At present, the development of Wi-Fi routers is still very rapid, and it also plays an important role in routing technology. Many people may not understand the current conversion of Wi-Fi routers, after reading this article, you must have gained a lot. I hope this article will teach you more things. With the unveiling of the competition for network cards from operators, the question of removing the Wi-Fi router has aroused further attention.
It is striking that recently, the operator's attitude towards WAPI has undergone a qualitative change. At the beginning of the year, China Mobile and China Telecom made clear requirements on Wireless Network Equipment bidding documents, bidding for wireless access, wireless routers, and other products must be compatible with the WAPI function. At the recently held broadband application development forum, Wei leping, former Chief Engineer of China Telecom, said that China Telecom will vigorously promote the development of WAPI.
According to the analysis, the carrier's support for WAPI is mainly due to a change in the attitude towards wireless Internet access, thanks to the restructuring of the telecom industry and full-service operation. Of course, there is no hope in the short term for the previously hoped Wi-Fi router to be lifted. For China Telecom, to implement the C + W strategy, use WAPI to replace the Wi-Fi router, thus, pushing WAPI becomes inevitable. After several years of development, the WAPI Industry Alliance in China has also grown. With the increasing voice of operators, the dominance of chip manufacturers has weakened and the impact of the global financial crisis has occurred, china's WAPI has ushered in a great opportunity for development.
At present, the biggest difficulty in the WAPI industry is the support of the industrial chain, especially the support of core chip manufacturers. Some chip vendors violate the rules of WAPI and abuse technical monopoly power, resulting in WAPI stumbling. To solve this problem, we can only rely on the huge potential of the Chinese market and the enthusiasm of operators for wireless Internet access, so as to promote international and domestic manufacturers to join the cooperation system. Of course, if a chip monopoly is suspected of abusing its dominant position in the market, once it complies with the anti-monopoly law, it is also impossible to remove obstacles by legal means.
It is of little practical significance to be "interconnected" by some people. Due to the different protocols and algorithms used, the interconnection between Wi-Fi routers and WAPI is essentially a "compatible" problem, that is, the technical superposition at the product level. However, we all know that the core of the competition between Wi-Fi routers and WAPI is security mechanisms. Such superposition can only solve the issue of profit distribution and cannot solve the problem of security mechanisms. To put it simply, the development of WAPI in China requires three conditions: first, the active promotion of operators; second, ZF-related policy support; and third, the active participation of relevant domestic and foreign enterprises.
In my opinion, carriers are currently actively competing for the group's customer market. The country should adopt a "large and small" approach to unban personal and household Wi-Fi routers in general, regulations stipulate that large enterprises, government agencies, and sensitive organizations must adopt WAPI, which facilitates users and partially solves security risks and facilitates the development of the entire industry, it should be a two-pronged strategy.