Home broadband router is a router that user number is
relatively small, such as the 4LAN port router, which can
supply 4 computer. To
buy a home broadband router, first of all, you should need to know the brand, quality
and price, so you can choose a good home broadband router.
1, The
router "gateway", or "agent"?
First to
determine the selected router belongs to the "gateway", or "agent". The fundamental difference between the
two is the gateway does not have the flexible permissions configuration function, and the
agent has a flexible configuration, which of course is reflected in the router configuration function. In the home, the family
of three, usually in order to limit their children's online time and unfair network application, the need for children to special computer access privileges for the
appropriate restrictions, so the
purchase of home routerson the
need to pay attention to, to view
the purchase of router configuration function if applicable.
2 Broadband router access mode
Broadband access
mode is very important, especially for the virtual dial-up users of ADSL. Because some routers only support line routing, not the
built-in virtual dial-up protocol PPPoE, of course, would not provide virtual dial-up users with dial-up service, the routing function can't be realized. The router
also supports only one or several broadband access methods, such as most reflected only supports ADSL/Cable Modem, which does not supportthe broadband access mode, the user the choice should be based on their own forbroadband access way to understand
clearly, of course, the vast majority of currently support all types of broadband access. If broadband
access is the broadband, more should
pay attention to, the router WAN port best
choice can support 100Mbps, because residential broadband is easy to upgrade to 100Mbps in a short time.
3, The
number of router LAN port
The
traditional router usually provides only a handful of early 1, 2
LAN (LAN) switch ports, while the WAN (wide area network) ports usually have more than one, because it is not used
to connect LAN, but used to connect different WAN. While the family broadband routerapplication focus is different, it is connected with WAN usually only one or 2, and the LANport is connected with several
users demand, so the broadband router are also
usually provide 4 to 8 around
the switch port, for sharing user connection. In the
case of small number of users, users do not need to buy a separate switch or hub, for the user to save the investment of network equipment. So we in the choice of the router, as a home user is usually less than 4 computers, so be sure to choose to provide enough exchange appliedLAN port, for sharing
user directly connected. Of course, the broadband router must havemore than one WAN port (for
broadband access, such as ADSL or broadband).
