Practical choice: HUAWEI WiFi WS5200 Router Enhanced Version Review

Today we are going to experience HUAWEI 's new routing product: HUAWEI WiFi WS5200 Enhanced Version


Appearance
From the appearance of HUAWEI WiFi WS5200 Enhanced Version, its outer packaging isn’t large, which makes it difficult to imagine that it is a dual-band router with 4 antennas.


Opening the package then the question about the small size of the package was quickly solved. The HUAWEI WiFi WS5200 Enhanced Version with a foldable design. Four Phosphorus Copper 5dBi high-performance widened antennas can be fully folded when not working, which is much better than many routers in the market at the same price but only can be partially folded. The small and simple beige appearance makes it easy to fit into your room.


The back is a curved design which is similar to a trapezoid that allows for more heat dissipation area. The surface is covered with a large number of cooling holes, and the side net port is also designed with heat dissipation. This will be a good help for the long-term stable operation of the router.


Performance

The network speed is not only related to the access bandwidth of the operator, but also has a great relationship with the performance of the router. The speed of the Internet will not be fast even though the bandwidth is increased but the router configuration isn’t upgraded. For example, a router is like a switch on a water pipe.

The water pipe should be thick, and the mouth of the switch should be large, so that the amount of water flowing out will be large. The WS5200 enhanced version is such a large switch, with full Gigabit Ethernet port and dual-band 1167M Wi-Fi, which can fully meet the access requirements of broadband users of 100M and above.


For the first time, the HUAWEI WS5200 enhanced version is equipped with HUAWEI’s self-developed Lingxiao dual-core processor and the main frequency reached 800MHZ. The CPUs of the previous routes were basically monopolized by giants such as Qualcomm, MediaTek, Marvell and Broadcom. According to official data, HUAWEI WiFi WS5200 Enhanced Version dual-band Wi-Fi performance has been greatly improved with the help of this Lingxiao chip, including 2.4GHz Wi-Fi performance increased by 60% and 5GHz Wi-Fi performance increased by 25%.


Not only the performance of the CPU is improved, but the WS5200 enhanced version is also equipped with two independent signal amplifiers for 5GHz Wi-Fi to enhance its 5GHz Wi-Fi coverage. In combination with the four Phosphorus Copper 5dBi high-performance widened antennas mentioned above, as well as the LDPC weak signal error correction algorithm, the coverage of the WS5200 enhanced version 5GHz Wi-Fi is increased by 30%.


We connected the device to the HUAWEI WiFi WS5200 Enhanced Version for testing under the 200M telecom broadband. The actual download speed reached 25.4M/s, and the upload speed reached 5M/s, which is consistent with the speed performance in the 200M network environment. In addition, compared to the previous brand router, playing a group game in the lounge with two walls separated from the router, such as “Srike of Kings” will not have the problem of signal instability and midway disconnection. From our experience during this time, the wall penetration ability of HUAWEI WiFi WS5200 Enhanced Version, as well as the network stability is better than similar products, and the network performance is also satisfactory.

Easy to use

How to set up a router is still difficult for most non-digital enthusiasts, especially girls. HUAWEI has done a good job in this aspect, and has prepared a very detailed graphic quick start tutorial.

Pay attention to the WeChat public account: HUAWEI smart selection, not only can see a variety of routing video configuration tutorials, but also a variety of other functions such as solutions to a variety of common problems, router knowledge online support for fans support group etc.

The WS5200 enhanced version gives the best solution to the common problems such as "insert wrong network port cannot be connected to the network, Replacing the router forgot the account password". The WS5200 enhanced version combines the WAN/LAN network port into one, the WAN interface is plugged in and the network port is automatically recognized. No matter which network port is inserted, no error will occur.


Use your phone to quickly configure your network in just 2 easy steps. Even when the new and old routers are powered on, you can use the network cable to connect the old router WAN port to any interface of the WS5200 enhanced version, copy the broadband account and password with one click, eliminating the cumbersome network configuration process.


This is a beautiful Gigabit Ethernet router. The white body and foldable antenna design can be well integrated with the home environment.


This is also a very practical router. In terms of hardware, full Gigabit Ethernet port, dual-band Wi-Fi, dual-core 800MHz processor, 5dBi high-performance widened antenna, two 5GHz Wi-Fi independent signal amplifiers and network port blind insertion; In terms of software, support one-click copy of the old routing broadband account password, detailed and intimate quick start tutorial, are to ensure that WS5200 enhanced version becomes a simple, easy to use, stable router. For those people who have upgraded broadband bandwidth, need a reliable Gigabit router, but don't know how to configure the router, it is definitely a practical choice.