Lenovo Intelligent Routing Truth: experience and functionality need to be perfected

Lenovo Smart Router? Yes, that's right, it's a router product with Lenovo logos. But its origins are indeed somewhat different, Lenovo's smart router team in Chengdu to listen to technology cloud routing project into its own. Would like to take this to make up the key part of smart devices.

This product is actually the second generation of cloud routing beta, from the end of last year has not been attributed to Lenovo has begun to advance. At that time, listen to cloud routing team leader said will be the external hard drive to build private cloud as a selling point. See how they're doing.

First of all, the overall impression:

1, this product as the router itself configured well, with the MTK dual-frequency scheme, and polar route second-generation similar.

2, intelligent aspects of the concept of the comparison of the whole, private cloud, public cloud, remote control, Thunder offline download, plug-in extensions have to do.

3, from the product itself to the application, a lot of experience details need to be improved. There are several drops of the chain, hoping that these problems in the testing phase will eventually be perfected.

4, in addition to the packaging printed on the music Lenovo logo, from hardware to software are still pure cloud routing, Lenovo's penetration has not had enough depth, the only in the plug-in has a remote monitoring application, temporarily unavailable. Should be to Lenovo another smart home products "housekeeping treasure" reserved.

Unpacking: Lenovo Piyun Routing Heart

This package is really big, and there is a lot of Hidebibi on the side of the pole route that can be seen, almost three times times the latter.

Although there is such a large box, but the router packaging does not carry a wire, this should be an oversight. In addition to the mainframe in the box, besides the power adapter, there is a 180-yuan Thunder Platinum membership card, and a small cloud VIP platinum, I do not know why the currency unit is the U.S. dollar, more international?

At the same time, there is a quick start manual, set the entry can be more detailed, on the PC side did not specify the entry, is the input xyun.co or fixed IP address. I am directly connected to another router, do not need to set up broadband dial-up, there are 2 WiFi hotspots corresponding to the 2.4GHz and 5GHz band, the default is no password.

As a cloud Route 2 generation product, in the hardware itself is playing these several selling points, has 2 Gigabit LAN network port and 2 hundred Gigabit LAN network port, in addition has 3 USB interface, in addition to the external hard disk, envisages another use is to be convenient to charge the handset.

This is two a good starting point of the function, but the practicality is open to question, now in addition to a few desktops, basically network equipment in the universal wireless access, leaving 4 network mouth meaning will have how big? In addition, the WLAN entrance is 100M network port, the significance of the gigabit export how much? USB really can save a charge head of convenience, but the general router easily placed in the corner, more difficult to use, unless you put in the living room TV cabinets such a conspicuous position, to bring convenience.

Dismantling: and millet routing cheap money with the program

Lenovo's outside of this route except for 256MB memory, as well as the interface, speed, and other introduction, there is no detailed hardware parameters. Might as well take a look, untie the bottom four feet mat, unscrew the inside four screws can.

The motherboard is compact and can be seen in a conspicuous location with two WiFi main chips, all from MediaTek, mt7620a and Mt7612en respectively. The second generation of polar route is the combination of mt7620a and mt7610e, Mt7612en is a new product of MediaTek in the second half of 2013, which supports 2*2 5GHz signal amplification and transmission. and Millet router's Low-cost mini version is the same configuration, but Millet has put a 129 yuan price, so that the manufacturers will be very injured later.

On the work, cloud routing has yet to be improved, such as the network has no metal shielding shield.

Function: Incomplete Experience

Intelligent routers, in fact, speed and stability is not the most important, dual-frequency router ordinary room will not have signal problems, not to mention the signal relay is also very convenient.

I want to specifically see this router in the intelligent logic, can open the Web page of the device can access its settings interface, but the actual trial found that more than one device access, there will be a poor situation. There are three smart places to set up the interface:

1, some plug-ins to expand, most of the current is relatively simple, not much practical use.

2, there is a USB management and file viewing options, I tested 3TB hard drive to recognize the read.

3, there is a hard disk sleep option, choose to set the hard disk idle time after the sleep state.

But from the point of view of this page setup, the function that can use is not much. Web Page Setup interface can only be accessed in the LAN, if you need remote access to the router, it is through its app "Xiao Yun", but from the product to the packaging, to the Setup interface, there is no special emphasis on the app, but the real intelligent function is here. such as mobile phone backup, offline download, remote switch machine and so on. The client has multiple platforms, but there is no Mac version, come on.

Unfortunately, after registering a successful account on its small Cloud server, the temporary landing in its app was unsuccessful. But from its list of features, it's useful to see that it supports iphone images and video sync backups to the external hard drive.

Summary：

In the final step, I do not have a full summary of the intelligent routing experience that Lenovo and cloud routing eventually envisioned, but it has been seen that Lenovo's choice of cloud routing is indeed a function of cloud routing, which all-inclusive more than a few points of intelligent routing. But the two biggest problems facing the present are:

1, experience and functional needs to improve the place there are many, the idea is very easy, landing to experience the details are often the hardest, and now in the testing phase, need to further improve. Where are the core focus functions? Need to be strengthened.

2, Millet launched 129 yuan mini millet route, the choice of the same chip scheme cloud routing, is also a problem, how to price to occupy a place? Can see, Lenovo to really want to now kill into the router entrance market, must begin to do a loss of trading, must be ready to burn money.