Gryphon Tower Super-Fast Mesh WiFi Router – Advanced Firewall Security, Parental Controls, and Content Filters – Tri-Band 3 Gbps, 3000 sq. ft. Full Home Coverage per Mesh Router
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- POWERFUL CONNECTIVITY & SECURITY Experience secure and dependable mesh WiFi connectivity for your family and all your smart devices with the Gryphon Tower, engineered to deliver fast, efficient coverage, enhanced security, and advanced parental controls
- COMPREHENSIVE PARENTAL CONTROLS Create a safe Internet experience for young users with your WiFi mesh systems active content monitoring, app and website blocking, individualized time limits, and valuable usage insights so you can better monitor your kids screen time (4)
- ADVANCED WIFI TECHNOLOGY Enjoy entire-home coverage and incredible speeds, no matter how many users and connected devices are added to your network, as simultaneous AC3000 tri-band radios and 4x4 MU-MIMO deliver up to 3,000 sq. ft. of coverage off a single Gryphon Tower router (1) (2)
- NEXT-GENERATION FIREWALL Protect every device in your home with this WiFi routers modern malware and ransomware protection, 24/7 intelligent intrusion detection to guard against hackers, and automatic protection from phishing scams (3)
- SIMPLE SETUP & SMARTPHONE CONTROL The Gryphon Connect app provides you with a single solution for managing your WiFi network, parental controls, device access, and app use (4) (5)
Features
- The Gryphon Tower: Does so much more than traditional home WiFi routers. This wireless WiFi router offers MESH Wifi Connectivity, Intrusion & Malware Home Protection for all your devices (smart connected appliances too) and most importantly protects your family from unwanted influences. Imagine a secure WiFi router & knowing that your kids can surf the web with blazing fast speed and 24/7 protection.
- Competitively Fast Mesh WiFi Internet: MESH Router works by combining the power of each tower or guardian to provide seamless coverage for your space. No more dead zones. If you buy one Gryphon its a great wireless router, if you buy multiple Gryphons they work together and create a MESH of amazing WiFi coverage.
- Protect your peace of mind: A Gryphon parent control router comes with the Gryphon app which is easy to setup and manage. Setup a secure network, monitor parental controls & set bedtimes for all your devices across the whole home to protect from hackers and unwanted content, or limit time on the web.
- Un-Matched Advanced Internet Protection: This smart router features an arsenal of cyber-armour for your home, Free for the 1st Year then Optional $89/Year: Intelligent Intrusion Detection. Malware Filtering Protection by ESET. Daily Security Updates. Ad Reduction. Device Scanning for IoTs for Vulnerabilities. *Travel for Work? Kids going behind your back using mobile data? Try our Advanced Protection on the Go with Gryphon HomeBound Free 90 Day Trial!
- Brilliant Parental Control Device Too! Dont let the internet rule you or your family time. Take back control with our included WiFi Parental Control App featureing content filtering, browsing history, safe search, and safe viewing for YouTube too. Suspend the internet & limit screen time with bed/homework times at the click of a button. Make good decisions easier to make.
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Parental Controls Create multiple users - safe for kids, unrestricted for adultsSee website ratings with patented Crowd RankingView browsing history even if your child surfs with Incognito ModeLimit Screen Time, Set Bedtimes/Homework TimesSuspend the Internet for dinner timeEnforce Safe Search & YouTube to hide inappropriate resultsGrant approval to website or bedtime extension requests from anywhere, in real time Advanced Internet Protection Block ransomware and malware from coming in your network with ESET technologyProtect your privacy with Intelligent Intrusion DetectionScan devices for vulnerabilitiesDaily security updates to prevent the latest threats with 24/7 protection while you sleep.AD BlockerFree Automatic Firmware Updates Network Management Smart network throughput optimization & Separate Guest WiFiIntelligent hand offs for best coverage (requires WiFi mesh setup)Prioritize a device on the network for zero video buffering (QoS) Specifications AC3000 True Mesh WiFi - 802.11 b/g/n/ACSimultaneous Tri-Band Radios - 2.4 GHz and (2x) 5GHz 4x4 MU-MIMO & Antenna Beamforming6 high-powered internal antennas3Gbps overall throughput, WPA3 Compatible1 WAN Port + 3 Gigabit LAN ports w/Ethernet BackhaulGryphon App requires iPhone/Android Mobile w/Bluetooth LE supportFree 12 Month Trial of Advanced Internet Protection - Comprehensive Security that keeps you safe.Free 3 Month Trial of Gryphon Homebound - Take your security and parental controls on the go. Advanced Internet Protection is included free for the 1st year. After 1 year, its only 22 cents a day billed annually at 79/year. Without it, Gryphon will still be a powerful Mesh WiFi router with free parental controls and network management, but your network won't be protected from malware, ransomware, and intrusions. Read more Read more Read more Read more
Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 4.3 x 9 inches
Item Weight: 2.03 pounds
Item model number: 99999
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: February 23, 2018
Manufacturer: Gryphon Online Safety, Inc.
Brand: Gryphon
Model Name: Gryphon Tower
Special Feature: Beamforming, Guest Mode, Internet Security, Parental Control, Wps
Frequency Band Class: Tri-Band
Wireless Communication Standard: 2.4 GHz Radio Frequency, 5 GHz Radio Frequency, 802.11bgn, Bluetooth
Compatible Devices: Gaming Console, Laptop, Personal Computer, Printer, Smartphone, Tablet
Recommended Uses For Product: Monitoring,Security
Included Components: Accessories, cords, quick start guide
Connectivity Technology: Wi-Fi
Antenna Type: Internal
Product Dimensions: 4.3 x 4.3 x 9 inches
Item Weight: 2.03 pounds
Item model number: 99999
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: No
Date First Available: February 23, 2018
Manufacturer: Gryphon Online Safety, Inc.
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Style: AC3000
As a senior network engineer and cybersecurity expert I am exposed to a lot of firewalls/routers/NGFW and UTM appliances. So when I tell you something is great, you can bet it is great! First we will run through the hardware of this device, followed by the setup/configuration of it, then the testing and result of it. Sit back and get ready for the ride! First things first.. The packaging is great, giving off a real premium feel. The box is so nice I think I want to put it on display. Hardware wise, this is a beast. Far above the most powerful consumer routers. Gryphon has a Quad Core Arm Cortex A7 processor with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of Flash ram 802.11bgn 802.11AC 3000Mbps throughput 3 Radios (2.4 and 2x5.0) 4x4 MU-MIMO Beamforming and WiFi Priority Mesh (instant) Six Antennas In comparison, a top of the line ASUS RT-AC3200 has a Broadcom BCM4709 dual-core 1GHz processor with 256MB of DDR 3 system memory and 128MB of flash storage. Which is absolutely ANEMIC compared to the Gryphon. Especially considering a Dual Core Broadcom will spike to 100% CPU use on anything over 500Mbps and will struggle to 900Mbps. Contrary to the Gryphon, which can run at wire-speed 1000/1000Mbps without breaking a sweat. Software: (the basics, more later) Gryphon runs on LuCI, which is a fork of OpenWRT - highly customized and locked down. Intrusion Protection isn't signature based, rather it works off traffic anomaly inspection. Web Filtration is by ESET, and ESET uses licensed zVelo web filtration. (one of the top 5 in the world) Speed testing of your connection along with Up/Down Status of your WAN Anti-Spoofing (MAC/ARP), Rogue AP Detection Vulnerability Scans Prioritized Device Extreme Device and Parental Control Setup is extremely easy and amounts to installing the iOS or Android App then following the instructions. Those instructions are, you register for an account, plug in the router, scan the QR code and the router is paired with your account and app and is ready to be configured. Initial setup from unboxing to an active WiFi signal ready for connection is less than 5 minutes. It should be noted that all of this is conducted over encrypted channels. There are a few things i would like to inform you of regarding setup; 1) You should unplug and fully disconnect your existing router. (with the assumption you have a Modem+Router setup right now) 2) The Gryphon plugs into the ethernet going to your modem. 3) Gryphon defaults to a 192.168.1.1/24 network, you CAN change this now. (Gateway 192.168.9.1) 4) Gryphon defaults to DNS 8.8.8.8/8.8.8.8, you CAN change this. 5) Gryphon allows multiple SSID's and allows you to segregate them by bands. 6) Gryphon has NO configuration via web portal. Hitting the firewall gateway of 192.169.1.1 yields a device (the one you are on) landing page with statistics, and the ability to request access to specific websites you are blocked from. After setup is completed you'll go into the app and start examining devices connecting to the Gryphon. Each new device connects automatically to the 'Guest' user profile. From there, it's up to you to select the device, label the type of device it is, then assign it to a user group for granular restrictions/control over the device. This is the meat and potatoes of the Gryphon because device assignment largely controls the type of protection a device will have. Some important information about this; 1) Some devices can't be user assigned once you designate the type of device. This is by design. If you pause the internet for a user with 4 devices, you don't want to pause their camera, thermostat or alarm system! So specific, critical devices are outside of the user profile area and designed as 'Things' by Gryphon. 2) Device designation controls the intrusion protection for the device. For example computers have a lot of random activity, so they will be 'softened' for IPS. While your thermostat essentially does the same thing, and the AI/Machine Learning knows what it does, so it has a hardened intrusion protection level. If you assign a computer to a thermostat category you are going to be bombarded with warnings about HTTP/HTTPS activity, open ports, etc.. Don't do this. 3) Device categories are 'somewhat' limited, about 29 different types. But strangely, they are missing some basic types like DVR, Network Switch, Servers and Robotic Vacuums. I would recommend assigning DVR to 'TV' category and vacuums to 'Other' for now. I've notified them of my request to add additional categories for some common devices. Most folks probably won't have an issue here, as every other device is included. Once you assign each device to a category, and if it applies, to a user group then you can go in and configure the device access at the granular level and this is VERY powerful! Gryphon functions at the application layer, so it can determine application use on the individual device level, and control access to individual applications and when they can be used. For example if you don't want your kids on Snapchat after 10PM at night, you can control this with a simple slider. This is a very powerful system that far outstrips any other router in the world other than SMB/Corporate UTM offerings costings many times more money. We'll go into important points about parental control below; 1) You can control 'Homework' hours. Which means only homework/educational sites can be visited during X to Y hours on a specific device. 2) Actively PAUSE the internet for specific devices, anytime you wish. (and it does NOT use ARP poisoning like Fingbox and others) 3) Schedule internet time of day. On/Off, specific times, etc. 4) Enable safe-search for all search engines, and disable all youtube comments, automatically on all devices! 5) Store browsing history, with a snapshot of each page browsed. 6) Allow/Disallow VPN activity on each device. 7) Control individual application use, when you want and how you want. (No snapchat after 10pm kids!) 8) Click on the 'i' for age groups for more information and what is filtered. Adult 18+ will filter malware+porn only. Unfiltered will filter malware only. Unfiltered isn't clarified on the fact it still filters malware but it does. Toddler is the equivalent of full whitelisting mode. Essentially blocking everything except what you allow. That's a great profile age group for things like servers and limited IoT devices! 9) Blocked sites bring up a portal page, from there your users can 'request' access. Which then sends a screen capture of the page they want access to and the ability for you to one-click allow/deny. Impressive! 10) Users can go to the gateway IP on their device (192.168.9.1) and request a laundry list of sites for you to unblock. Security (my favorite category) Gryphon is an incredibly secure router/UTM. It's running LuCI on OpenWRT, completely custom designed. All of the common 'hacking' ingress on it are completely closed off. No SSH, no web admin access, no HTTP/HTTPS configuration panel access. No default passwords. No WAN OR LAN facing configuration AT ALL. This in and of itself closes off many thousands of potential attacks and cannot be overstated about why it is important. Your typical home router comes out of the box with a default password and HTTP WAN/LAN access. Your typical home consumer opens it up, plugs it in and leaves all of this alone, and in the process gives even the most basic hacker complete access to their router, home network, and potentially all devices on the home network. So right out of the gate Gryphon is incredibly hacker resistant, there just isn't anything to hack on it. I ran port scans and penetration testing. Gryphon does very well here with full stealth on all service ports right out of the box. Some highlights about security; 1) All ports automatically stealthed. 2) No SSH/Telnet/HTTP/HTTPS admin access (lan or wan) Config is only through app. 3) No default passwords/logins. You setup a strong password for your account on the app, which is paired (encrypted) to the app. Only YOU can access your device, period. End of story. 4) ESET Technology for Web Scanning (HTTP/HTTPS), which is a subset of the powerful zVelo web categorization system. 5) Machine Learning/AI system for device anomalies with the capability to quarantine infected devices. 6) ARP/MAC spoofing detection/blocking. 7) New device control (including default blocking of new devices) and much more... With the bullet points out of the way, for security buffs I am going to tell you how to ramp this Gryphon up to new levels, essentially making it UTM-Like in functionality. First, I recommend instead of creating User Profiles, you create DEVICE profiles. This is easy to do, all you need to do is create a user profile for a specific goal you wish to accomplish. For example let's say you want to block some specific devices from ALL internet connectivity, let's say you run cameras with a local DVR or Blue Iris on the network and you DO NOT need your cameras talking to the internet. To accomplish this task with Gryphon all you need to do is create a 'Camera' user profile, assign a device type as 'Computer' to your cameras, move them to the Camera User Profile, then go in and edit the camera profile and pause the internet AND/OR set it to 'Toddler'. Your cameras will never be able to communicate outside of your network or be able to be hacked, or send telemetry to China, etc. This functions as a sort of policy based routing with some level of granular control and I feel is one of the most powerful aspects of Gryphon when configured correctly. Instead of user categories, I have: Tablets, Phones, Desktops, Laptops, Servers, Cameras. Then I group devices within those categories and assign specific rules/controls to control them on a more granular level. For example my 'Servers' user profile is set to Toddler, then I go for the first day of use, look at the pages the server is trying to access, and whitelist/blacklist based on the activity I want to permit. That way the servers still get windows updates, but can't do things like have ransomware on them dialing out, telemetry from installed applications, etc. This is exceptionally powerful and a largely undisclosed (but major) benefit of Gryphon. The best part, I can do all of this and manage my entire network from my phone laying in bed! Here are some security tips that would likely make the Gryphon one of the most secure routers in the world; 1) Since all devices connect to 'Guest' user profile until you categorize them - I recommend restricting Guest Profile to Toddler and/or setting that profile to be permanently paused. That way it's a full lockdown on all new devices, until you approve those devices individually. 2) I recommend device categories for user profiles over individual users in many cases. This allows you to group all devices, then control them. Servers with limited access out the WAN. Cameras or other junk you might want to totally block from the internet, etc. 3) I recommend setting SCHEDULES for all computers. For example group your computers into a computer user profile, then set a schedule to disable the internet from 2AM-7AM each night. This will reduce your threat surface during off hours and provide additional security. 4) Go into malware protection, and toggle it to 'All Threats'. There is no reason to degrade security in any way. Bottom line, out of the box this is one of the most secure router in the world. With minor tweaks, it IS the most secure one in the world, probably even above many SMB/Corporate offerings. Wireless (how good is it?) REALLY GOOD. My home is quite large, and this device covers all three floors and the entire floor plan with full bars in almost every area. To give you an idea of how good this is, I previously required 3 FortiAP units when I used Fortinet, and when I switched to Ubiquity I required a top of the line Unifi AC-HD Pro unit AND a Mesh Lite unit to cover the home. This unit performs better than any other wireless solution I have tested. Google WiFi, Velop, Orbi, all of them are childrens toys compared to this! Speed wise, it's 3000Mbps 'total' maximum throughput. Obviously you won't get that if your connection is 300 Mbps, what it means is the absolute maximum from all devices and radios combined will be 3000Mbps. That's throughput on the LAN, WAN, and all three radius. But it does live up to it's potential far better than any other router I have tested - you can trust me on that! Top of the line ASUS routers are nothing but trinkets compared to this. They've really done their homework regarding this system. Recommendations/Cons No cons to this device at all. But I would recommend they implement a few basic things to take it to the next level. ICMP shouldn't respond from WAN. Even with ports all stealthed I'd like to see ICMP responsed blackholed. Not a huge issue. I'd like to see a 'custom' web filtration category where I can setup custom fields about what to block. A few more device categories would be nice. In close - this is the best possible router (hybrid UTM) device you can purchase for your home. Period. Bar none. Nothing else comes close. You can toss every other gadget out (Fingbox, Dojo, Norton Sphere, Cujo, etc), they're all basically junk compared to this. This is the only consumer router to get my 100% seal of approval. In fact, for prosumers, you can probably forget about your Sophos and Fortinet's and run with this. You won't be disappointed! Another recommendation to Gryphon Company would be to improve information and FAQ with more detailed question/answers, especially for the Prosumer market. I'd like to see whitepapers, some test results, and maybe technical documentation. Information is a bit too vague IMO, and I have provided more information in my review here than you'll ever find anywhere on Gryphon, and it was done through my own testing/research over a 24 hour period.
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Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2018 by Brent Prashaw
Size: 1 Pack
Style: AC3000
UPDATED January 2019 The Gryphon router is meh. It's not the stellar product that some of the reviews, or its own advertising, claim. And in many regards, I prefer my previous router (TP-Link Archer C9 AC1900), which yes I understand has the “vulnerability” which allows it to be compromised through the web interface… but even this is limited as you must have a physical (hard-wired) connection to the router from a compromised computer, and even then you can take steps to minimize your risk. Anyway, back to this Gryphon router… THE GOOD: • It’s really easy to set up. • Support Team is very responsive. THE BAD: (Read further below for details) • The app / user interface is way too simple. • Documentation is almost non-existent. • Browsing history is incredibly limited (only domain-level) and only the most recent entries • No browsing history is available for devices classified as “Things”. • Can’t check if you have the latest firmware version. • “Homework time” and “Bedtime” lack granularity. • Can’t check what’s blocked based on user account type. While the support team is very responsive and I usually get a response within minutes of submitting an issue, I find that I am frequently contacting support, with the general response that Gryphon hears customers' feedback and is working to improve the product. So I feel as though the product is more of a beta, and I'm part of the testing process. Contrast this with some of the other well-established router manufacturers where their product are mature from a development standpoint. I definitely like the very responsive support team, but wish that I didn't need to contact support so frequently. The app / user interface is way too simple. While it makes setup relatively easy (since there’s very few settings you can actually configure), I do wish they offered the option to view an “advanced” interface and customize many of the settings. I’m coming from a TP-Link Archer C9 AC1900 router, and that router gives both a simple interface and an advanced interface, with the user manual built into the interface, and myriads of configuration options. One user commented below that I have confused this device with a prosumer-level device… No, I didn’t confuse it with something else… Indeed, I expected more than what this Gryphon provides. An $80 TP-Link router has advanced configuration settings. Even a $39 Linksys provides more configuration options than this Gryphon… and if you don’t like the $39-router’s firmware, you can install your own open-source firmware. This Gryphon costs $200+ and you can configure only basic settings… So yes, I expected more from this router. The router can only be configured through a smartphone app, and your router needs to be connected to the Internet in order for you to be able to configure it. If your Internet connection goes down, you can’t configure the router even for local network purposes. There is no way to configure this router through a desktop (or laptop) user interface using a wired connection. When using the app to configure the router, presumably all of your configuration settings (including your WiFi passwords) are passed through the Gryphon “servers” prior to going to your router. The Privacy Policy states that network settings information is passed to Gryphon servers, but is stored only temporarily (although temporarily isn’t defined). You’ll just have to trust that they are being ethical about the information collected. If you disconnect the router from the Internet, you can no longer see the devices which are connected, but you can still see your WiFi passwords. So are your WiFi passwords stored on your smartphone app, or are they stored on the Gryphon servers? There’s no documentation on how this works. So much for temporarily storing your data… Furthermore, any useful documentation on this router is essentially non-existent. You can go to the Gryphon support webpage for some limited FAQs, or you can watch even further limited YouTube videos which explain to you how to do some of the most basic and self-explanatory tasks, and that’s about it. So there’s no good detailed documentation on this router. To further demonstrate the lack of documentation… consider the user types (toddler, elementary school, middle school , high school, adult 18+, unfiltered). All you are told regarding these user types is whether or not these user types filter out content for violence, guns, gambling, alcohol, and drugs. For example, elementary school and middle school user types appear to be exactly identical with regards to filtering out violence, guns, gambling, alcohol, drugs… but they are not. There’s definitely other filtering going on, but you don’t know what it is, and there’s no way to find out other than trail-and-error, which is very frustrating. There’s no way to understand beforehand the access privileges / whitelist / blacklist configuration of each user type. For example, my elementary-school child likes to play Minecraft… but the Minecraft program was blocked from connecting to the Internet, and the associated Mojang.com website was also blocked. Was this because of violence? Guns? Who knows… there was no documentation on this. I found out by trial-and-error. When I changed his user profile from “elementary school” to “middle school” Minecraft was able to connect to the Internet again. I shouldn’t have to change profiles in order to allow access… I should be able to configure the user profile appropriately the first time using documentation provided by Gryphon… You can configure “homework time” and “bed time” only to the extent that you are allowed to do so based on the user type (elementary vs middle school vs high school vs …). For example, if you want to set homework time, you can only do that for the “school” type of users, not for adult. However, the school type users filter out any websites flagged for violence, guns gambling, alcohol, and drugs, and some of the websites are (in my opinion) incorrectly flagged and therefore blocked. So if I want to allow my kids to access one of these websites, I have to set the setting to “Adult 18+” which grants them permission to view the website but then removes the “homework time” feature. If you have enabled “homework time” or “bed time”, you can select the days of the week that these times are enforced, but they are the same times for all days of the week selected. For example, you can’t set homework time to start at 4pm on Monday and 6pm on Tuesday. There’s no granularity for each day of the week. They advertise that you can “view your child’s browsing history.” This is misleading, as the browsing history available through the Gryphon app is not even close to the giving the same information as the browsing history of the internet browser. It only offers only domain-level browsing history. While some reviewers have pointed out that this is similar to business class UTM systems, I feel that if they’re going to advertise the ability to “view your child’s browsing history” then it should be a real browsing history as most of us consumers understand “browsing history” to mean. Or perhaps they can include an footnote that states "domain-level browsing history"... Otherwise, I feel I've been misled. More on the browsing history… you can only see the most recent timestamp that a specific domain was accessed. So if your child accessed 100 YouTube links in the last few hours, you only see the most recent entry. As far as you can tell, your child only accessed YouTube once just a few moments ago. Still more on the browsing history… I wish they would allow me to click on an item in the browsing history, and it takes me to the exact website that my child accessed. But you can’t do this… and if you could it wouldn’t be of any usefulness since they only collect domain-level information at the moment, and I have no interest in being directed to just the domain. Last thing to mention on browsing history… it’s collected based on users, not devices, which is a problem because some devices (like thermostats, NAS, etc) cannot be assigned to users, so for these devices there’s no browsing history collected. If you want to see what domains these devices are connecting to, you have to configure the device to be a computer or similar, and then assign it to a user. But what does this do to the AI monitoring… I don’t know because there’s no useful information on this… All you’re told is that the router is smart and can detect threats based on the device type… So if you follow this logic, you just configured your thermostat to act like a computer, which then tells the router to treat the network traffic to/from this device like a computer instead of a thermostat, all so that you can log browsing history?!?!? Does this expose you to threats? If I had to take an educated guess, I would say yes. There’s no way to check if you have the most recent firmware. It would be nice if they displayed on their support page the current firmware version and when it was issued so that you can compare with the firmware displayed in you Gryphon app. Alternatively, they could have an option within the Gryphon app to “check for firmware updates” which would give you feedback that you have the latest firmware… but again the interface is designed to be so simple that this feature isn’t available. You’ll just have to trust that you have the most recent firmware. When you finally receive a notification that firmware is available to be installed, you do get a list of changes that are included in the firmware update, but the list of changes is not comprehensive / all-inclusive. When the original review was written, there was a security issue… The router responded to ping requests coming from the Internet. So hackers scanning for responsive IP addresses could find your router to be present. I contacted support about this, and they indicated it would be fixed in the next firmware update coming in about a week’s time. The update actually came about a month later. Some (including the Gryphon Care Team) commented that ping response presents only a negligible risk. Maybe… but it’s easy enough to keep disable, and so why even allow a “negligible risk”. To re-iterate the last point about the router responding to ping requests, this is a big deal for me. The company boasts itself on having “UNMATCHED PROTECTION & SECURITY” per the product description above, and responses from the Gryphon team to many of these reviews state that the router has gone through extensive testing. My question is… how did they miss that the router responds to ping? And for so long? That they needed a customer to tell them that the router responds to ping in order for them to find the issue? And if they missed this issue, what other issues did they also miss that I don’t know about? And since the user interface is so dumbed down, I don’t know what configurations have been made without my consent. It really makes me doubt whether I made the right move to purchase this item. IN SUMMARY: • If you are the type of person with very little knowledge about home networking, and you want a secure device which you can set it up quickly and easily, and not worry about it again (except for your $100/yr fee for intrusion protection), then this is the router for you. • If you are a parent who wants parental controls, you will be frustrated at the constant need to switch user profiles, as there's no way to check for whitelist / blacklist / access privileges and your kids will complain that perfectly acceptable websites / videos are blocked. • If you are an advanced user who wants configuration options, or you want a mature product for which you don't want to repeatedly contact the support team, then this is not the router for you.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2018 by Scroll Lock
Size: 1 Pack
Style: AC3000
Based upon the great reviews I had read about the Gryphon mesh routers, I ordered two units for our home. Despite trying everything I could think of for four or five hours, I could not install the Gryphon router. It simply would not work with my Apple wifi system and my Comcast Arris combo modem. With persistence, patience and knowledge over two days, Gryphon figured out the solution. They would not give up. The OLDER Apple Airport Extreme I had was causing a rare kind of conflict. Apple stuff does not always play nice with others. My problem was unique to the company. They had not seen it before, and will know what to do if it happens to anyone else. My wifi coverage is much better now. The safety and control features of the Gryphon are both excellent and very easy to set up. Great product.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2018 by RJD