. You can save all kinds of videos you download, photos you take, and important files on NAS to realize wireless sharing, so that the whole family can easily view, browse, and use them.

For example, the editor likes watching movies, so he saves all the downloaded movies to the mobile hard disk connected to the new route 2, so that the editor can watch them at any time on the projector, laptop, tablet, and mobile phone through the SAMBA or DLNA function, eliminating the trouble of wired copying. In addition, we can also download movies directly to NAS in combination with the Thunderbolt remote download plug-in, There is no need to open the laptop to download. The standby power consumption of the new route 2 must be much smaller than that of the laptop, which can also save a considerable amount of electricity.

According to the actual measurement of the small editor, the notebook can smoothly watch 1080P high bit rate video saved in the mobile hard disk under the 2.4GWiFi network. Even if it is dragged quickly, it will not get stuck. It is still very practical.

▲ As a smart router, why is there no mobile APP? Because New Route 2 is a product launched in cooperation with JD, the mobile APP of New Route 2 can be directly bound with JD account. The whole binding process is very simple. After login, the program will automatically search for New Route 2 in the LAN, and click "Bind Now".

▲ The APP interface of New Route 2 is divided into four functional areas: home page, video, file and me. The home page can display the current speed and connected devices; The video interface is a highlight of the cooperation with Sohu Video. Users can obtain the VIP membership of Sohu Video for free, and can watch it online or download it offline; The file interface can upload the files in the phone directly to the mobile hard disk of the connected router; "I" is the personal setting interface, which provides more functions for the router.

▲ New Route 2 cooperates with Sohu Video to bring users a new video viewing experience. As long as you keep the router online 16 hours a day, you can get a free Sohu video VIP. You can watch a large number of videos if you want. The exclusive high-speed playback channel will never get stuck and will not be disturbed by advertising, In addition, it also supports downloading your favorite videos offline at any time to the mobile hard disk connected to New Route 2, so that you can become a veritable drama catcher.

▲ Finally, let's talk about the signal capability of the new route 2. The small editor placed the new route 2 on the TV cabinet in the living room. After the actual test, the results are as shown in the above figure. When in the living room, 5G signals are better than 2.4G signals; In the test in the study (a wall away from the living room), the signal attenuation is relatively small, 2.4G and 5G signals are still within the acceptable range, and the signal is relatively stable; In the bedroom (about 10 meters from the living room, separated by three walls in the middle), the signal attenuation is serious. The 5G signal has not been searched, and the 2.4G signal has barely been searched, but the connection will be dropped. It seems that if you want the WiFi signal of new route 2 to cover the entire house of Xiaobian (150 square meters), you still need wireless relay.

Different from other intelligent router products on the market, New Route 2 highlights its main video function while ensuring the common multi-function, ease of use and other features of an intelligent router. Relying on the strong hardware configuration and good cooperation with video suppliers, New Route 2 will become the favorite of the drama fans in playing new videos, This is also a new way that Tiny Hear Technology has developed in the increasingly homogeneous smart router market. Whether it can win the favor and recognition of consumers remains to be tested by the market. However, the exploration of new route 2 in functional differentiation is indeed worth learning from other intelligent hardware manufacturers.