Xiaomi presented a wireless router that supports 802.11ac standard and an integrated hard drive, although this company has been known only as the creator of modern smart phones and various smart gadgets.
A router is a functional connection of many devices. Its superior design will perfectly fit into your decor, it has a fairly simple and intuitive interfaceand does not require time-consuming set of settings.
Package
The standard box is made of durable cardboard that protects the router from damage during transport from the factory to you.
On the reverse side of the box you can see the specifications of the device. As you can see information about the presence of the hard drive size 2.5"1 TB. Here is the internal name of the model - R1D, which is repeated in the web interface of the device.
Package Includes: router, external power supply (12V 2.5 A) network patch cable.
Outward appearance
The router has an unusual elegant design. Made from matt black plastic housing is only intended for vertical installation. The dimensions of the device are 64 × 120 × 170 mm.
Shiny glossy top panel gives it extraordinary. Like any gadget from science fiction film I appeared in your home. Under the upper lid mountedantenna wireless controllers and tag NFC, intended for realization of useful scripts connect client devices.
Under the top "striped" part of the body disappeared ventilation grates. They just needed to cool the powerful built-in hard drive. In the lowerportion of the front panel is set multicolor LED status.
Behind you will find a port USB 2.0, two LAN ports and port WAN (Gigabit, with indicators), the hidden reset button and input power supply.
At the bottom is another ventilation grille and four rubber feet. The hard disk is hidden inside the router and includes replaceable.
Hardware Configuration
For optimum performance, all parts inside the closed screen that allows you to remove unnecessary interference and noise. The router is based on a chip Broadcom BCM4709, which has a dual-core architecture of ARM, clocked at 1 GHz. The amount of RAM is 256 MB. Two independent radio unit can operate with 802.11b / g / n in the range of 2.4 GHz and a maximum connection speed of 300 Mbit / s and with 802.11a / n / ac in the 5 GHz band with a maximum connection rate 867 Mbit / s. As we can see, on these parameters model is slightly behind the top devices with 450 + 1300. To connect the Internet and wired clients are three gigabit ports - one WAN and two LAN. You can emphasize the fact that the power switch is integrated into the processor.
Unusually this router caused several unique solutions. To connect the hard drive to Port PCI Express SATA-mounted controller ASMedia. The second unique feature - the use of the hard drive for storing main firmware.
Use one card eliminates the loss of data on the connecting cables. Using a metal frame to frame, increases the strength and reliability of the design.
To ensure smooth operation and protection from overheating the device within the body of the router is set high revving engine cooling fan. Strong lock and specially designed bearings provide quiet operation of the fan.
The 2.4 GHz speed of about 100 Mbit / s. When you go to the 5 GHz speed significantly increased. The maximum speed of reception of data is more than 600 Mbit / s in multi-threaded mode ..
This router will be a great addition to your home theater as a media server, and provides smooth and high quality internet.
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