When comparing measurements with the written report one can but note some discrepancies in the speed tests. You claim that Lyra was the fastest in up- and downloads, when the graphs clearly show that Velop has the upper hand. In the Velop test both text and graphs correspond. Would you care to clarify here!
Hi,
I would like to know whether the lyre can be connected to an AiMesh Asus router? I have a lot of devices connected to the switch in my current Asus router, so I want to keep that, but would like the Lyra for the rest of my apartment, simply because it look better.
I already have 3 Asus Lyra connected in my home. However I found the toilet and some area still lacking. Does adding another 3 Asus Lyra gonna help? can I add 3 more Asus Lyra to my existing Asus network?
Hi, I recently got google wifi and am happy about its performance. Should I consider switching to Lyra? Thanks. My broadband is 250Mbps and speed test shows I have about 70Mbps on 5Ghz band. I have about 10 devices at home on both frequencies.
How does this mesh system handle roaming between the APs? This is a problem for voip calls. Usually this support is only found on enterprise grade APs.
Many users of the Orbi system have complained loadly about dropped internet connections. I assume, given your positive review, that the Lyra doesn’t drop its internet connection and you haven’t had any issues?
We never had issues with dropped internet connections. As for the Orbi, we did not test it. We are in touch with Netgear and we hope that they will send us the Orbi for testing and comparison.
What do you want to know?
It has cloud-based filters for banning adult content on the fly on any device (you don’t need to manually maintain black lists, which is great).
Also, you can set a daily schedule for internet access
Thanks. And did you tried blocking sites? I ask because I could never make Netgear’s parental control to block anything. Can you block specific apps or general topics (e.g. Adult, guns, etc) or just specific urls?
I guarantee you that it works very well. It is cloud based. As long as you have an internet connection that is working, ASUS Parental Controls are the best.
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When comparing measurements with the written report one can but note some discrepancies in the speed tests. You claim that Lyra was the fastest in up- and downloads, when the graphs clearly show that Velop has the upper hand. In the Velop test both text and graphs correspond. Would you care to clarify here!
Please look at all the graphs. Velop has the upper hand in a few scenarios.
Have you had the chance to retest the LAN – file transfer speed using their latest FW ?
Hi,
I would like to know whether the lyre can be connected to an AiMesh Asus router? I have a lot of devices connected to the switch in my current Asus router, so I want to keep that, but would like the Lyra for the rest of my apartment, simply because it look better.
Ok, I found the answer myself, so for anyone else: There is no compatibility between AiMesh and Lyra routers 🙁
Yup, they are incompatible.
I already have 3 Asus Lyra connected in my home. However I found the toilet and some area still lacking. Does adding another 3 Asus Lyra gonna help? can I add 3 more Asus Lyra to my existing Asus network?
You can add one, two, three other nodes, with no problem.
Hi, I recently got google wifi and am happy about its performance. Should I consider switching to Lyra? Thanks. My broadband is 250Mbps and speed test shows I have about 70Mbps on 5Ghz band. I have about 10 devices at home on both frequencies.
How does this mesh system handle roaming between the APs? This is a problem for voip calls. Usually this support is only found on enterprise grade APs.
Thanks.
does Lyra support a Ethernet backhaul?
You mean connecting the main Lyra to the Internet, with an Ethernet cable?
No, no.
I mean connecting the second and third Lyra with a Ethernet cable.
There is no mention of this feature in the official documentation of this product so I did not test it.
That’s a shame it wasn’t tested. This is a feature of almost every mesh network. Came here looking for the same answer.
Many users of the Orbi system have complained loadly about dropped internet connections. I assume, given your positive review, that the Lyra doesn’t drop its internet connection and you haven’t had any issues?
We never had issues with dropped internet connections. As for the Orbi, we did not test it. We are in touch with Netgear and we hope that they will send us the Orbi for testing and comparison.
Thank you for the review. Could you elaborate more on the options regarding parental control?
What do you want to know?
It has cloud-based filters for banning adult content on the fly on any device (you don’t need to manually maintain black lists, which is great).
Also, you can set a daily schedule for internet access
Thanks. And did you tried blocking sites? I ask because I could never make Netgear’s parental control to block anything. Can you block specific apps or general topics (e.g. Adult, guns, etc) or just specific urls?
I guarantee you that it works very well. It is cloud based. As long as you have an internet connection that is working, ASUS Parental Controls are the best.
You block types of content and then Trend Micro’s cloud checks its database and then blocks that content when accessed.