Huawei joins the home Wi-Fi router for 3000 yen dual-core CPU

Fashionable and cheap products based on white enter the market of Wi-Fi routers

　Huawei Technology Japan Co., Ltd. (Huawei Japan) will launch HUAWEI WiFi WS5200, a compact home Wi-Fi router that supports IEEE802.11ac, on December 4th. The market estimates the price at 3180 yen (excluding tax).

　The maximum communication speed is 867 Mbps (when connected in 5 GHz band) or 300 Mbps (when connected in 2.4 GHz band). Equipped with 800 MHz-driven dual-core CPU and 4 movable antennas, it also supports 2 × 2 MU-MIMO and beamforming.

　It uses a relatively compact shell based on white. It can be said that although it is a cheap product from global manufacturers, the home setting also uses a design that is easy to be familiar with.

　The connection destination of 2.4 GHz band and 5 GHz band is 1 SSID, which also corresponds to the "band shift" of automatically switching the connection band according to the radio wave condition of the terminal. In addition, through the "LDPC (Low-Density Parity-Check code)" algorithm for error correction of transmission and reception, it is possible to communicate even across the wall without slowing down.

　Support "Huawei HiLink", you can press the host button to connect with the Wi-Fi extension. This button also supports WPS. Cheap products, in addition to the guest Wi-Fi function and connection terminal speed limit function, but also have parental control function and MAC address filtering function.

　The back of the fuselage is equipped with gigabit compatible WAN × 1 port and LAN × 3 port. When the antenna is folded, the main body size is 205x120x36.8mm (width × depth × height), and when the antenna is erected, the height is 145mm. It weighs 243 grams.

　The SSID of the first connection is recorded on the bottom of the main body. With the initial password not set, when you visit any website after connecting, the screen switches and displays the initial settings of the router. In addition to registering ISP's connection information, you can also set the Wi-Fi 's SSID name, encryption key, and router administrative account according to the wizard.

Why enter the market now?

　Up to now, although the company sells fixed LTE routers and mobile routers in China, as a router for fixed Internet connection, WS5200 has become a domestic product for the first time. However, the global market has previously provided Wi-Fi routers as a "Smart Home" product category, and the Chinese market has sold more than 10 million units of WS5200.

　Then, "sell Wi-Fi products with smartphones at the core so that smart home devices can be used everywhere in the home." In order to enrich the product line in the future, other products will also be listed on the Japanese market next year. " In addition, products that support Wi-Fi 6 are also expected to be available next year.