industrial routers and industrial switches difference between?

What is the difference between industrial routers and industrial switches?

The rapid development of the times has promoted the development of the Internet and promoted the progress of the Internet of Things. In the Internet of Things industry, industrial routers provide the function of 5G/4G/3G network conversion to WiFi, and the front end can be connected to various sensor devices, which meets the requirements of high efficiency and low latency for data transmission in the industrial field. The industrial switch is a network device used for electrical (optical) signal forwarding. It can provide an exclusive electrical signal path for any two network nodes connected to the switch. The most common switch is an Ethernet switch.

Industrial routers and industrial switches are different in many aspects:

1.the difference between hardware

There are 4 LAN ports of 5G industrial routers, of which 5 can be customized as LAN ports, and the number of LAN ports of the switch ranges from 4-48. Industrial routers have WAN ports and support mobile phone cards to access the Internet, but switches cannot. Industrial routers have wifi chips, but industrial switches do not.

In addition, because industrial routers can be connected via 5G/4G/3G wireless networks, and reflect wifi signals. Need to expand the coverage of the signal range, the antenna of the industrial router has a full-frequency rod antenna, WIFI uses a high-gain antenna, or you can choose a full-frequency rod antenna for signal external connection, and the signal is more stable. The Ethernet switch is connected via wired network and does not need to be used with an antenna.

What is the difference between industrial routers and industrial switches?

2.different levels of work

Industrial switches work on the second layer of OSI, and industrial routers work on the third layer of OSI. Since industrial switches work on the second layer of OSI (data link layer), its working principle is relatively simple, while industrial routers work on the third layer of OSI (network layer), which can get more protocol information. Industrial routers Can make more intelligent forwarding decisions.