The public beta limit of newifi new route 2 is very exciting. ▼

There may be questions about why the experience router comes to the topic of smart home center. The tail is not pulling the tiger's tail, but has always paid more attention to smart homes. At the same time, smart routers are most suitable as the control center of smart homes. After all, they have the inherent advantages of network connection distribution. From the perspective of the current market, the traditional routers that stick to the home industry are showing a decreasing trend. First, put aside the user experience, more and more routers are more or less adding intelligent concepts. Therefore, after experiencing the newifi new route 2 for a period of time, compared with several smart routes previously experienced, the new route 2 still has many highlights to follow, and the tail very much agrees with the open concept of the new route 2 in product positioning. It will be a good expectation to integrate multiple platforms and build a smart home platform together.

From the back of the newifi new route 2 box, we can see that this router of Tintin Technology has joined JD+and cooperated with Sohu platform in audio and video. The key words of the specific parameters are dual core gigabit, 256M memory, and 8G TF card built-in. ▼

Returning to the product, newifi new route 2 has a unique design aesthetics, which completely subverts the design style of the previous generation newifi new route mini in appearance. Moreover, even the charger has become the style of JD+products, and the shape of the charger of Dingdong smart speakers is the same. If the LOGO is blocked, it is hard for people to think that this is a series product. Let's start from here. ▼

The new route 2 adopts a trapezoidal design, giving a feeling of rushing forward. There is a sticker on the front panel to tell you how to quickly connect the settings. Because the new route 2 antenna is different from the traditional antenna, it indicates the use of the antenna. The user experience details are considered comprehensively. Below the "Tear Invalid" sticker on the side is the card with built-in TF card. ▼

The new route 2 adopts a similar flat antenna design. First, regardless of the said stronger signal coverage capability, it no longer has to worry about the orientation of the traditional two braids. Now it only needs to open the flat antenna back and forth, and there is no other direction choice. In terms of antenna details, the front and back sides are printed with amplified wireless signal wavy lines. There is a small+sign in the front corner. There are many+shaped cooling holes on the back side of the fuselage. The red+shaped WPS key can be pressed to decorate them. The many+signs indicate that the new route 2 signal is good? Or JD+? There is no solution. ▼

New Route 2 is configured with two LAN interfaces and one WAN interface, both of which are gigabit interfaces. It may be limited to the size of the machine body. For some users with more digital products, the two LAN interfaces may need to be connected to other devices. From the color, one of the two USB interfaces is USB 3.0, but the packaging box says two USB 2.0. It is said that USB 3.0 will cause serious interference to 2.4G wireless. Now it is temporarily locked, and it is a pity that the SATA interface is not supported. ▼

The back of the new route 2 is mostly covered by the heat dissipation holes, and the heat dissipation effect is specially tested later. The anti slip adhesive strip with long and short lines up and down works well. Scanning the QR code on the product label can download the mobile phone management APP of New Route 2. This method of printing or pasting the QR code download address on the back of the body is very popular with some users. After all, it is convenient to scan and download again after changing the mobile phone. ▼

I don't know why, when the tail first saw the back of the new route 2, he felt vaguely like an imperial commando in Star Wars. Maybe those corners brought a sense of science fiction. The lower part of the back hides an LED indicator light, which can display lights of different colors according to different working conditions. The tail prefers the position of the LED light, so that after normal placement, light pollution will not be caused when the light is turned off at night. It feels that the indication of the state is not useful, and it will not affect sleep. ▼

Routers still need to see the truth in terms of functions, stability and other experiences. New Route 2 is very convenient to use for the first time. After powering on, connect to the default WIFI network with your mobile phone, enter newifi.com on the browser, and you will jump to the initialization boot interface. Fill in the relevant information according to the prompts. The process is very simple, and you can use it after several steps. ▼

New Route 2 is equipped with Xiaoyun Routing OS, which can be managed by entering 192.168.99.1 through the browser. The main interface is mainly divided into three parts, and the top is the shortcut of various plug-ins installed; On the left of the lower part is the cloud status, which displays the brief information of the current internal and external network following WIFI; The cloud configuration on the right is equivalent to the advanced settings of the simplified version. You can see the various routing management functions. The tail does not use many advanced routing functions. After opening the advanced settings, it is even more dazzling. It seems that the functions are very comprehensive. ▼

New Route 2 can install various plug-ins to extend its functions. After all, the new route 2 has the MT7621A dual core CPU of MediaTek, the main frequency is up to 880MHz, 256MB of memory, 32M Flash, and the hardware parameters of the built-in 8G TF card cannot be wasted. From the application management of cloud configuration, you can download and install plug-ins intuitively and conveniently. After a rough count, there are more than 20 various applications, including remote operation, data management, and so on. From the introduction, you can intuitively understand their functions. ▼

Among them, according to the actual needs, the tail likes Xunlei Remote, so that Xunlei remote download can be controlled directly in the office. A 1T mobile hard disk is connected to the route, so that the home computer does not need to be powered on, and the downloaded content is directly stored on the mobile hard disk. You can use it directly after coming home from work. What you know... Also, you can shut down and download it when you go to bed at night to avoid the noise of computer operation. ▼

Looking at the mobile APP, the relevant settings and interfaces of the router are similar, and the experience is similar. The biggest feature of New Route 2 is that it has deep cooperation with Sohu, and has added P2P functions such as Youku Routing Treasure. By opening the upload function, you can exchange the rights of Sohu members, watch blockbusters in cinemas for free, download dramas, and skip advertisements. For those who like watching movies and chasing dramas, the experience is good. After all, the current network upload is not fast, so it is recommended to select the balance mode directly, and daily use is almost unaffected. In addition, there is a bug in the APP, which prompts that the version update does not respond to the click, and the plug-in cannot be the same as the update on the computer side. During the public beta, optimization should continue. ▼

In terms of signal, I tested three situations: near the new route 2, separated by a wall, and separated by two walls. Combined with daily use, I felt that 5G signal was much better than 2.4G in terms of speed, anti-interference, etc., but the performance of 2.4G through the wall was much weaker, as can be seen from the following figures. ▼

What is the effect of the new route 2 with so many cooling holes? The router has been working continuously for a week when the temperature is about 29 degrees indoors. The infrared thermometer is used to test the surface of the new route 2. The maximum temperature is 38.7 degrees near the antenna, and the maximum temperature in the back heat dissipation area is 47.4 degrees. The heat dissipation performance is good, and the working stability is also guaranteed. Other advanced playing methods such as USB port, TF card transmission speed, pressure test, firmware depth function, etc. are limited to tail ability, unable to test, static and other masters. ▼

Well, in the end, the tail has to admit that the title party was made this time. Because of a development concept, the title of Home Smart Center came into being. But I'm still looking forward to its development in this regard. If you feel bad, hit me···