Difference between industrial routers and home routers

The difference between industrial routers and home routers

Industrial routers are wireless communication routers for the Internet of Things, which use public wireless networks to provide users with wireless long-distance data transmission functions.

It is widely used in various fields of M2M in the whole industry chain of Internet of Things technology, such as smart energy, smart transportation, smart home systems, financial services, Internet of Things technology, wireless communication wireless routers, mobile POS terminals, supply chain management automation, industrial automation, smart buildings, Fire safety, public safety, ecological environment protection, meteorology, digital medical treatment, remote sensing technology measurement, agriculture and animal husbandry, forestry, water affairs, coal industry, petrochemical industry and other fields.

So what is the difference between industrial routers and home routers?

1. First of all, the product stability is different

The high stability performance requirements of industrial routers are difficult for ordinary home routers to achieve. It takes a long time to work without problems, and it can be repaired by itself when the network fails. However, general home routers cannot achieve long-term working conditions, especially in bad weather, the general home routers that have long-term uninterrupted power off are also prone to network outages. Generally, it is prone to malfunction during a period of operation.

2. The working temperature of the product is different

The requirements of industrial routers for operating temperature are actually requirements for electronic components. Industrial routers usually operate in the temperature range of -35 to 75, while ordinary home routers operate in the range of -10 to 60. Normally, room temperature can meet the needs, so they cannot be used in harsh industrial control environments. . Even the general outdoor public area cannot be satisfied in winter.

3. Different product functions

Industrial-grade wireless routers are used in the field of industrial control, and the required functions are more powerful. Not only requires large bandwidth and fast response, but also requires basic functions such as port mapping, VPN, watchdog, stronger firewall, and electrostatic induction protection, while ordinary home routers only need to ensure the network function. As can be seen from the above , If the company chooses home routers because of budget savings, it will lead to many situations, such as Trojan horse viruses, network hackers; the network is often interrupted; it is very easy to fail to find the signal; the router is often too hot and unable to do so Long-term use and so on.

Therefore, apart from the difference in price, there is still a big gap between industrial-grade wireless routers and ordinary home routers.