Differences between enterprises and home wireless routes

There is a big difference between the use of wireless Routing Technology in the home and the use of wireless Routing Technology in the enterprise. Here we will detail the differences between the two.

Nowadays, wireless technology is becoming more and more developed. wireless products are nothing new for enterprises and families. In the face of the affordable prices of household wireless products, many users in small and medium enterprises are very interested, in an attempt to reduce costs for enterprises, family users will also covet the excellent workmanship and performance of enterprise-level products. As a result, many friends are confused and do not know how to choose, what are the similarities and differences between enterprise-level products and home products? Let's make a small series for everyone.

First of all, let's talk about the similarities. As a wireless product, enterprise-level products have many commonalities in terms of functions compared with home products.

1. Wireless AP

Enterprise-level and home-level wireless routers support mainstream 2-4 GHz wireless connections. Some common products support 802.11g/B protocol standards, more and more wireless routers that support the 802.11n protocol are beginning to become the first choice for many users with faster transmission rates. enterprise-level products are no exception.

2. Provides the switch function

Enterprise-level products and home products both have the switch function, but enterprise-level products will have a slight increase in the number of interfaces, and there will be a gigabit LAN port. Home Products usually have one WAN port and four 10-Gigabit LAN ports, which support Automatic negotiation and port flip without selecting the network cable sequence. Although some products take into account the needs of users, Gigabit LAN ports will also be standard, but this is not a common phenomenon for the home product market.

3. Antennas available

The 802.11g/B Product is usually equipped with 1-2 antennas, and 802.11n or MIMO products are usually equipped with 2-3 antennas. In addition, the antennas are fixed omnidirectional antennas and detachable omnidirectional antennas. However, both enterprise wireless router products and home wireless router products may be equipped with these antennas. In addition, some wireless routers use internal antennas.

4. Broadband Routing

Both enterprise wireless router products and home wireless router products support multiple broadband access methods, such as PPPoE, dynamic IP, and static IP. They support automatic dialing, on-demand dialing, and timed dialing to meet various dialing requirements; the built-in DHCP server can automatically and dynamically allocate IP addresses.

5. Have software firewalls and basic security functions

Both enterprise wireless router products and home wireless router products have built-in firewalls, which support IP, MAC, and URL filtering to flexibly control Internet access permissions and Internet access time. 64/128-bit WEP encryption is provided, support for WPA/WPA-PSK or WPA2/WPA2-PSK security; Support for SSID broadcast control, MAC address-Based Access Control List; Support for UPnP, DDNS, Static Routing, VPN Pass-through; it supports multiple port forwarding methods, such as virtual servers, special applications, and DMZ hosts, and can be used to build Intranet websites. There is no technical difference between the two.

However, for an enterprise, the use environment of products is much more complex than that of the family. Therefore, enterprise-level products still have a lot of functions not available for home products, which is also the reason why enterprise-level products are expensive.