Routers are becoming an indisputable upstream portal

Absrtact: Perhaps what you don't know is that the slightest bit of the router is becoming an indisputable upstream entrance. In fact, the router in the geek's hands, the author pointed out, has been detached from the traditional router concept, has become a combination of various functions of the artifact

Perhaps what you don't know is that the slightest bit of the router is becoming an indisputable upstream entrance. The author of this article Tintin pointed out that, in fact, routers in the hands of geeks, has been detached from the traditional concept of the router, has become a combination of various functions of the artifact. At the same time, with the upgrade of hardware and the support of Android, routers have more imagination space and are becoming the next market to be subverted and the entrance of the competition.

Routers, this may be one of the most overlooked small objects you can be. The appearance is ugly, the work also flashes some not to understand the small light. In most cases, it's only when we don't get on the net that we pinch our fingers out of the dusty corner to find out why. What you may not know, however, is that router products and markets are quietly changing and even becoming a smoke-filled portal.

1, in the hands of DIY geeks, routers have already become very fashionable.

This change in routers, thanks to Cisco. Since the Linux system based Cisco WRT54G router source code announced, OpenWrt and WRT, tomato and other router derivative system has gradually become the favorite of the players. Among them, OpenWrt is to support the router model is complete and famous. Now, ARM, MIPS, AVR, X86, PowerPC platform of the router, can find OpenWrt figure.

Is the so-called rope endless toss, because the router manufacturers more and more products using the latest chips, with the open source of the firmware, players to toss a small router into a variety of artifacts. Increased access to the router, QoS flow control, offline downloads, NAS, etc. these are all side dishes, many players even take the router as a robot's brain to control the movement of the robot, or to change the router into a home network monitoring camera to protect the security of the home.

Hundred yuan within the ordinary wireless router allows players to give thousands of enterprise-class routes to see the ewe. Small routers in the player's hand into a computer, by installing different software, almost can achieve any function.

Perhaps, every day you visit a forum, is running in a humble ordinary wireless router.

2, the market out of the router is no longer just a router.

Of course, the above mentioned is only the DIY field of play. In the consumer-level market, the appearance and function of routers are also changing. The appearance of the router is more and more personalized, and some routers are not annoying even if they are kept on the desktop.

Functionally, a few years ago, Link's cloud routing provided intelligent terminal remote management capabilities. Ruijie's latest smart antenna can automatically detect the location of wireless devices, the signal beam to the wireless device to enhance the signal strength, to avoid the entire antenna coverage of the shortcomings of small.

WiDi, DLNA, airplay and other technologies also give people more and more access to WiFi wireless to the convenience of life. Thunderbolt has also recently cooperated with Lei division, so that the most common "idiot" level users can easily achieve Thunder remote download through the wireless router. Mini-routing with batteries can even become a wireless AV player ...

3. Android OS brings new imagination to routers.

At present, in addition to the manufacturer's system, the most popular is the system such as open source OpenWrt. Now, too, Linux-based Android systems are already running on the hardware of some routers. Recently TP's Tpmini eyes have attracted the attention of the industry because of the "cross boundary" of appearance and function. This wireless router with a webcam uses Android's native system to install a plethora of apk apps from the Google Play market. When the TV is connected, the normal TV will immediately upgrade to the so-called "smart TV" or "Internet TV".

Without saying whether the product is "Cross-border" or "business model" of the new product, using Android as an open system makes people think about the next ecosystem that wireless routers might have.

4, the router is becoming a new, will be subversive upstream entrance

Hardware upgrade, Android system is ready, routers are becoming the next market to be subverted. More importantly, the humble device is a more critical, upstream of the portal, so the router has become a battleground for internet companies.

For example, 360 may have to cut into the market. Recently, there is news that 360 will also be involved in the router hardware market. From 360 before the mobile phone operation, if 360 to do the router, it should also take the "special machine" route. For example, the Thunderbolt has also been with Lei division of the router to use peer-to-peer technology.

Countless "predecessors", has put the current router to create a similar to the mobile phone intelligent, open system, if there are companies to make a fuss over the router system, it is also the case.

So what kind of service does the Internet video company have built into the router? What about the Internet security company? What about the search company? Routers, will it become the next portal for Internet companies to compete? When internet companies in the "Access" to master the portal, our internet will have a new shape? This is probably a problem for all internet companies.