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However, if the concept of the Internet of Things Center is applied in the enterprise field, can it become a powerful assistant to improve the efficiency of employees?

In the middle of last month, Alibaba’s mobile office application nailed us the backbone of the corporate network in the next three years and how it can help our efficient office.

Nails used a product for small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) that was launched at its autumn strategy conference - Nail C1 Smart Wireless Router, as the company's smart communication center, with smart front desk M2, printer, copy, access control, air conditioning and Lights and other hardware connected to achieve an intelligent office scene.

What kind of experience can this company bring to an enterprise-class user with such a "strategy" as the original intention of the design and with the name "Smart Communications Center" in the name of the C1 smart wireless router?

Minimalist design makes enterprise routers simple

In most people's traditional impressions, the wireless routers used by enterprises always have a large number of antennas, numerous signal indicators and a bulky appearance. However, this router launched by nails is not the case.

It is not so much a router as it is more like a "smart communication center" declared in the mouth. The appearance of the rounded rectangle, with a round minimalist design in the square, the entire router has no exposed antenna, and there are no many signal indicators. The back has 1 Gigabit WAN port (supports standard PoE 802.3at power), 3 Gigabit LAN ports, 1 USB 2.0 port, 1 reset button, and 1 DC power port.

In the eyes of nails, "efficiency" is regarded as the original intention of designing the pin C1 router. Therefore, the front side of C1 is accompanied by a circle of WRGB color aperture, which is used to replace the complicated signal indicator and inform the user of the status of the router in different colors. For example, a blue light flash indicates successful operation, a white steady light indicates normal operation, a red steady light indicates that the network is disconnected, and green indicates that it is in a wireless networking state.

In addition, the buzzer also becomes a WRGB aperture and prompts the user for ancillary functions. For example, when you reset the router, C1 will make a "click" sound.

As a product designed from the starting point of the company, the C1 not only has a simple appearance, but also makes the location of the router in the enterprise flexible. With its randomly-supplied tie ropes, expansion screws, and wall-mounting accessories, C1 can be laid flat, wall-mounted, ceiling-mounted, or suspended at the top of office ceilings, as in ordinary routers.

This also provides enterprises with a simple network construction program.

Even administrative staff can easily configure the network

For SMEs, deploying a company's network often requires professional help. Not only the technical threshold is high, but also it is more time-consuming. According to the introduction, the traditional networking takes 2 to 4 hours. A few hours of disconnection may affect the normal operation of the company.

However, the company hopes to make networking easier and more efficient.

As a result, the tedious network configuration on the C1 smart wireless router was simplified to 4 steps, and the time was also reduced to 5 minutes. In the actual experience, nail C1 can indeed do this. Even administrators who do not understand network configuration can easily configure their networks.

When the power cord and the Internet transmission link are plugged in, the staple C1 starts operating. Compared to traditional routers accessing the network, you need to log in to the router behind the background or the App configuration network.

Simply connect the phone to the unencrypted default SSID of C1, open the staple application, bind the team, and set the Wi-Fi SSID. With this simple step, you can initially set up a company's wireless network.

When the company's employees need to connect to Wi-Fi, open the nail application (need to open the mobile phone network first), you can avoid key network.

For devices that do not have or cannot install staple applications, such as laptops, smart TVs, and other smart devices, Nail C1 can also be networked by obtaining a unique Internet password. In addition, C1 has also done some optimization work for some employees who have an iPhone and MacBook office.

In addition, the simple networking is one of the advantages of Nail C1. When a company's office space is too large and multiple routers need to expand Wi-Fi signals, the C1 can be plugged and used through a wired network, or it can be implemented using two nails C1 separated by 10 meters. Wireless networking, the entire process is simple and efficient.

In addition to simple configuration, nail C1 can have any resistance?

Management network is also easy for laymen

For the enterprise network, configuring the network is a difficult task, as is the management network.

In order to obtain reasonable network resources for most of the networked devices of enterprises, C1 launched a “access to the Internet” function, which is particularly suited to the needs of enterprises. We all know that in the enterprise, different parts correspond to different network resource requirements. For example, under normal circumstances, the Ministry of Commerce and the Department of Operations have a relatively high demand for network resources, while the Finance Department and the Administration Department may not have a high demand for network resources.

So at this time, network managers can randomly allocate network speed resources to increase the speed of the network for some departments that need higher speeds for a long time or temporarily, and limit the speed of some departments that do not have high network demand to protect the network of enterprises. Reasonably allocated.

Do you want to achieve this kind of operation? Not complicated. With the nail application open, the network administrator can use the staff of different departments to set the department's network priority.

At the same time, through staple applications, network managers can understand the operating status of the router, including the CPU, memory occupancy, channel usage, router upload, download speeds, and online devices. Linking equipment and employees to the network to monitor the occupation of network resources by different employees.

Smart Communication Center is the biggest selling point of C1

Since the advent of nail applications, focused communication from version 1.0 to focus collaboration in version 2.0 to version 3.5 has been dedicated to "sharing" the management experience of successful companies. Now entering the 4.0 era, the company hopes to speed up the convergence of software and hardware and create a smart office environment in the future.

By nailing the official website's promotional video, we can get a glimpse of what the future smart office scene will look like. In the scenario of nails, Nail C1 will serve as the “central” role in the company’s future network connectivity, providing intelligence through the combination of nailing software, nailing smart front desk (M2) and nailing smart wireless projection screen and other hardware and software products. Corporate office experience.

For example, after accessing the smart desk M2, visitor visits will be pushed to the matching docking staff along with the pin C1 to achieve no delay in visiting information, improve the company's image, and improve office efficiency. When accessing the relevant hardware of the smart wireless projection screen, employees within the company can also implement one-click projection on the nail.

For another example, after work, nails can be used to remotely control air-conditioners and electric lights that match the company's internal environment.

As a company's wireless router and AP, what is the performance of Spike C1?

For enterprises, the biggest advantage of C1 is that it supports MU-MIMO technology, and it can also be optimized for 2.4 Ghz WiFi frequency interference.

As a technology to increase the bandwidth utilization of the 802.11ac network, MU-MIMO is very important for the use scenario of the enterprise. In simple terms, MU-MIMO is a kind of smart antenna technology that uses multi-user multi-entry and multiple-out. It can more effectively use the bandwidth of wireless networks and improve the communication speed between routers and routers with different orientations.

In addition, the 2.4 Ghz WiFi frequency interference is also a headache for the enterprise network. When 2.4 Ghz Wi-Fi around the enterprise is excessive, it will cause some interference to the enterprise wireless network. So, we use the Netspot application on MacBook to briefly understand the performance of C1 in this function.

First we set up C1 in the area shown in the following figure in an area with an area of ​​about 50 square meters (the surrounding walls and the partition walls are made of reinforced concrete). Using Netspot, we detected the interference of the surrounding wireless network.

The larger dBm value in the figure indicates that the surrounding wireless network signal is stronger, and the stronger the signal, the easier it is to interfere with its own wireless network. As can be seen from the figure, the dark red area is relatively large, and this area is also seriously affected by wireless network interference.

The overall SNR (signal-to-noise ratio) detected by Netspot in this area is still good, which shows that the anti-interference function of pin C1 has a certain effect.

Next, we use the Speedtest application on the phone to test the network conditions of several dark red areas to understand the stability of the spike C1.

It can be seen that under the bandwidth of telecommunication broadband 200M fiber, limited by the distance and the remote area can only switch to 2.4Ghz Wi-Fi and other factors, the SSID issued by the nail C1 has a certain deceleration and a slightly higher delay. . However, the network conditions at these points are relatively stable and the speed of the network is not fluctuating. The interference function has played some roles, which guarantees the stability of the network to some extent.

The best enterprise wireless router to get started

From function to experience, then from design to intelligence, the performance of the Smart Communications Center is very comprehensive.

Knowing the needs of the enterprise, relying on this C1 hardware, the router has become the intelligent communication center of the enterprise. With the simple configuration of the network and the ease of management, it also provides enterprises with the possibility of smart office.

Moreover, the price of 1299 yuan also shows its competitiveness. According to the statement, for a company with a scale of 100 people, using C1 can save more than 50,000 yuan per year in equipment costs.

In general, it should be a network construction solution that can help enterprises intelligently improve efficiency and reduce costs at the current stage.