Sharing: the difference between tens of thousands of enterprise routers and home routers

today Brother Yunyang Taoge Come and talk to everyone Router , to be specific Home Router and Enterprise router The difference between.

As we all know, home routers are also in use, and the price is low, generally from dozens of pieces money There are hundreds of dollars in price, and the price of the top breaking days is just above four figures. There should be few router families with four figures. Enterprise level routers generally start at the 1000 yuan level (I'm talking about standard 1U or above devices that enter the cabinet, not including the so-called enterprise level routers that cost hundreds of yuan and are used for small companies to work, which are actually similar to household devices, with slightly more functions and stronger stability), There are many thousands of router products, and even tens of thousands of firewall products.

So, it is also used to access the Internet. There are only a few people in the family and more than a dozen devices to access the Internet, while there are only a few more people in the enterprise, dozens of people, hundreds of people, and thousands of people. Why are routers used by enterprises so expensive, and the price difference is more than a hundred times?

The main differences between home routers and enterprise routers can be summarized as follows:

1. Features

Home router, because of the simple topology of home network and the single demand of users for the network, can meet the requirements as long as it can ensure the stability of the network and no access card. After entering the era of intelligent digital products, there is an additional wireless demand, so the home router becomes a home wireless router 。

However, the enterprise network environment is complex and there are many Internet users. It is unrealistic to restrict employees' Internet access behavior only by means of administration, which can be done by enterprise routers or firewalls (different enterprises have different network architectures, and some enterprises use firewalls as routers). Different online rules can be set for employees in different departments, What is the network speed of each person? Some departments can access it at will internet Some departments can only visit a few specific websites, and whether different departments are allowed to visit each other, and whether key departments such as finance should isolate other departments. Of course, the latter functions are all in Switch The above three layers used by enterprises Managed switch , is the best partner of enterprise routers.

2. Performance

A home router is enough as long as it can drive a few or even a dozen devices to access the Internet stably (wired+wireless devices).

However, there are many enterprise users, so the performance of the router needs to be very strong. CPU, memory, flash memory, interface performance, and expandable functions are several grades higher than those of household routers to meet the needs of a large number of users to access the Internet at the same time.

3. Stability

The stability of home routers is generally not very good. The cheaper the router is, the more likely it will have problems. Occasionally, it will not be able to access the network or the network card. However, the problem will be solved after a reboot.

Enterprises have very high requirements for network stability. Now many businesses rely on the Internet. It can even be said that many businesses will stop when the network is disconnected. In addition, the equipment in the enterprise computer room is rarely restarted. The equipment itself can operate continuously and stably, and it is better to restart it at intervals like household equipment to ensure stability.

4. Automatic fault tolerance

Home networks and home devices generally do not have this function and demand.

In the enterprise network, when designing the network wiring, we have considered which alternative scheme to use to quickly repair the failure if the network fails in the future. The enterprise router (including the enterprise switch, etc.) also has a certain automatic fault tolerance function, For example, multiple enterprise optical fibers are connected at the same time (at least two optical fibers belonging to two different operators, one for normal use and one for standby. When the main line is abnormal, the standby line is automatically switched). The enterprise switch product also automatically switches the standby line when it detects that a port or a link is blocked, This will ensure the stable operation of the network.

With these differences, we should all know why enterprise products are so much more expensive than household products. Well, Brother Yunyang Tao is here today share Right here, thank If you think this article is helpful and enlightening to you, please share and pay attention to it. Thank you!