For wireless routers, I have used some mainstream products, Netgear, linksys, ASUS, Tenda, Mercury and other traditional routers have also used smart routers of brands such as newifi, some meters, router, Huawei, Xunlei, some digital, etc. They have also manually used the original version of the router. They have had fun but also had confusion. Is it for simple experience of rich functions or to meet their real use needs? Routing Treasure and Xunlei focus on gold coin earning or mining functions, but their 100MB long and wide are always on subsistence allowance, which is not interesting. As for the use demand, it is actually very simple. It has stable speed, supports dual frequency, low online game delay, supports APP remote control, and of course, it is better to support offline download.

For the new route 2, the first attraction is the mining function. I don't know the actual effect; Second, it supports dual frequency; The third is to support plug-in function, which can be downloaded offline by Thunderbolt; The fourth is its appearance. Some of its unique appearance and design without external antenna make it look like a spaceship waiting to fly. For routers who are accustomed to the design of 248 antennas, it is a bit new.

One thing to emphasize before starting is the download and installation of APP. Do not install the QR code downloaded from the APP on the back of the package. One of the existing problems is that after you log in to the JD account, you will be prompted with a security problem, and you need to reset your password before logging in; Second, even if you log in, there will be a problem that you cannot bind the device, which is very troublesome. I was bored by the trouble. I went directly to the official website forum to download the APP, directly logged in to the original newifi account, and successfully bound. So for unnecessary trouble, download the APP from the official website.

Before starting, make a summary of the overall product, first talk about the advantages,

1. The design without external antenna is adopted, which is novel and innovative in design, with WPS button

2. There are two USB interfaces designed to support USB expansion, one is USB3.0 interface and the other is USB2.0 interface

3. The hardware configuration is relatively high, and the design of MT7621AT+MT7603EN (2.4G)+MT7612EN (5G)+256M memory+32M Flash is adopted to meet your machine brushing requirements

4. Support 2.4GHz/5GHz dual band PCB antenna, 1200Mbps wireless transmission rate

5. Built in 8G TF card

6. Support plug-in installation, offline download and APP remote control

7. Support the mining function, which can be used to exchange items

8. Support wireless relay function

Precautions in use,

1. At present, the APP is only available in Android version, but not in IOS version

2. You need to download the APP on the official website to bind the device. Do not log in with the JD account

3. Xunlei account cannot be successfully bound in APP, just go to Xunlei offline download page to bind

4. The USB3.0 power supply is somewhat unstable. The inserted 320G (USB2.0), 500G (USB3.0) and 1TB (USB3.0) mobile hard disks (WD, Seagate, etc.) are somewhat abnormal in the rotation sound, and the APP will not display the device normally

Now let's take a look at this new route 2, a non-technical post, so there won't be a lot of modifications or professional instrument testing. The package is very simple. One machine and two books are available on the first line. There is no free internet cable. The front of New Route 2 looks more like this calendar. Although there is no traditional external antenna, there is a square panel antenna on the top. The guide instructions pasted on the surface of the fuselage clearly guide you how to operate. The shutter design is not a decoration.

When the antenna is opened, it looks a little innovative. It can also be folded and stored, but it will not increase the volume like the external antenna. Under the antenna cover, there is a WPS button, that is, a red cross button, which can easily realize one button networking.

In this way, it looks like a boat from the back. It is less monotonous and has a sense of three-dimensional. New Route 2 has designed one WAN port and two LAN ports, both of which are 10/100/1000MB adaptive interfaces. The design of USB interface is attractive. It can be said that it has made great progress. First, it provides two interfaces, and second, one of them is USB 3.0 interface, which will be better in reading and writing speed.

Look at the cooling design at the bottom. In terms of hardware configuration, the new route 2 is a relatively high configuration. In addition, it has the mining function. If it runs 24 hours a day, heat dissipation is a concern. Although the area of the grille cooling hole at the bottom is large, the new route 2 has a more in-depth cooling design, which will be shown below.

The new route 2 has an indicator light design, but it is actually hidden. The indicator light is designed directly to the desktop. If the lighting function is not turned off, the advantage of this design is that the room will not be illuminated at night. However, we still hope to support the customized time of turning off the lights, and design the indicator light on the front end or surface of the router for easy viewing.

Another thing worth mentioning on the surface of new route 2 is the TF card slot. Built in is a Toshiba TF card of 8G HCI. What is this card used for? It should have the same function as the TF card built in the router, which is used to save some caches.

Then look at the interior design. First of all, I will explain that self disassembly is not for disassembly, but to better understand the internal workmanship and share it with you. Because some routers look attractive, clean and tidy on the outside, but can be described as dirty, messy and poor on the inside, such as glue, flying wire, faulty soldering, etc., but the most intolerable thing is jerry building. There are two screws outside the new route 2 to fix it. After unscrewing it, you can directly disconnect the router.

In terms of heat dissipation, in addition to the design of the bottom heat dissipation hole mentioned above, the new route 2 also has a metal panel on the part that touches the motherboard inside, which is also on the inside of the upper and lower covers, which is completely consistent with the motherboard. In addition, there is also a detailed design, that is, the shielding cover design was added, which was slightly touched.

New Route 2 mainboard display, very clean and tidy. CPU、 Both the memory and Flash chips have the shielding cover design of the heat sink. CPU adopts dual core 800HZ MT7621A， Compared with the MT7620A with a single core 560HZ, the performance of the MT7620A is much higher. The MT7620A is designed with a gigabit network interface, while the MT7620A is only equipped with a 100 gigabit network interface. The antenna has only black and white. It uses the design of IPEX interface, which is slightly simpler than the Youku router X2. The antenna design of new route 2 has some features, namely, 2.4GHz and The 5GHz signal is coupled to one antenna for transmission.

The shield was not removed, so there was no part to show. Just to mention briefly, the CPU uses MT7621AT (MIPS1004K 880MHz), and the memory uses Nanya South Asia 256M. As for the flash memory, the manufacturer is Wanghong Electronics MXIC 32MB flash memory.

Now let's start racing... network speed, download stability, signal strength comparison, APP function introduction and experience, of course, offline download and mining are the main parts.

The first thing to verify the network speed is whether the maximum network speed conforms to its own bandwidth. The length and width are 100MB. The actual speed is 10-12MB. 12MB is rarely reached. It is only encountered when Thunderbolt downloads at full speed. The following figure shows the test results of a wired connection, a 5GHz connection and a 2.4GHz connection with the same PC, turning off other connected devices, and measuring for five consecutive times. The wired speed can be maintained at 11MB, the 5GHz speed is around 10.8MB, and the 2.4GHz speed is only between 7.4-8MB, which means that the difference between 5GHz and 2.4GHz is obvious. The speed at 5GHz is higher than that at 9.4-9.8MB/s of Youku X2 and Fijian K2, but it is much slower than that at about 8.6MB/s at 2.4GHz.

Let's take a look at the actual download speed. At the same time, 37 files are downloaded to ensure that the speed reaches the maximum, and the maximum speed can reach 11.6MB/s. This result is relatively good. If the resources are stable, the speed can be maintained normally. If the speed drops significantly to 0 during the download process and cannot be recovered, one possibility is that the hard disk has a bad track, causing problems in writing; One is that there is a problem with the router, which may lead to dropped wires or connection problems.

Strictly speaking, we can use logs (such as tcpdump) to check whether there is a disconnection problem during the download process. However, as an ordinary user, the general concern is whether the downloaded content can be downloaded normally. Especially when downloading files over 40G overnight, it is the most important to automatically connect successfully even if there is a disconnection. BT download is a hard disk operation (a 160G hard disk just broke last week), so this time only downloaded a 62.3G Grand Theft Auto V， The download can be completed normally.

For wireless routers, signal strength is an important measure. Whether it's software testing or actual game latency. For a more intuitive comparison, here is a comparison with the four antenna Youku Route X2. This picture shows the signal situation where the router is placed in the living room, and the laptop is about 60 cm away from the two routers at the same distance. The new 2.4GHz route is basically stable at 37dBm, while Youku X2 is about 42dbm, with some obvious differences. However, there is little difference between the two at 5GHz.

Youku X2 has a characteristic that the change of signal strength behind the partition wall at 2.4GHz is not obvious. For example, the following figure shows the signal strength changes after a brick wall is separated from the bedroom. The new route 2 has obvious changes, while Youku X2 basically remains unchanged. The penetration of 5GHz is not strong, and the natural strength will also decrease.

From the perspective of software detection, the antenna design of new route 2 does not significantly affect the signal strength. How about the game delay? Here is a comparative display of mobile games. First, let's explain the experience environment. Normally, Youku X2 and New Route 2 are connected to the switch at the same time, and two mobile phones of the same model play games in the same area at the same time. This test result is more referential. However, you can play alone (your daughter-in-law doesn't play), and there is only one account. So in the test, we are using the same mobile phone to connect two routers for the game, and select the higher delay in the game to compare the screenshots. The time point is after 9:00 p.m., one router plays one game and then another router plays the game. A total of four games are played successively (about 1 hour and 40 minutes). Youku X2 latency is 98 ms at most, 83 - 90 ms at most, and 64 ms at least. The new route has a maximum of 75 ms, basically stable between 60 and 70 ms, and a minimum of 47 ms (the data result is valid for the current test on the same day). No matter the hardware configuration or optimization is dominant, the intuitive low up delay is naturally dominant.

As an intelligent router, it can be used with APP remote control and management, which is a relatively basic function. Therefore, the highlight of the new route 2 is that it can mine and install plug-ins to support offline download. What can mining do? Withdraw after earning ore.

However, mining requires an external storage device larger than 64G, and a USB flash disk or mobile hard disk can be inserted directly. However, there is a problem that the power supply of the two USB interfaces is a little difficult, because the mobile hard disk of 320G, 500G and 1TB is inserted, the hard disk is not recognized by the APP, and the hard disk does not work from the perspective of the rotation speed of the hard disk. So my mobile hard disk uses a cable with dual USB ports, which can be inserted into the USB port at the same time. In addition, a 3.5-inch hard disk box can be used together, because it is powered independently, there is no problem that APP cannot recognize the hard disk.

As for the revenue, the revenue varies greatly from operator to operator and from region to region, but one thing is not to use the length and width of the secondary operator network to mine because the revenue is not good. Take your own 100MB long and wide for example, and feel the benefits.

The plug-ins that can be installed for new routes are limited, but they are more practical, such as FTP services, offline downloads, private clouds and other functions. All plug-ins have not been installed, just choose the common installation to avoid problems caused by system instability.

Offline download is an attractive function. You don't need to boot up all night to download. You can directly attach a hard disk to the router interface. One thing worth praising here is that the APP has built-in video resource sharing, and the quality of movie sources is generally high, generally 720P and 1080P, and the film size is large. If you have requirements for video quality, then this is an attractive place. Another is that you can search for seeds, and most of them can be found, which is also a new demand for download enthusiasts.

However, if you want to experience the offline download function, you need to bind the Xunlei account first. In APP, you cannot directly log in to the Xunlei account for binding, but you need to input the activation code displayed on the page to the official offline website of Xunlei for binding, and then you can directly use the offline download function. After binding, you can directly download offline in the APP, or you can operate in the official offline website of Xunlei. However, downloading the same resource offline using a router is slower than downloading the same resource using Thunderbolt software on the PC side alone.

New Route 2 supports LAN sharing function. You can view the device named XCLOUD in the Windows system. The built-in 8G TF card and the accessed external storage device storage device are displayed in the form of shared files. You can directly copy, paste, delete and other operations.

New Route 2 supports the DLNA function. You can directly view the external hard disk of the access router on the smart TV or TV box, and directly read the video and other resources inside.

From the overall experience, as a 299 yuan intelligent router, its hardware configuration is higher than that of some current routers that sell for about 400 yuan. For example, the CPU, memory and Flash parts also benefit from the hardware configuration, which makes it more convenient to clean the machine. You can download different firmware from the official forum to clean the machine. In addition, it also provides dual USB interfaces, one of which is USB3.0 design, which can be used with external storage devices to build LAN shared files without complex settings. Of course, hardware is only the foundation, and function and experience are equally important. As a smart router, it supports APP remote control, plug-in installation, phone photo backup, etc., and is more versatile in use and play. The function reflected in mining is also a function worth experiencing. Especially after experiencing the products of Routing Treasure and Thunderbolt, it is still related to bandwidth, uplink speed and hard disk, so differences are normal, and everyone will have different benefits every day.

In addition to the problem of power supply on the USB interface, the new route 2 is still a cost-effective device in general, which can meet the needs of playing and brushing.

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