Routers must be a product in every home today. Three or four years ago, the home routers in the market were still tlink However, with the rapid development of intelligent technology and products in recent years, the traditional routers today are more and more difficult to keep up with the pace of technology. Routers are becoming smaller and smaller, more intelligent and convenient to use. As a company focusing on "security", 360 launched the first router in 2014. It has been two years since now. Today, I am lucky to get 360's new P2 5G router. Next, I'll take you to see how this router performs.

Unpacking

360 router adopts white packaging. The box packaging is relatively thin. On the graphic design, the text and photos are simple and intuitive. The three words of optical fiber level are prominent on the front, highlighting the main features of this router. The back of the box introduces the relevant parameters of the router, two-dimensional code and other relevant information.

On the side of the box are the product name and the router port URL.

The router is relatively compact in the drawer style package. When you open the package, you can see that P2 and P1 are hardly loyal fruit powder in appearance. The first thing I want to say about this router is, are you a Magic Trackpad with long ears? However, many brands of routers today are similar to this model. A layer of guided stickers is attached to the surface of the router, allowing users to use it more quickly and conveniently.

The accessories of P2 are very simple, including a power adapter and a manual. The appearance of the power adapter is similar to that of Apple's power adapter. The texture is also good, and the instructions for use are simple and to the point.

The surface of the router body is made of anodized aluminum panel and white plastic base design. It seems that the overall style of the router is small and fresh. I am worried about whether I can integrate into the decoration style of the dark home.

On the metal panel of the router, you can see the logo and 10 sapphire indicators. There are prompts for switch, Lan, Wlan, 2.4G, 5G, etc. This also allows users to understand the current working state of the router more intuitively and conveniently.

The aluminum panel of P2 panel is similar to the texture of imac. In addition to good heat dissipation, this material has excellent hand feel. The thickness of the panel is only 3 mm, and the edges have been chamfered to avoid scratching. Place on the table at an angle of about 15 degrees.

On both sides of the router are antenna spindles whose surface is made of delicate CD thread metal. The two antenna spindles should not be considered as two antennas. P2 router adopts a very ingenious design method in antenna design. It adopts a U-shaped structure design with two connected pairs. Two 5G and two 2.4G antennas adopt U-shaped structural parts, which are simple and light in shape, unlike traditional multi antenna routers.

The two antenna spindles can rotate 270 degrees horizontally, which is more convenient for users to receive signals.

The back of the router is the interface part. As can be seen from the figure, P2 routers from left to right provide one setting switch, one Usb2.0 interface, one Wan interface, four Lan interfaces, one power supply port and one Reset key. Nowadays, 4-port LAN interface routers are very rare, but in fact, WiFi devices are the majority in today's home use.

A large number of heat dissipation holes are distributed at the bottom of P2, which also provides a better heat dissipation guarantee for router work. There are two wall hanging holes in the middle, and two anti-skid foot pads on the top play a good anti-skid role.

Functions and Use - Convenient Installation, Easy Internet Access

The installation and related settings of P2 are very simple. Users can enter the management interface of the router port with a computer or mobile phone, follow the prompts step by step, and enter the network account and password to access the Internet.

Entering the main interface of the router, you can see the relevant function settings of the router, such as the current connected equipment, Internet security protection, Internet settings, etc. The functions are complete and the operation is very simple.

Users who have used routers are probably worried about being "rubbed" by others, which is easy to reduce the network speed, and also has a great insecurity factor. As intelligent hardware, 360 Secure Router can understand the use of your router anytime and anywhere. Click the function of who is surfing the Internet on the main interface to see the number of devices currently surfing the Internet, the IP address, and the MAC address have been related to the network speed, and you can set the speed limit or blackout of these devices. Anyone who wants to rub the net is right under his nose.

I won't go into details about others. One of the functions that I think is very good is that you can surf the Internet by friction. After this function is enabled, friends come to your home and can surf the Internet just by cleaning the router, eliminating the excessive process of searching the wifi network and entering passwords.

Function expansion is a collection of tools that can be understood as other functions and related plug-ins. Here you can set child protection, anti scratch network, turn off indicator lights, etc. Advanced tools include device monitoring, intelligent QOS, WISP and other functions, which are more suitable for more professional router players to play.

In the settings, you can modify the password, upgrade the system, reply to factory settings and developer mode. P2 firmware upgrade is very simple, just click it.

At present, there are many routers with storage function. P2 does not have a built-in hard disk. Users can connect a USB flash disk or a mobile hard disk through the rear Usb interface to achieve mobile phone backup, file sharing, network download and other functions. On the computer side, you can easily see the storage information of the mobile hard disk.

APP

Since it is intelligent hardware, of course, the use of mobile clients is indispensable. It can be downloaded and installed by searching the QR code on the package or "router guard" in the app store. The app supports IOS and Android systems. After installation, you need to enter the wifi network to use and set the router.

About the introduction of mobile phone app ports, we will not go into details here. The app provides speed measurement, mobile phone backup and other functions. Its basic functions are similar to those of the computer end, and its interface is simple and easy to understand. The current smart home is being improved.

Signal strength test

One reason for purchasing a router must be the strength of the signal. Xiaobian has a generation of Xiaomi hard disk version routers on hand. This evaluation will compare the two products. In this test, the two routers are placed in the northeast corner of the living room as the data collection point. You can think about the position of the next rectangle in the upper right corner.

As can be seen from the figure, the overall stability of P2 is slightly stronger than that of Xiaomi router for continuous signal data acquisition.

The following three figures show the signal attenuation at 5m and 10m away from the router (separated by two walls). It can be seen from the figure that the 2.4G signal attenuation of P2 is smaller than that of Xiaomi router.

Then take a look at the performance of 5G. Similarly, the distance in the above figure is used as a test. From the data, the 5G signal of P2 is slightly smaller than that of Xiaomi 1t router, and the difference in attenuation strength is small.

Speed test

First, let's test the Wifi speeds of 2.4G and 5G of P2 on different systems. The broadband at home is 100m for Telecom, and the following speeds are respectively 11.6Mb/s for IOS2.4G and 5G

The test speed of 2.4G and 5G in Android is the same as the average download speed of ios.

Let's take a look at the wireless and wired speed test of thinkpad notebook.

The network speed in the small editor is 100M. In the wired and wireless modes, the download speed is displayed in MB/s, and there is no difference. The same is 11.6MB/s. The upload speed is displayed in KB/s, and you can see that the wired mode is still slightly higher than the wifi mode

The swap rate test of Thinkpad computers, in which the first thinkpad is in wired mode and the second is in wifi mode. From the test results, the network is relatively stable, and there is no packet switching.

Extended Storage

The P2 router supports the mobile storage function. Users can access USB flash drives, mobile hard disks and other devices to conveniently store files and back up phones. Here is a brief introduction to the steps of how to back up phone albums on the P2 mobile app.

First, we need to connect a storage device so that the Usb option of the App can be recognized.

Click Phone Backup in the extension tool to see the phone album. We can select multiple or single options to backup to the preset location of the hard disk album.

The transmission speed is very fast. After the transmission is completed, you can browse the backup pictures or videos. However, this function does not support remote viewing. Compared with the Xiaomi Router App, this function should be more perfect.

The USB management on the computer side can only see the relevant information and file sharing function of the connection disk. The editor did not find the location to view the files on the hard disk directly.

Summary:

The above editor briefly introduced 360, a P2 security router. In general, P2 inherits and continues the advantages of P1. In addition to its high face value, cost performance, excellent performance, more practical and convenient functions, and the improvement of more convenient smart home and expansion plug-ins in the future, P2 can basically kill most of the common traditional routers in the market. The results of the small test can be summarized as the following advantages and disadvantages for students who are too lazy to read many words.

advantage:

1. Beautiful shape, high portability, excellent body material and excellent appearance;

2. 2.4G, 5G dual signal U-shaped antenna makes the signal stronger;

3. Wide signal range, strong wall penetration capability, combined with relay function, large houses are also suitable;

4. Convenient APP settings on computer and mobile terminals;

5. Usb's web side enables the router to add storage and sharing functions;

6. Usb has added the uninstall entity key humanely to protect the mobile hard disk;

7. More aspects of the customer's connection to the network;

8. Timed restart, timed wifi and other timing settings, energy-saving and environmental protection;

9. You can set up vpn, etc.

Deficiencies and suggestions

1. The remote operation of some App functions is limited, such as relevant backup photos and files;

2. The App end lacks some relevant advanced settings and functions compared with the PC end;

3. Since Usb is added, it is recommended to add Xunlei remote download and other functions;

4. The 5G signal is lower than 2.4G, and the stability needs to be improved.