Today, the Internet is prevalent, router as the hub of the Internet, the network of "traffic police", has been everywhere in every corner of life. But do you really know anything about routers? Because of the use of inferior routers, some users result in a slow network speed, and sometimes unable to connect to the network and other conditions. The more widely used routers in the market today should be gigabit routers and gigabit routers, so you have enough understanding of the difference between the two?
The difference between gigabit router and gigabit router
As the name suggests, the biggest difference between a gigabit router and a gigabit router is the port rate. A gigabit router has a port rate of 1000Mbps, while a gigabit router can only support 100Mbps. Besides, what's the difference between the two?
1. Different wireless rates
Generally speaking, gigabit routers are dual-frequency networks, namely Wi-Fi in 2.4g band and 5G band, with a maximum wireless speed of 1167Mbps. The 100-megabyte router usually only supports Wi-Fi in 2.4g band, and the maximum wireless speed is 450Mbps.
2. Different CPUs and chips
The CPU and chip of gigabit router have the processing capacity of gigabit data, powerful function and excellent performance. And 100 Megabyte router because of the CPU data processing capacity requirements are not so high, generally use a slightly low-end chip, to save costs.
In addition, there is a price difference between them; generally speaking the price of gigabit router is higher than that of a gigabit router.
How to buy a router correctly?
Generally speaking, the size of the broadband is the main factor in determining the purchase of a router. When the maximum broadband size can only reach 100 megabytes, considering the cost to choose a 100 Megabyte router; When the broadband size exceeds 100M (such as 200M/300M/500M), it is necessary to choose a gigabit router, if the use of a megabit router, the network speed will be limited to 100M.
But in fact, if the budget is adequate, considering the large bandwidth demand generally upgrade, the future network will only tend to higher rate of development, and in order to ensure high quality and convenient future network expansion, to meet the user network analysis, monitoring and other needs, it is best to choose gigabit router.
How to tell if a router is gigabit?
1. Gigabit router and gigabit router judgment
(1) Check the router product information, such as label paper (located at the bottom and side). Generally speaking, the name or model in the product information will indicate whether the router speed is gigabit or gigabit.
(2) Log on to the router administration page and check the router's WAN port rate in advanced Settings.
2. General gigabit router and full gigabit router judgment
Nowadays, the gigabit routers on the market can be divided into ordinary gigabit routers and full gigabit routers according to the actual comprehensive performance. The fundamental way to judge the two is whether the chip reaches the true gigabit routing (performance). True gigabit routing means that the CPU reaches gigabit data processing capacity, and equipped with gigabit network ports and other gigabit motherboard hardware, and the transmission rate reaches the gigabit level.
Although the ordinary gigabit router is equipped with a gigabit network port, its chip configuration is not upgraded synchronously, and its comprehensive performance is preloaded within 100M. And the true full gigabit router, in addition to port, motherboard support gigabit, but also used a dedicated dual-core, multi-core and other higher level of chip, its comprehensive efficiency can break through the 100M limit, really reach gigabit data processing capacity.
Question answer
Q: why can't gigabit routers reach 1000Mbps in actual testing?
A: the low test of the router may be affected by various factors, such as the poor quality of the network cable, the network card does not support the 1000M rate, and the speed measurement mode is not equal.
Q: do gigabit routers require network cables? Do I need to replace the cable?
A: generally speaking, gigabit routers are best used with six types of network jumpers.
In the era of big data with the rapid growth of business flow and the trend of diversified development of users' businesses, high-speed, flexible, reliable and safe routers are the urgent needs of users. So far, gigabit routers will usher in the industry boom.
