ASUS Announces Lyra for Singapore

Stylish, easy-to-use whole-home tri-band
Wi-Fi mesh-networking system banishes dead spots and delivers ultrafast,
ultrareliable and secure Wi-Fi to every corner of the home

Singapore, 29 June 2017
— ASUS
today announced Lyra, a
whole-home Wi-Fi system that uses advanced mesh-networking technology to banish
wireless dead spots and deliver superfast, ultrareliable and secure coverage to
every corner of the home.

Lyra is designed to make Wi-Fi simple again. The
system consists of up to five[1] intelligent hubs employing smart antennas and powerful
tri-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi to create a single, self-organizing Wi-Fi network that delivers
smooth, seamless Wi-Fi to every device, throughout the home. Lyra enables
seamless, uninterrupted roaming between rooms and floors, automatically
connecting devices to the best available signal with no need for user
intervention.

The advanced mesh-networking architecture in
Lyra uses a dedicated extra 5GHz frequency band to establish an inter-hub data
backbone that is completely isolated from device connections. This leaves one
5GHz and one 2.4GHz frequency band completely free for device connections, with
better multi-device performance and less complexity than alternative solutions.
The easily expandable Lyra system is ideal for almost any size or shape of
dwelling.

With its stylish yet unobtrusive circular
design, unprecedented ease of installation, ASUS AiProtection commercial-grade
security, and the intuitive ASUS Lyra mobile app for easy setup and control,
Lyra is the perfect family-friendly solution for today’s bandwidth-hungry,
multi-device households.

Modern households often contain a large and
diverse collection of wireless devices, including traditional PCs and laptops,
smartphones, games consoles and, increasingly, IoT and smart-home devices. The
number of connected devices is expected to grow significantly over the new few
years.

In these increasingly congested Wi-Fi
environments, obstacles such as doors, walls and windows can interfere with
radio signals to create unpredictable Wi-Fi “dead spots”, especially in large
or multi-story dwellings.

Combining a router with low-cost Wi-Fi repeaters
can extend coverage, but repeaters often use older single- or dual-band Wi-Fi
standards. They can also introduce unnecessary complexity by creating multiple
Wi-Fi network names.

Lyra overcomes all these problems by using powerful
tri-band 802.11ac Wi-Fi and multiple interconnected hubs — one primary hub
connected to the internet, and several satellite hubs. All Lyra hubs are
identical: any hub can be used as the primary hub, making installation even
easier.

The tri-band Wi-Fi has two 5GHz frequency bands
and one 2.4GHz band, and one of the 5GHz bands is reserved exclusively for data
communication between the hubs. This inter-hub connection forms a high-speed internet
backbone, with devices connecting separately to the hubs via the remaining 5GHz
or 2.4GHz bands, an arrangement that ensures the maximum amount of bandwidth is
available for devices.

Lyra also creates a home-wide network —
covering up to 6000 square feet — with a single network name (SSID), and
automatically connects devices to the hub with the best signal as they move
around the home, so users can enjoy seamless connectivity wherever they are in
the house.

ASUS Lyra creates a self-organizing 5GHz mesh
network using smart antennas to connect the hubs and provide the robust and
stable internet backbone.

Each Lyra hub contains six Wi-Fi antennas: four
smart antennas and two standard antennas. There is also one Bluetooth® antenna that
is used during initial setup via the Lyra app. When a hub is relocated or added
to the Lyra network, it automatically searches for signals from the other hubs,
determines the direction of the best hub, and selects the best two smart
antennas to use. This ingenious system allows Lyra to adapt to its environment,
ensuring optimum Wi-Fi performance in any type of dwelling.

Once the data backbone is established, the
remaining four Wi-Fi antennas are used purely for device connections.

ASUS Lyra
incorporates ASUS AiProtection, a commercial-grade network security system powered
by Trend Micro™ Smart Home Network. The built-in AiProtection software is completely
free for the life of Lyra, with free updates and no subscription fees.

The online threat
landscape is evolving rapidly, with home networks exposed to increasingly sophisticated
attacks. The rise of ‘dumb’ IoT devices such as IP webcams or smart-home
devices with no built-in security protection is a particular concern, as these can
act as vulnerable gateways to the home network. With AiProtection, all
connected devices are protected, even if they have no antivirus capability of
their own.

ASUS
AiProtection works transparently inside Lyra to protect the entire network,
using a commercial-grade intrusion prevention system (IPS) with a sophisticated
deep packet inspection (DPI) engine that analyzes the contents of all data
packets entering or leaving the home network, and blocks malicious or
suspicious packets, regardless of the device they originated from.

AiProtection
blocks common internet-based attacks before they reach the network, and if an
infected device is detected on the network, AiProtection instantly blocks it to
prevent it sending any personal information to malicious servers.

Automatic
regular and rapid-reaction AiProtection updates ensure that users always have
the very latest protection.

ASUS Lyra is
designed to be incredibly simple to install and operate via the ASUS Lyra
mobile app. This app connects to Lyra via Bluetooth to help users with initial
setup or when adding extra hubs, and allows full control of network settings.

The Lyra app
also includes Family Overview, a powerful feature that enables easy management
of each user’s devices, internet usage allowances and app permissions. This
information is presented in a clear graphical format that makes it easy to
monitor family members’ data usage and app history, and adjust individual
settings as needed.

ASUS Lyra will be
officially launched in Singapore on the 1st July 2017.