At present, the network has become the most powerful "virus" in the 21st century, with a wide range of influence and power that no one can match! The whole society has also entered an intelligent era, and the premise of this intelligence is the comprehensive coverage of the network. Without the network, intelligence is just empty talk; In the outdoors, we basically need to use mobile phone networks, and the cost of 4G is relatively high; In the company or at home, it is basically the world of WIFI. At present, although the domestic broadband level is still at a relatively backward level in the world, the broadband speed increase in the past two years has not increased the price, but it still gives users some preferential treatment. We should also be happy with our contentment. So how to make full use of our existing bandwidth? Routers are absolutely a very important link. I have used several wireless routers, none of which is a big product, so there are many problems. Basically, the network coverage is narrow, the wall penetration performance is poor, and it can not meet the needs of multiple users at the same time. In addition, the settings are cumbersome and not user-friendly. So today we are going to introduce the so-called 1949 square meter network coverage, 100 people online at the same time, not offline Is it a good product? Let's have a look!



▼ Generally, for the packaging of digital products, I prefer two styles, one is simple, just like Apple; The other is full of sense of technology; Obviously, the packaging of this Bihoo router belongs to the former. There is only one obvious flash tiger head logo on the white box, which can be described as minimalist.
▼ It is just a little inconvenient and laborious to open this up and down packaging. The Bihoo router is divided into white and black in color. I got the black version today. Personally, the black version is more generous. However, the black version is also easier to get dirty and easy to get fingerprints.
▼ Both routers and accessories are neatly displayed in the packaging box. Two wires are wrapped in a special small paper box, which is quite careful. Compared with the random placement of accessories in most routers, it is more professional.
▼ Bihu family portrait: router * 1, power adapter * 1, cable * 2, instruction manual * 1.
▼ Bihoo router is equipped with two cables, but not all of them play the role of network transmission. One is used for network transmission and the other is used for power transmission. In order to distinguish them, the two network cables are marked with transparent color and blue color.
▼ Compared with the small and exquisite router, the power supply of Bihoo is a little big, and it looks more like an electric cat. When I first got it, I was still confused about why two network interfaces should be set up on the power adapter. What was the purpose of this? After a careful look, I found that it was a multi-functional power adapter. Power supply and network transmission were integrated.
▼ The power adapter of the Bihoo router uses 24V voltage output, which may be slightly higher than the general router, because it is not only responsible for power supply, but also for network signal transmission!
▼ The Bihoo router is only designed with one LAN port, which really conforms to its positioning for small and micro enterprises and ordinary families. Small and micro enterprises are basically connected by wireless, while ordinary families basically only need to connect to a computer by wire. But for some people, it may not be enough. For example, there are two desktops, NAS and one at home If you need to use cable, it is definitely not enough. Then I have to either abandon this route or add another route.
▼ On the other side of the router, a USB 2.0 interface is designed. At first, I thought that the Bihoo router supports remote download, but later I found that it does not support it. This USB interface is only a function of USB flash disk sharing.
▼ At the bottom of the Bihoo router The design of Nd-Fe-B permanent magnet is simply like the magnet we played with when we were children. It can be adsorbed on iron products, such as the transformer box at home, the refrigerator, etc. I wonder if this is the purpose of the name "gecko" homophonic Bihu.
▼ Two network interfaces are distributed on one side of the Bihoo router, one of which is Power Interface, mainly for power supply and network transmission connection with power adapter; The other interface is LAN mouth , used to connect computers or other wired devices. The middle of the two interfaces is the reset hole of the router, which is convenient for resetting when the router is abnormal.
▼ After testing, the two wires cannot be mixed.
▼ The Bihoo router can be attached to magnetic objects. The first thing that comes to mind in general families should be refrigerators. But whether this function is really applicable or not can only be seen by different people.
▼ In terms of router management, we can use the PC side, that is, the web side; Settings can also be managed through APP. First, let's take a look at the management interface on the PC side. Enter "bhuwifi.com" or "192.168.62.1" to enter the management interface. Compared with the management interface of most routers, the management interface of Bihoo is simpler, with only some basic settings.

▼ For example, setting the name and password of the wireless WIFI, as well as its signal mode, which is commonly known as the through the wall mode, is divided into three levels, which are represented by 1 bedroom, 2 bedroom and 3 bedroom.
▼ Broadband Internet access is divided into broadband Internet access (that is, our most commonly used account password mode); There are also dynamic IP and static IP modes. That is to say, secondary distribution through other routers! It is equivalent to that we use other routers to set the account password and directly transmit it to Bihoo to enable its routing function.
▼ Advanced settings need to be made on the mobile phone APP, so we can see that the Bihoo router mainly wants people to operate the router on the mobile phone. The settings on the web side are limited to basic settings.
▼ MAC address cloning and login password change.
▼ Through the "Removable Storage" function of the management interface, we can directly read the storage information of the USB flash drive connected to the Bihoo router, which is equivalent to directly viewing the USB flash drive on the computer.
▼ For home routers, I always think that the operation steps that can be simplified should be as simple as possible, the steps that can be completed in one step should not be two steps, and the steps that can not be done by users should not be done by users. This is an intelligent product that meets the humanized standard. The Bihoo router does a good job in this regard. When you connect to the wireless signal of Bihoo, open the app of Bihoo, and the software will automatically log in. You don't need to enter the login password. Even if you don't even need to click "OK", it will automatically enter the management interface.
▼ In the setup wizard, we choose the corresponding Internet access method, broadband Internet access or dynamic IP Internet access, according to the situation. The name and password of the wireless signal can be set directly.

▼ The Bihoo router also has the function of password relocation. I don't know if others are right. Anyway, every time I change a router, I have to call No. 10000 and ask it to reset my broadband account password; Who makes me have a bad memory? I always can't remember the password of broadband. However, this time, it is not so troublesome to change the router of Bihoo. Just connect the Bihoo router to the old router with an Internet cable, and Bihoo can directly read the account and password on the old router and set them. It is very convenient and suitable for people like me with poor memory. But looking back, I thought about whether it would be easy to steal someone else's broadband account password.

▼ Bihoo's APP is also relatively simple, which is divided into three parts: router setting management interface, router related intelligent plug-in interface, and user related interface. Before setting up the Bihoo router, you need to bind the mobile phone number. Otherwise, you can't do subsequent operations. This is nothing. But every time you unplug the router and reinstall it, you have to bind it again. This is a bit bad. I don't know whether it is a bug.
▼ Compared with many routers, the Bihoo router considers some aspects well, such as "visitor mode"; When I wrote this review, it was during the Spring Festival, not to mention the family and friends who came to my home every day. It was just a greenhouse in front of my home. Usually, it was mainly used to raise flowers and vegetables. But during the Spring Festival, it was definitely a private field. At least 5 or 60 people played in it every day. So it was inevitable to borrow the wireless network, The routers in the study are far away, and I have to tell them the passwords one by one, which is also quite troublesome. So I simply put Bihu at the gate during the Spring Festival, and this "visitor mode" is quite convenient. As long as the visitor's WIFI is connected and the mobile phone shakes on the router, you can surf the Internet. It's really a powerful tool to install during the Spring Festival.
▼ APP also supports the time switch of WIFI and the notification function of visitors coming online. For example, if you can't use WIFI when you sleep at night, you can completely stop it at this time and automatically enable it during the day, which can reduce the radiation by a little! The visitor online notification function also helps you manage users on the network more effectively, and change the visitor bandwidth according to the situation in a timely manner.
▼ Users on both the terminal network and the visitor network can be managed through APP, including the corresponding network speed limit or blackout.
▼ In the mobile phone APP, we can also directly read the relevant data of the USB flash drive on the router, such as music or video.
▼ Next, we will enter some actual measurement stages of the Bihoo router. The figure below is a house type diagram of my home, which is a common two storey building in the countryside, facing east and west; The router is in the northwest corner of the second floor, which is the location of the study. The three points to test the router signal strength are the study where the router is located, the master bedroom on the second floor next to the router wall, and the living room on the first floor diagonally opposite the router.
▼ Before testing the signal strength, let's take a look at the network speed test of Bihoo router and other two ordinary household routers using the same software. Our contracted network speed is 30M optical fiber of China Telecom, and the uplink and downlink are not equal. The test result of the first route is very close to the actual network speed. The downlink is 30M, and the uplink is 341KB/S; The test results of the second router show some deviation, with 23.6M downlink and 366KB/S uplink; However, the test result of Bihoo's route is only half of the actual network speed: downlink 15.1M, uplink 303KB/S; What does this result mean? It only means that the Bihoo router can't deliver the actual network data transmission volume completely. It's a very depressing thing that you can't get the corresponding speed at the expense of 30M optical fiber.
▼ Next, we will test the signals of the Bihoo router through two mainstream mobile phone WIFI signal test software. This is test point 1, that is, the location in the same room with the Bihoo router. At the same time, two other routers will participate in the test. The network names are Route 1 Volans_dubinbin1982 and Route 2 dubinbin1982 respectively; From the software test interface, we can see that the signal quality of both the Bihoo router and the No. 1 route under test is very good. The No. 2 route is slightly worse. In contrast, the stability of the Bihoo route is better.
▼ In Test Point 2, the master bedroom on the second floor separated by a wall, we can see that the signal strength of the Bihoo router is the best, that is, the wall penetration performance of the Bihoo router is better than that of the other two, and its stability is the best of the three.



▼ At the last indoor test point, namely the living room on the first floor, we can see that the signals of the three routers have declined to a great extent. Although there is no problem in chatting with Q online, there is still some network delay. This shows that although the Bihoo router boasts 1949 square meters of network coverage, its wall penetrating performance is not very good, and it is not much different from the other two home routers. Of course, I never recommend using a wireless router with excellent performance through the wall. Because the advantage through the wall is bought by your health, the gain is not worth the loss, so I prefer to use the power cat as the relay force for network coverage.


▼ However, even though Bihoo Route boasts 1949 square meters of network coverage, I can't just test it indoors, which is a bit irresponsible. So I put Bihoo Route and the other two routes on the balcony on the second floor. In this way, in a sense, there are no obstacles in front of it, and it is also relatively open. However, in the actual test process, the No. 2 comparison route did not send a signal for unknown reasons. However, because the New Year holiday is very tight, I just took one route and compared it with Bihoo. From the figure below, we can see that I have selected three test points in total. As for the distance, I did not measure it, but just calculated it. Don't be too realistic.
▼ Test point 1, with a straight distance of about 300 meters, is also the most open with the router.
▼ The signal of the Bihoo router is basically the same as that of the other router, but the Bihoo router is slightly worse, and the signal stability is basically the same. The signal quality is OK. After testing the webpage and microblog, they can open normally. The network has a delay, but it is not obvious.
▼ At test point 2, about 450 meters away, there is no obstacle between the router and it.
▼ The signal strength is slightly worse than the previous point, and the stability is also much worse. It takes a long waiting time to open the web page, refresh the microblog, and the circle of friends, but it can still be used. If, as the official said, it can cover 1949 square meters in an empty environment, the current result is far beyond this figure. In an idealized way, the distance between the four diagonals is 450 meters, which is also a very large area.
▼ At the last outdoor point, it is about 500 meters away from the router. If there are obstacles in the middle, it can only be a few trees.
▼ At this time, although the signal of the router used for comparison is very poor, it can still be searched, while the Bihoo router is already looming. From the signal graph table, it can be seen that the Bihoo router has been unable to find the signal for a period of time, so this distance is the limit of Bihoo router.
Through the use of the New Year, I also got a general understanding of the Bihoo router. This is a product with simple settings but not rich functions, which may also have a lot to do with its positioning. Bihoo's application in small and micro enterprises does not need too many fancy functions, as long as it can access the Internet, as long as it can access the Internet for many people at the same time, as long as it has wide coverage, it will be OK, And Bihu has indeed achieved these points. But Bihoo also has many problems that need further improvement. For example, it is unable to achieve full rate transmission of the network at present, which is a big or small problem; Also, it has too few wired connectors, which may not be enough for some home users. It can only be said that there are some problems that Bihoo took into consideration when designing. Some problems were ignored because they stood at different angles when designing. I can only say that we should listen to the voice of users and consider the design of products from the perspective of users, so that we can design the most perfect products!