With the popularity of mobile devices, we have entered the era of universal connectivity, and people have increasingly high requirements for routing devices. Traditional routers can no longer meet the needs of consumers, and various manufacturers have launched their own routers, such as Xiaomi's smart home, Thunderbolt's mining and polar routing plug-ins. In the middle of 2015, Bihoo Smart Router also launched its own Bihoo Router 1. One year later, on August 15, Bihoo Router 2 was officially released in JD. Let's see how he performs.

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Unpacking

Bihoo Router 2 adopts a square box design. The front of the outer package is very simple. The plane sketch of the host is slightly highlighted. The side is printed with a gilt gecko logo. The grade is very high. However, this package is somewhat similar to the outer package of IPHONE, giving a very refreshing feeling.

The back of Bihoo Router 2 is the same as the packaging of the predecessors. It is labeled with champagne gold, on which the product name, model, wireless standard, customer service, barcode and other factory standard parameters are written in detail, as well as the two-dimensional code of Bihoo Router.

The package is opened by drawing upwards. What we see when we open the package is not the product of the Bihoo router, but a sticker that says that the wifi here has been covered, and there is a detailed description of how to connect, which shows the intention of the Bihoo router.

Below the sticker is our hero today, Bihoo Router 2.

Family photo: product packaging box, product body, power adapter, customized network cable, product manual.

The panel of Bihoo Router 2 is made of advanced PC materials and processed by oil spraying, radium carving, UV and other processes. The perfect combination of the two makes Bihoo Router present a natural texture.

The middle frame is made of imported aviation grade magnesium aluminum alloy. After high-precision CNC processing, anodizing and fine sandblasting, the whole machine looks very textured.

Compared with the previous generation 1, Bihu Route 2 is larger and thinner, with a diameter of 139mm, a thickness of 31.1mm and a weight of 188g.

The POWER network cable socket, PESET reset and restart key and LAN network cable socket are designed on the side. The two sockets are distinguished by blue and yellow. Blue corresponds to super five types of network cables. People who do not know about it will think that it has no power port. In fact, the POWER network cable socket is both a network cable interface and a power charging function, which can greatly reduce the problem of too many cables.

Bihu Router 2 has its logo, product information and sn code on the back, and a rubber ring beside it, which not only prevents abrasion, but also effectively prevents the product from slipping.

The bottom of Bihoo Router 2 adopts the same adsorption design as that of the first generation, and adopts professional Nd-Fe-B permanent magnets, which can be adsorbed at any place with iron and become a "little gecko" every second.

Of course, as a product, the indicator light is a must. The small circle in the middle of the top of Bihoo Route 2 is both a decoration and a breathing light. When the power cord is not plugged in, this small gray circle breathing light is very harmonious with the whole. After power is turned on, you can check the working status. The red flashing indicates that the router is started, and the red flashing indicates that the router has no network, The blue flashing indicates that the router networking is working normally.

Bihoo Router 2 adopts a spaghetti network cable (power cable) design. The golden yellow copper leather wrapped blue crystal head is very beautiful. It uses the POE network electricity integration technology, but the length is not as long as plus. It is estimated that it is limited by the packaging.

Although the power adapter of Bihoo Router 2 looks large, it does not occupy a place when it is plugged into the socket. The TA uses PoE power supply mode, and the output is 24V/0.8A. There are mandatory certification marks below the plug.

A Power interface and a WAN interface are designed at the bottom of the power adapter of Bihoo Router 2.

The Bihoo router is equipped with a dedicated Poe network power integration adapter. TA enables power and data to go together through the intranet. It is not only to break the tradition and present a better appearance, but also has a breakthrough design of high security anti power supply, which is easy to place routes at will, and has the functions of input overvoltage, output overvoltage, short circuit, anti-static protection, etc.

experience

After connecting to Bihoo's wifi on the PC end, the setting interface will pop up by itself. We can also enter bhuwifi.com or 192.168.62.1 (gateway IP is set in the background of Bihoo's router) in the browser. The initial password is login password admin by default, and then we can use the background device.

After entering the PC end management background, the installation interface of Bihoo intelligent routing is very simple. Just input the broadband account password according to the system prompts. Because my account password is not used, I am directly connected.

After setting the WiFi account password, you can complete the setting.

Even if you forget your broadband account password, you can also use its own broadband transfer function. As long as you connect a network cable between the old and new routes, you can seamlessly connect to the new routes according to the prompts.

The background design of the Bihoo router is very simple and quick to start with, but the functions are not very perfect. I hope that more functions can be added in the future to truly achieve intelligence.

In the system settings, we can clone the MAC address, modify the password, and manually upgrade the device firmware through this page.

In the smart plug-in, the function experience needs to download the APP for operation. Next, let's see how the APP performs.

Mobile terminal

After connecting the network cable of the Bihoo router, the system will automatically jump out of the browser to the network setting interface after opening the mobile phone wifi to connect to BhuWifi. Just follow the prompt to enter the broadband account password and then set it up. It is very simple and convenient.

After setting up the network, we went to the APP stop to find the Bihoo wifi (Android users download it from the Android market)

Open the APP. Compared with the previous version, this version is simpler, smaller and fresher. Now we add the Bihoo device in the top right corner of the home page, and add Bihoo Router 2 to our account.

The second interface of the APP is the reward function income interface featured by Bihoo. This interface can see the total income, income ranking list and device information, and can freely filter the time period and devices.

The third interface is user information (profile, wallet, business card) and social feedback (Bihoo community, QQ group, user feedback). This interface looks very refreshing.

Next, let's take a look at the interface of the router. We can view the number of connected devices on the Bihoo APP, view the time of device connection and the traffic consumed, and blackout, speed limit, and modify device notes for unknown users. In fact, these functions are all available in smart routers in the market today.

The second column is about plug-ins. Rather than saying that plug-ins should be changed to router settings, they can set their routers in this column, including router network settings, WIFI signal range, wifi optimization, speed limit, timing switch, and device connection notification.

We have said before that all manufacturers have their own advantages. The main purpose of the Bihoo router is to make full use of resources. In addition to the connection function through NFC and SMS, it is my favorite function, TA can set logo, advertising language and other information. When the demander connects to wifi, it will open our preset reward interface, which can both advertise and make money, killing two birds with one stone.

Of course, if you want to withdraw cash, you should pay attention to their WeChat account to withdraw cash. Pay attention to the public account of the Bihoo router. You can complete the binding by sending the withdrawal two words, but it needs more than 10 soft coins.

Signal

Bihoo Routing 2 uses Qualcomm's enterprise solution and Qualcomm QCA9531 chip to optimize the network and hardware load; It is efficient in computing, stable in performance, and supports access to hundreds of terminals. It can process network data at a high speed, effectively eliminate the network interruption problem caused by "congestion", and also automatically optimize broadband allocation and adjust the intensity, so that the signal coverage can be further. What's his performance? Let's use the wifi analyzer at point A and point B respectively.

We will introduce Bihoo Router 2 (named: ASIA,) and Xiaomi Router 1T (named: 2.4g) Place it at Point A and measure it with a wifi analyzer. It can be seen that near the router, the signal of Bihoo Router 2 is much higher than that of Xiaomi Router 1T. However, at Point B, Bihoo Router 2 is far less penetrating than that of Xiaomi Router 1T, but download or watch videos online at Point B, The performance of Bihoo Router 2 is no worse than that of Xiaomi Router 1T.

summary

advantage:

1. Fashionable and simple appearance, with the characteristics of absorbing chassis.

2. Bihoo Smart OS is easy to use, and its humanized functions are in place.

3. Routers share the economy and reward users.

4. Qualcomm's enterprise class solutions enable wider signal coverage.

5. POE power supply mode makes line management easier.

6. It is lighter and thinner than the previous generation 1.

Disadvantages:

1. Compared with the first generation, USB port is missing.

2. Although the app is simple, it also lacks the function of relay, which should be improved in the future.

It's just a personal point of view to say that there are some problems or shortcomings, which does not mean that everyone thinks so. But I still recommend this router, a product that can enjoy its success and has high appearance.