However, as the world's top router manufacturer, Lingshi has always been recognized as the world's leading provider of wired/wireless networks, and is currently the largest provider of MU-MIMO home Wi-Fi solutions in the industry.
After being acquired in 2013, it is now operating independently as a sub-brand of Belkin, ranking second in the U.S. market with a market share of about 21%, second only to Netgear, and a significant gap with the brand after the third place.
The market strategy and product positioning of the leader are relatively similar to the netgear, although the number of products is small, but they are positioned in the high-end, most of the product prices are more than 1500 yuan, from high to low can be divided into VELOP series, EA series and WRT series, of which the VELOP series belongs to distributed routing, suitable for villas and other large-area residences, the set price is more than 1000-3000 yuan, EA series includes three-band and dual-band routing, is the main product series of the lead, The WRT series is basically a dual-band route, and there is only one WRT1200AC currently on sale, which belongs to the entry-level positioning of the leader.
Due to the high pricing, the performance of Lingshi in the domestic market is not very good, the market share is less than Netgear, and it has failed to enter the top ten, but the product quality and technical strength are worthy of recognition.
As a leading tri-band flagship product, the EA9500 was rated as the best large-scale wireless router by Gadgetre view for its advanced MU-MIMO technology and tri-band transmission performance. EA9500 is quite complete in functions, the maximum transmission rate is 5400Mbps, 9 full gigabit ports plus 2 USB ports, which can fully meet the needs of families and even small businesses, almost all function settings can be controlled by mobile phones, the more troublesome is that the volume is too large, and a relatively ample space is needed to place, and the price is not low, close to 2500 yuan.
In contrast, EA8500 only supports dual band, the maximum transmission rate is reduced to 2600Mbps, the LAN port is also streamlined to 4, while retaining the USB interface, the price is also reduced to less than 2000 yuan, obviously more price advantage than EA9500, the transmission rate of 2600Mbps is enough for the vast majority of users, it is one of the 4 wireless routers recommended by the United States "Consumer Reports", there are also shortcomings, the market time is relatively early, although the performance is still not lagging behind, However, compared with other brands with similar positioning products (such as Netgear R7800), the price is still high.
If you feel that EA8500 is still overperforming, you can choose to position a lower WRT1900ACS/WRT1200AC, WRT1900ACS has won the Tweak Town Editor's Choice Award and the Gadget Review Best Router Recommendation Award, and at the same time with a higher transmission rate and processing chip, the price is only 100 yuan higher than WRT1200AC, which is more cost-effective, but as a thousand-yuan product, It's a pity that MU-MIMO multi-device transmission technology is not supported.
