Since Xiaomi officially released the "Xiaomi Router", Ada has been eager to get it because it has the functions of personal cloud, Thunder BT download, FTP, file server and even AirPort Time Capsule, and it can also be used across platforms! In Ada's personal opinion, Xiaomi's "peripheral products" are quite interesting. For example, the "New Xiaomi Box" has almost replaced the function of the fourth channel in the home. My wife and children all open the new Xiaomi Box at night to watch the latest Korean and mainland dramas. , has completely subverted the product ecology of "TV boxes", and "Xiaomi Router" is an epoch-making product that completely redefines the "router" product from the previous simple sharing of Internet functions and gives it new functions! And "Xiaomi Router" Why is it so interesting? Because it is a universal router that has almost all the daily needs of a house, and it also has 1TB of built-in space. The most terrifying thing is that it only sells for 699 yuan (about NT$3,500) in mainland China!! This kind of router The price may not be enough to buy a hard drive and a router, let alone its powerful functions that are almost alien technology... After the press conference, Ada has been looking around for Taobao sellers who sell Xiaomi routers in stock, and finally Huangtian Thank you for your hard work, I bought it right away, but because I am too busy with work, I have no time to write an unboxing sharing now. Let’s see after the jump how powerful the function of "Xiaomi Router" is!
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Purchase and unboxing of Xiaomi router
Network settings of Xiaomi router
Introduction to advanced functions of Xiaomi router
Using Xiaomi router on computer and mobile phone ( Including how to use Xiaomi router to perform Thunder BT download)
Using Xiaomi router with Mac and Xiaomi box
How to buy Xiaomi router
This time Ada purchased "Xiaomi router" and "Xiaomi router" The starting price of Xiaomi Wi-Fi" package combination is RMB 716.5:
Attention! Before purchasing "charged" products such as "Xiaomi Router", be sure to ask online customer service whether it can be shipped to Taiwan. If If it can be shipped, please directly select your home address when selecting the delivery address. Do not check "International Transshipment", otherwise it will be stuck in customs! After setting the address, execute "Submit Order":
On Taobao When buying things online, there is a shipping fee (this time it was 90 yuan, so if you can, you can find someone to buy a few units together to share the shipping cost. I think it is acceptable), so in the end it was 806.5 yuan + 2% Taobao handling fee:
It arrived after a few days. Although the outer box is old, the contents inside are brand new and unopened:
Xiaomi router unboxing and appearance
Come and unbox directly. I bought Xiaomi Wi-Fi as a spare. It is a gadget that can turn any desktop computer into a wireless sharing device. For a review, please read this article (please click me). Ada will not explain more. "Xiaomi Router "Maintaining the "minimalist" style of Xiaomi products in appearance, except for the "MI" LOGO in the upper right corner, there is no extra printing and design:
The corner on the back has its hardware SPEC introduction, equipped with an American router The dual-core 1GHz BCM4709 processor produced by chip manufacturer Broadcom, 256MB DDR3 memory and 2.5-inch 1TB SATA hard drive, and 2.4G/5G dual-band 2X2 antenna support 802.11ac protocol, MIMO and other technologies. In terms of hardware specifications, it It is a high-end router, and the market price is more than 4,000 yuan (not counting the cost of the 1TB hard drive):
When opening the box, Xiaomi's placement of things is solid, and there is no unnecessary wasted space. Packaging material: The items inside are also very simple, just a Xiaomi router, manual and transformer:
The packaging on the Xiaomi router also teaches users how to quickly set it up. Ada will also briefly introduce this part:
The appearance of the Xiaomi router is quite simple, just a black cylindrical box (actually it looks like a Mac Pro with a trash can lid), except for the "MI" LOGO at the top (there is an NFC sensor at this position, and the Xiaomi phone can pass through it) NFC (password-free direct connection to the Internet) and no other unnecessary decorations:
Close-up of the back of the Xiaomi router:
There is a set of USB 2.0 ports on the back of the Xiaomi router that can be used to connect external flash drives and other devices, and there are two more The RJ-45 port can connect other HUBs and computers. The RJ-45 blue port below is connected to network sources such as ATU. Below it is the RESET and power holes:
Close-up of the bottom of Xiaomi router, I heard The hard drive is disassembled from here, so I won’t study it because it is for personal use:
There are many small holes for ventilation in the upper part of the fuselage and the small holes at the bottom of the fuselage are just right for heat dissipation circulation: The installation of Xiaomi router is basically not difficult. Just connect the power supply and insert the ATU cable into the blue RJ-45 connection port. After power is turned on, there is an LED light under the front of the fuselage. Blue means that the Xiaomi router is already in operation:
The next page is the Xiaomi router network connection settings