The difference between 4G industrial routers and related products

Industrial 4G routers are mainly used in environments such as industry, power, environmental protection, and smart cities. They can be used in station vending machines, bank numbering machines, parking gates, community express cabinets, etc. It can be seen that industrial 4g routers are commonly used in public areas or factory production lines. So what are the connections and differences between it and ordinary home routers, industrial modems and switches?

The difference between industrial 4g router and 4g router

Similarity: Both are routers and both have routing functions. Both have WAN port, LAN port, 4G signal, SIM card slot. The 4G tariff of the SIM card reflects the 4G signal of the network, and then the wifi signal is sent through the routing function to realize the network of other devices through the wifi signal. Technically speaking, the route is automatically selected and set according to the signal, and the signal is sent in order.

Difference: The application environment is different. Ordinary routers are mainly used in home or small business office environments, with relatively stable working conditions. Industrial 4g routers can be used in relatively harsh environments such as underground, dams, oil fields or seaside. Therefore, it must have hardware protection such as power supply protection, anti-static, anti-lightning strikes, and at the same time have a 24-hour non-stop hardware watchdog.

The difference between 4g router and 4g modem

Similarity: The similarity between industrial routers and industrial modems is that they are both used in industrial environments. Both have realized the transparent transmission of wireless network data and dial-up networking. They are also devices that meet the network requirements of industrial projects. Usually both have hardware protection to provide a hardware foundation for continuous networking.

Difference: The difference between the two mainly comes from the appearance and actual project application. Industrial 4g routers usually have a WAN port or a LAN port, and some devices also have a serial port, which is suitable for project applications that require a serial port connection, usually with a UI configuration interface. The modem usually has no UI configuration interface, and is small in size and has fewer interfaces. If the interface in the project requires a serial port, it is suitable to use a modem device.

The difference between industrial 4g routers and industrial switches

Similarities: The similarity between industrial 4g routers and switches is that they are both used to implement network data exchange. Only the switch is used for the second layer data exchange of the network data link layer, and the router is used for the third-layer device. Data exchange.

Difference: Industrial routers usually have less than 4 LAN ports, which are used for instrument networking by refracting wifi signals; switch LAN ports are generally less than 48, without a wifi module, and are mainly used to access wired devices. They differ in principle (task hierarchy). The data exchanged by the data exchange layer of the network where the switch is located is relatively simple. When industrial routers carry out data transmission, the protocol is rich, so the division of the broadcast domains of the two is also different.

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