With the increasing number of smart devices in the home, people's demand for home wireless coverage is becoming more and more strong, in addition to the choice of broadband network, the configuration of the router is also a key factor affecting the wireless experience. Especially for many large-area families with more than 100 square meters, it is indeed a headache to achieve that every corner of the whole house can be covered with WiFi signals.
Ruijie has brought hummingbird series routers before, which belong to the rare sub-routers on the market, with independent wireless power amplifier chip models. Good value for money.
This time, Ruijie brings us the latest Hummingbird Ultimate Edition. In terms of performance, it goes to the next level.
The main slogan of the Hummingbird flagship edition is: Make every room full of "true" signals.
Many people encounter such a situation, in a room far from the router, the mobile phone is connected to the wireless, it seems that the signal is full, but the actual Internet experience is very poor. This is because although it seems that the wireless signal is full, at this time, most of the wireless signals seen are 2.4G wireless signals. 2.4G wireless signal, transmission distance is much farther than 5G signal, but 2.4G signal is more interference, wireless speed is slow, although it can be connected to wireless, but wireless availability is very low, wireless speed is low, high latency, high packet loss rate, resulting in a beautiful situation.
In order to achieve true whole-house wireless coverage, the goal we pursue is 5G wireless coverage of the whole house.
For large households, to achieve wireless coverage of the whole house, there are 3 solutions:
AC+AP solution: The whole house deploys the network cable, uses the panel AP, and the ceiling AP, the equipment is more beautiful, and the wireless functions are richer. Network cable deployment is a prerequisite. Network cable is required, and the networking effect is good.
Wired MESH solution: Deploy network cables in the whole house and use routers for wired networking. Routers need power and network cables, the cost of wiring is higher, and the placement of routers, which needs to be matched with furniture, is actually more constrained. Network cable deployment is a prerequisite. Network cable is required, and the networking effect is good.
Wireless MESH solution: wireless MESH networking, no network cable, networking is more convenient, the placement of routers is more free, more flexible, suitable for families without network cables, or finely decorated households, many finely decorated households, there are few network ports, and it is also difficult to add network ports in the later stage. The flexibility is high, and the effect of networking is medium.
As a traditional network brand, Ruijie began to enter the home wireless router market in 2021, launched the acclaimed X32 PRO in 2022, and launched the X60 Pro in the second half of the year, this time bringing a new Hummingbird flagship set router.
Ruijie Hummingbird flagship set router, is a new router package, consisting of parent route and sub-route, mother router, with 1 Gigabit WAN port, 3 Gigabit LAN ports, wireless specifications AX3000.
The sub-router has 1 Gigabit Ethernet port. Supports WAN/LAN switchover. The wireless specification is also AX3000, which is very rare. Generally, the wireless specifications of sub-routers usually have a relatively large shrinkage phenomenon.
Hardware appearance
The packaging of the set is very large and heavy, which can protect the router equipment inside.
Package inside, main router, sub-router, network cable, power supply, instruction manual
The power output is 12V at 1.5A.
1 network cable, visually inspected is super five categories
Main router, solid black appearance, Ruijie mode is gold. 5 antenna design. Stateful indicator light and one-button button on the front. The advantage here is that all logos have Chinese logos, which is more convenient for the elders in the family.
On the back from left to right, there are 3 Gigabit LAN ports, 1 Gigabit WAN port, and the WAN port is marked in bright yellow. Power jack, reset button. Reset button, the design is larger, more convenient to operate, the general router, is a need for a small hole. When resetting, you need to insert it with a pin, which is not very convenient.
These interfaces, the text of the buttons, are all Chinese instructions, which is more convenient for family members.
At the bottom is the heat dissipation hole, the information of the device
There is a sensing zone at the top for quick pairing of sub-routers.
The antenna can be bent 90 degrees.
Sub-router, wall-plug design, does not need to be placed with furniture, small size.
The front has gold decorations. 4 antenna design.
The angle of the world can be adjusted, and you can cosplay "stupid".
On the back is the main information, the heat dissipation hole
At the bottom is a gigabit network port, which can be connected to other devices that require network cables.
At the top is the reset button
Usage experience
The primary router is powered on. The connection releases the wireless, the initial WIFI name and password, and the administrative password, all on the back of the router. The configuration that is initialized.
Log in to the management IP address: 192.168.110.1
Set the wireless name and password
Prompt to bind the APP.
Ruijie router firmware, very function-rich, game acceleration, children's Internet access, visitors. Compared with the average router, the playability of the firmware is higher.
In terms of wireless settings, support 3 WIFI settings, family WIFI, guest WIFI, and can also set up separate WIFI for smart home devices, of which smart home dedicated WIFI is basically unique to Ruijie. Because smart home devices generally only support 2.4G wireless, it is recommended not to turn on 5G and not to open WIFI6 support, so that for smart home devices, the compatibility is better.
WIFI SETTINGS FOR SMART HOME
Black and white lists: Set MAC addresses that allow/prohibit Internet access to ensure network security
RF settings.
You can modify the codes of different countries and regions to achieve more wireless bandwidth settings. Ruijie supports many countries and regions here.
Advanced settings
Port mapping, DDNS, UPnP settings, etc. are quite a few.
Troubleshooting
In fault diagnosis, the characteristic is packet capture diagnosis, a more professional troubleshooting tool.
APP settings
The name of the APP is: Ruijie Xingyao
In the APP, you can view the networking status. Set up Kids Mode for common router function management.
Set up children's Internet management, select children's devices, you can set, allow the time to go online, reach the time, and automatically disconnect the Internet.
APP banned. You can set apps that are blocked from accessing. Only Allow All or Prohibit All can be selected. Details under categories are not available at this time.
Wireless MESH test
When the sub-router leaves the factory, the networking has been completed, and the sub-router can be connected to the power supply.
Based on Ruijie's "Yilian" MESH technology, it enhances the stability of the connection and improves the performance of the MESH backhaul link. The networking protocol of MESH is private to each router manufacturer, which is also the reason why different brands of routers cannot be MESH networking. MANUFACTURERS WITH GOOD MESH NETWORKING TECHNOLOGY WILL MAKE THE EFFECT OF NETWORKING BETTER, AND THE MOST TESTED ABILITY IS THE ABILITY OF WIRELESS MESH, BECAUSE WIRELESS MESH NETWORKING WILL OCCUPY THE WIRELESS BANDWIDTH OF THE TERMINAL. Because it is wireless backhaul, the reliability of wireless MESH has a lot to do with the performance of wireless networks.
You can view various information about the subrouter connection.
Between the two routers, through 5G wireless + 2.4G wireless, at the same time connected to it, this is Ruijie's "multi-link aggregation MESH networking", of which the negotiation speed of 5G is 2161Mbps. This negotiation speed is very good. More than gigabit. THE WIRELESS MESH OF MOST ROUTERS IS A SINGLE LINK, AND GENERALLY ONLY USES 5G FOR WIRELESS MESH.
Sub-router, which can view information.
Wireless information, etc., is all delivered by the main router and can only be managed on the main router.
Test phone: support WIFI6, support 160MHz
Test broadband: Mobile 1000Mbps
The mobile phone is connected to the main router, the negotiation speed is 2400Mbps, and the speedtest speed is measured
The main router is in the living room, and the sub-router is in the master bedroom.
| location | Connect the router | Negotiation speed (Mbps) | Download (Mbps) | Upload (Mbps) |
| Living room | Primary router | 2400 | 945 | 70.9 |
| bedchamber | Subrouter | 2400 | 572 | 99.6 |
After penetrating 2 walls, the phone can be connected to the wireless of the sub-router, and it can also have a speed of more than 500Mbps, which is very good.
Such wireless performance is thanks to Ruijie Hummingbird's sub-router, which has 5 FEM chips, 4 external antennas, and 1 built-in antenna. The main router, which also has 5 FEM chips. The wireless signal is very strong.
Networking test
Restore the sub-router to factory settings, cancel the mode networking settings, and test the touch-and-click networking.
Just put the tail sensing area of the sub-route on the top of the main router, and you will hear a "drop" sound to complete the pairing. Then plug the sub-router into the required location. Very convenient.
The sensing area at the rear of the subrouter is the location of the network port.
The main router with the sensing zone at the top.
This touch-and-touch MESH networking method is very convenient, and the "sensing area" has a Chinese logo, which is very friendly to Chinese people. You don't need to look at the picture to guess the meaning.
summary
Ruijie's Hummingbird series is basically the only package product with an external independent signal amplifier, and this time the Hummingbird flagship version has been greatly upgraded in hardware, with wider wireless coverage and lower latency. If your room is large and you don't have enough Internet ports, you may want to try the router set of Hummingbird's ultimate. The sub-router does not need a network cable, can be used when plugged in to the power supply, and does not need to be placed with furniture. For larger units, you can also choose a 1+2 package. Simpler and faster touch-and-click networking, stronger coverage capabilities, and real wireless coverage of the whole house. Meet the wireless connection of more devices and more space. Protect your home's wireless experience.