As we all know, 360 is a company that started with software. In fact, 360 has started with hardware for a long time. The first hardware product to be targeted is router; Many manufacturers of intelligent hardware think that routers will be a money spinner to capture the hearts of users. They can have no other intelligent hardware at home, but they must have a wireless reasoner; Then it is bound to become the first product to have close contact with users. So 360 Company also sees this point. To grasp the main users, we must start from the source; So the router becomes the first hardware to be broken. It has also become an important milestone for 360 to transform from software to hardware.

At the beginning, 360 made a router that looked like a soap box, which was complained about by netizens. I remember once when listening to a speech by Boss Zhou, he said, "Our router made several mistakes, because the people who did it just listened to me blindly, and everyone said that we should pursue perfection. Note that the pursuit of perfection is about a single breakthrough. You can see that Xiaomi doesn't copy all the indicators when selling mobile phones. The dual core 1999 will cover everyone. A single breakthrough. Your product perfection is not perfect. Our guy wants to make a perfect router, so my router costs 220 yuan. But no matter what he told me, he used this process and that process, and I didn't understand it, because someone would look at the motherboard inside the router? No, how can you judge the value of a router? Look at the weight, look at the size, so you will find why our router is made so miserably. The first shape is made so small that it can be placed on the palm of your hand. Let's see how small this thing is. It costs 50 yuan. I cost 220 yuan. In front of me, I promoted the sales at 99 yuan, and users didn't feel that they took advantage. This is the experience of miserably destroying. "

Just as the saying goes, you can get up from where you fall. The first failure lesson did not break 360's confidence in making a good router, but completely overturned and redesigned from scratch. Finally, in the afternoon of June 11, 360's first aluminum alloy fuselage large house intelligent routing was officially released; Full router mini, "360 Secure Router P1 Dazzling Edition" and "360 Secure Router 5G". Among them, 360 security router mini sells for only 69 yuan, which is undoubtedly a blockbuster for 360 to invest in the middle and low-end wireless router market.

There is no way to leave the network in our intelligent life. Both mobile tablets and TV computers need the network to provide rich content. With the Wi Fi network coverage of each household, the problem is that 2.4G frequency and wireless device frequency are intertwined, which will inevitably cause interference; As a result, people have a demand for 5G band, because 5G can solve this problem well, and can also speed up our data transmission. After 360P1 had been launched and sold well before, P2 supporting 5G band also talked about it. If you have used 5G, you will have a personal experience that 5G network signal's ability to penetrate the wall is very limited. Today, the author was lucky to get the 360 security router 5G (P2) that has just been mass produced. Let's talk about this router briefly.

In terms of packaging, I believe that if you know something about the previous p1 or mini, you will not be unfamiliar with the packaging of P2. P2 not only upgrades its performance, but also increases its appearance.

The front of the machine body is made of the same material as the iPad. The top anodized metal is silky and delicate; The thinnest part of the fuselage is only 3mm, and it is made of high-grade aluminum alloy in the price range of 100 yuan, which is very valuable. It is worth mentioning that "hollowed out dislocation" is used on the side of P2 body to create a slim vision. Users can feel the slim beauty of P2 and P1 from any angle. However, there are more expansion sockets on the enlarged body of P2, and new USB interfaces (2.0), U The button next to the SB port is special. Its function is to physically unload the inserted device. This design is quite user-friendly. After all, it is not operated on a computer. Many times, it will forget to unload the storage device in the APP. With this physical unloading device button, you can easily unload when you unplug the connection cable, The connection status of the storage device can also be clearly known through the indicator on the button.

If we want to talk about the characteristics of P2, we need to mention these two U-shaped antennas. I remember that Red Clothes Zhou said at the press conference: "Most people say that routers have strong signals and more antennas. We say that we are built-in antennas, which have a much better effect than external antennas. In addition, because of the absence of antennas, our appearance is more rounded and beautiful, and we do not do antennas. I think like a Xiaobai user. Without an antenna, the router is a cripple. I went to the Zhongguancun Electronic Market to find out about routers. It was very simple. People said that routers without antennas could not be sold. One antenna was cheap, at least two. Our router didn't make an antenna at first. At my strong request, we finally installed an antenna, and said that one antenna would be enough. Therefore, I always emphasize what user experience is: what you are is not important, but what users think you are. " It can be seen that there is a big difference on whether there is an antenna or not and how much. Finally, P2, with the appearance of U-shaped antenna, not only retains the simplicity of P1, but also achieves a unique network experience.

If you don't have a deep understanding, you may think that P2 just makes a shape of the antenna. In fact, it is a set of U-shaped array antennas, a set of four antenna design. It ingeniously combines two 2.4G band antennas and two 5G band antennas, which can not only rotate around the axis, but also guarantee the function of the four antennas, Instead of supporting a row of poles like the normal 4-antenna route, it can be seen that the designer has spent a lot of time. So is it the appearance that wins or the performance that keeps up? Let's take a look at the signal measurement.

Non professional test data is only for reference. The author has also been exposed to many routers before, among which the strength of the signal directly determines the feeling of sample taking on the Internet. Throwing aside some uncontrollable factors, the stronger the signal, the more stable the Internet experience will be. So the author's brief comment is only a comparison of signal strength. The router supports 5G band in both days.

The four screenshots respectively represent different locations: 1, the same router room, 2, a room separated (two walls), 3, the corner of the toilet, 4, the corner of 140 square meters; It can be seen from the figure that there is no difference between the two in the 2.4G network, or 360P2 is one upmanship. Both signals are relatively stable.

Next, try 5G signal. They both perform very well in the same room. The signal is stable and fast. There is obvious attenuation behind the partition wall. When we go to the blind area of the toilet, only 360 P2 is left for 5G signal. From here, although 360 P2 has a lot of attenuation, there are two completely different concepts: signal and no signal, At least it is felt that the two U-shaped four groups of antennas not only do not interfere with each other, but achieve more robust wall penetration capability and stability.

APP doesn't need to introduce more. There are a lot of online introductions about this topic. P2 has added a USB interface, which is only 2.0 speed, but it is still enough. Through APP, mobile phone data can be backed up to a USB flash drive/mobile hard disk. Unfortunately, only the backup data can be read, and the data in the USB flash drive/mobile hard disk cannot be read at the APP end. I hope it can be optimized later.

Summary: 360's first failure as a router is no doubt a bad thing. At least these three routers, which have been overturned and started anew, have won the favor of users both in appearance and quality. Its price is a lesson for friends. I believe that many of its pricing lessons learned from the first failure. It has truly achieved the goal of making profits for users. Among them, 360 Secure Routing is also the best in router security. Often these invisible information security will become a big headache for our users in the future. From this point of view, 360 still has certain advantages. In terms of P2, this is the third product and the final product, at least at present; First of all, the appearance of the 5G band has not changed the simple appearance design. The smart U-4 antenna is just right. The USB interface and the uninstall button are both good designs. However, some people may complain that the 2.0 interface is too low, but it is enough for ordinary users. So there is no need to tangle so much, but it is hoped that you can use the mobile phone APP (computers can) to retrieve files from external disks. In short, P2 has given the author a lot of surprises and new hope for the future development trend of WI-FI 5G.