Wireless Router vs WiFi Gateway Module

With the continuous development of wireless communication technology in the Internet of Things, WiFi has a wide network coverage and is convenient to move. Fast transmission speed and simple installation. Advantages such as health and safety. It has been widely applied in life. The WiFi module integrates the WiFi wireless network protocol IEEE802.11.b.g.n protocol stack and the TCP/IP protocol stack functions into the module, and leads out multiple interfaces. Traditional hardware devices embedded with WiFi modules can directly connect to the Internet via WiFi, which is an important component for realizing wireless smart homes, WiFi remote control and other Internet of Things applications.

According to the interface derived from the WiFi module or the integrated functions. The WiFi module is further subdivided into serial port WiFi modules, SDIOWiFi modules, SPI interface WiFi modules, AP modules, router WiFi modules,WiFi control modules, etc.

The wireless router module is an extension of the interface types and some functions of the router, integrating the WiFi function for modularization. Its protocol and driver are based on a chip with powerful Flash and Ram resources plus the LINUX operating system, and it can also be called an embedded WiFi module. After the wireless smart router modules communicate with each other via WiFi, due to the new network transparent distribution structure adopted by WiFi, its data transmission volume is very large, and it can even transmit video streams and audio streams.

The wireless router module can choose between local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) according to different application scenarios. Local Area Network (LAN) is a regional network formed in a local area. Its characteristic is that the distribution area is limited, which can be large or small, ranging from the connection between a single building and adjacent buildings to the connection between offices. Wide Area Network (WAN) is a remote network that connects computers in local area networks or metropolitan area networks in different regions for communication.

The WiFi control module is an electrical device embedded with a WiFi module to achieve data exchange. To put it simply, as long as it has WiFi, any smart device can be easily controlled, and there is no need to consider the wiring in the early stage at all. At present, the demand for intelligent big data transmission, video transmission, audio transmission, and wide area network networking control in the Internet of Things is increasing. The WiFi control module is generally based on a wireless router.

The MT7688/MT7628 module is a WiFi intelligent wireless router module, which complies with the IEEE:802.11b/g/n protocol. It supports 5 network ports and wired interfaces, and can be configured as WAN/LAN. The WAN can be set as LAN. The main frequency of the MIPS architecture is 580M. The MT7688 has a speed of 150MBPS, and the MT7628 has a speed of 300M. The interfaces include: 1 USB Host interface,1 SD card interface,1 audio IIS interface,1 serial communication IIC interface, and 3 serial USRT interfaces. It is also a WiFi control module that can be used simultaneously for both local area networks and wide area networks. Applications include: wired to WiFi,4G to WiFi, ceiling-mounted AP,4G router, industrial control, WiFi speaker, security video transmission, wireless storage expansion, WiFi wireless video transmission, data transparent transmission, etc.