Eliminate confusion about how to select a Broadband Router for an internet cafe (1)

With the abundance of Internet resources, many friends want to obtain resources through the Internet, and even conduct various entertainment through the network, the Internet cafe industry will become more prosperous. Internet cafes are a multi-person and complex environment, the speed and stability of Internet access are critical. Therefore, many Internet cafes use 10 MB broadband or optical fiber access. To facilitate management, speed improvement, and improve network security, routers have become the core devices purchased by Internet cafes, however, some users do not understand the real role of broadband routers in Internet cafes, so they are "confused" during procurement. Why do internet cafes use broadband routers? How to select a Broadband Router is critical for Internet cafes.

I. Why do internet cafes use routers?

To enable Internet access from dozens or even hundreds of computers at the same time in Internet cafes, you must set up a LAN. When talking about lan, everyone will think of proxy servers, proxy servers are commonly used by Internet cafes in the past, but they have many defects, such as complicated software settings and a separate high-end host server, this increases the difficulty of maintaining Internet cafes. Once a software or server problem occurs, professional personnel are required to fix it quickly. This is why 1-3 excellent network administrators are required for Internet cafes, however, with a Broadband Router, you can get rid of the complicated settings in the software and save the purchase funds for host servers, regardless of investment or maintenance convenience, broadband routers have become essential devices for Internet cafes.

Figure 1 Proxy Server networking

The Broadband Router has the automatic routing function. It is very convenient to set the broadband parameters and connect to the network device so that each computer can automatically access the internet, internet users are constantly browsing, chatting, downloading, video on demand, and online games. The data traffic is huge, and the Broadband Router can automatically distribute data, it solves the problems of slow Internet access speed, disconnection, and pause in Internet cafes. Internet users in Internet cafes are of different ages and different operation levels. Therefore, computers in Internet cafes are vulnerable to viruses and Trojans. Although anti-virus software and software firewalls can be used for protection, they are not an ideal solution after all, broadband routers generally have built-in functions such as firewalls, access control, domain name filtering, and MAC address filtering. They intercept network virus attacks from network imports, and more reliably prevent network hacker intrusion, it provides a stable, reliable, and secure operating environment for Internet cafe computers.

Figure 2 vro networking