What's the difference between an intelligent router and an ordinary router?

1, setting up an intelligent router is more convenient, while setting up an ordinary router is often more complicated. The initial installation needs the help of a computer, then log in to the router management interface, fill in the online account and other information, and then complete the setting.

Intelligent router is more practical and simple. It can not only complete the initial configuration through a computer, but also complete the settings through devices such as smart phones and tablets. For friends who don't have a computer at home, with the help of smart phones, unplug the network cable and log in to the device. The setting steps are more concise and support one-click operation.

2. The scalability of intelligent routers is very strong: the scalability of ordinary routers is very limited, and it is impossible to install applications and attach storage devices such as hard disks, while intelligent routers can install third-party applications to achieve richer functions.

3. Smart routers are more mobile: ordinary routers are initially positioned on computers to access the Internet, without considering mobile devices such as smart phones. With the increasing popularity of smart phones and tablets, intelligent routers are more friendly to mobile smart devices, and more functions are introduced in combination with mobile devices.

4. Advantages of routers: Connecting different networks: From the perspective of filtering network traffic, the role of routers is very similar to that of switches and bridges. However, unlike switches that work at the physical layer of the network and physically divide network segments, routers use special software protocols to logically divide the whole network.

5. Information transmission: Some routers only support a single protocol, but most routers can support the transmission of multiple protocols, that is, multi-protocol routers. Because each protocol has its own rules, the algorithm of completing multiple protocols in a router will inevitably reduce the performance of the router.