Features:

  • SIMPLE SETUP & EASY MANAGEMENT W/ SMARTPHONE - Just download the Gryphon app and follow the easy step by step instructions to setup your Secure Network! The app lets you manage your parental controls and all connected devices to keep it protected from hackers, and more!
  • UNMATCHED PROTECTION & SECURITY - 24/7 protection while you sleep, Daily security updates to prevent the latest threats, Scans all devices including IoT's for vulnerabilities, Intelligent Intrusion Detection & Malware Filtering Protection by ESET Technology - Included in the Advanced Network Protection Subscription which is Free for the 1st Year, then Optionally $7.99/mo or $76.70/yr (20% off)
  • BRILLIANT PARENTAL CONTROLS - Manage & Protect your kids online with our Easy to use free smartphone app which includes features such as content filtering, view browsing history, set bedtimes/homework times, limit screen time, enforce safe search, safe youtube, and pause the internet anytime!
  • POWERFUL PERFORMING SMART MESH WIFI EXPANDABLE SYSTEM - Stream content, play games online, download files, browse the web, all simultaneously with 6 high powered antennas, 4x4 MU-MIMO, Antenna Beamforming, 3Gbps fast throughput, Tri-Band Radio, 802.11bgn & AC3000, 2.4GHz & 5GHz. Take advantage of Mesh Wifi with additional units.
  • MONSTER WIFI COVERAGE - Each Gryphon covers up to 3000 sqft of wall to wall coverage using the latest Wireless Mesh Technology. Extend your coverage with additional units - Each unit includes 1 Year Hardware Warranty w/ Telephone Technical Support - 90 Day Money Back Satisfaction Guarantee - *Buy 2 or More and Save 5% on your Order*
Malware/Intrusion Detection software and parental control.

Received package. I was impressed with the packaging. Hoping Gryphon router would impress me with their performance. I purchased T-Link from Amazon. Bought it based on 4+ rating from users. I tried it and the performance was subpar. I learned that you get what you pay for. I think people don't realize how important a router is. So, I decide to rent router from Cox. Range was really good and no dead zones throughout the house. But, I was paying $10/month. I figure this new router will last me 3-4 years. Even more attractive was the malware/intrusion detection solution. My bank account got hacked in before. So, I am very concerned, to say the least. Installation was almost dummy proof. It really should not take more than 10 minutes. Download app and scan QR code on the bottom of the router. Learning the app should take no more than 10 minutes. After installation, I played it around and added devices to manage. Definitely bought this router to manage my son's online time. He is 7. Got some push back in the beginning but he accepted that there will be new rules to follow. Not really managing what he is browsing. I am trusting that Gryphon will do that. It's been great so far. Range is better than Cox and speed is just as good, if not better. 1 thing that I want to reiterate is the MALWARE/INTRUSION DETECTION SOFTWARE. I have a MacBook. I got a warning that my MacBook has been infected by malware. I guess I have to reformat my computer. Sucks but knowing that Gryphon will protect my information gives me peace of mind. Thanks Gryphon!

The Gryphon router works great! Hookup was fast and simple

The Gryphon router works great! Hookup was fast and simple. I currenty have Verizon FIOS service (now Frontier) and have never had the speed I was paying for. This router changed that and is working great. It was simple to hookup with a single RJ45 cable into the extra jack of my FIOS router. The software instructions were simple to follow and navigate. My network speed is better than before and it even improved my signal range. The built in security features are a nice, I no longer need to search for free online software for protection. Will be recommending to my friends and family.

Gryphon - The Smartest WIFI router ever!

Devices are getting smarter these days. It started with the iPhone (smart phone) and has expanded to things like doorbells, speakers, light bulbs, thermostats, etc. And now, with the introduction of the Gryphon router, comes one of the first high speed smart WIFI routers. The Gryphon is a triband mesh router similar to Netgear’s Orbi. For these newer mesh routers, they usually sell it in “packs” of two or more. You place these routers throughout your home (ie upstairs and downstairs) to create a “mesh” network so that there are no dead WIFI spots in your home. However, for my 3000+ sq home, I only needed a single Gryphon and was able to still have full WIFI coverage throughout my home. Kudos to the Gryphon engineering team for doing a great job in their router design. The Gryphon router has built in parental controls. This is a game changer. I have 3 kids (high school, middle school, and elementary school) and each kid has multiple devices. For my previous parental control setup, I needed to install a third party parental control (Qustodio) app on each of my kid’s devices. This was a pain to do. On top of that, Qustodio sometimes did not work (to block a particular app(s)) or my kids would find ways to disable it. With Gryphon, there is no parental control app to install and there is no way to disable it! Setup is easy and quick using the Gryphon app. You simply create a user profile for each of your kids (Gryphon has recommended guidelines for each age group) and assign their devices (laptops, tablets, phones) to their user profile. It has worked so well that I have uninstalled Qustodio from all my kids devices except for their mobile phones since I still need to monitor them when they are away from home. Gryphon has a new feature called “Always Home” coming out soon which will re-route all wireless (ie 3G/4G/LTE) network traffic back to the Gryphon router for content filtering. This will allow me to go to a 100% Gryphon parental control solution. I’m definitely looking forward to this feature. The other day, I discovered another cool feature. My kids love watching youTube videos but it is disabled during their “homework” time. They found a “work around” by asking to borrow my laptop for doing their “homework”. I found them secretly watching youTube videos and chatting with friends. What to do? I now simply reassign my laptop to their user profile whenever they need to borrow it. BOOM! The Gryphon uses patent pending machine learning AI to continually improve upon their content filtering. This means that as more and more families use it, the filtering will get better. The Gryphon also has built in intrusion and malware detection. This means that all my IOT (internet of things) such as TVs, printers, and cameras are protected. I feel that this feature is equally as important as the parental controls. Malware, phishing, and hacking are on the rise and Gryphon will keep your devices safe. Again, the key thing here is that no third party apps need to be installed to get this protection. What other solutions are out there? I briefly looked into the Disney Circle but that solution uses “arp-spoofing” or “arp-poisoning” to monitor your WIFI network traffic. To me, this feels a bit hacky and will probably slow down your internet connection. Our family has been using the Gryphon router for the last several weeks and it has been working fantastic for us. It’s easy to use, great whole-house WIFI coverage, and all my devices are protected and monitored. I would definitely recommend this product to all families with kids. I would also recommend this to anyone looking to protect their home networks.

The best router I ever had!!! More than a wifi router!!!

I would love to share with you my Gryphon experience but before that let me give you a little background of who I am. I have been one of your early supporters of this product on Kickstarter and also on invest seed. I am married with 5 kids( Ages 20,19,18,13 and 8) and like most if not all other parents, believed in moral censorship on the household. I work on the healthcare IT side (implementation) and am very technical too. I try to utilize my previous routers to protect my kids (Linksys and Apple) so I can gain control on how data is utilize and as far as I know the steps I took was painful and very tedious. And after all those steps, I found out that there are still loopholes that my kids are still able to access what they are not supposed to access. This was the main reason why I had supported Gryphon. When I received my first Gryphon, I did not set my expectations that high since I thought that it might still have its complexities on setting up and functionalities but low on behold, the product was a real plug and play device. In less than an hour, I was able to connect 29 devices and was able to designate them to appropriate users. Each users has their own classification of restrictions. On the technical side, one noticeable difference is the strength of my signal. I used to use two apple airport to make sure I have a good signal strength. Now, with one Gryphon, I am not experiencing any lag of my signal. I currently have a Giga speed on my internet line and with Gryphon, I’m able to experience my internet speed full potential. I love how Gryphon automatically switch to 5g so I won’t need to defined speed for each devices if they are not 5g compatible. I also love the fact that my entire network is protected. My wife and I was able to gain control to protect our household from non appropriate intrusive web materials and for our kids, was able have them access on things that is age appropriate for them. Here’s a list of current devices connected to our Gryphon: * 7 computers( 3 desktop Mac, 3 Mac laptops, 2 windows desktop) * 8 webcams and 1 webcam station * 1 thermostat * 1 play station 4 * 3 Apple Watch * 6 iphones * 2 ipads

Bad stuff does happen. It is the company response that matters. Gryphon is great.

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.

Awesome Router

My Apple Airport Extreme was at end of life and I discovered that Apple had discontinued their router product line. I started to research routers to meet my needs. My network requirements include a two story, 2300 square foot residence fed with a 1GB fiber line that has an average wireless rate of 550 MBs (upload and download) depending on location in the house. I have about 30 different wireless devices on the network: Apple, Amazon, and Android. After looking at EERO, TP-LINK, Netgear, as well as others, I settled on the Gryphon once I had read the reviews on CNET, et. AL, and watched comparison videos on YouTube. Ordering the Gryphon was easy and the price point is perfect. I had the device in two days and I was really looking forward to setting it up. First thing you must do: download the APP before you setup the router. Setup your account and remember to use the same credentials on the network you are augmenting. It makes things a lot easier. I tried running the APP on an iPad Pro, but it was glitchy. If you run the APP on your iPhone, the interface is much smoother. You cannot run the APP on two devices simultaneously. It will log you out of the other one if you attempt to log in using a different device. The rest is kind of boring: I followed the instructions exactly and the router set up just like the video I watched. I was able to load, edit, and set up the device management policies quickly and easily. I was super surprised to get a personal email from the CEO John Wu asking me if I was satisfied. I decided to write him back and also request a modification to add a feature that permits masking your network (I had this on the Airport Extreme and I like the idea that my network is invisible to the casual users in the neighborhood). He wrote me back inside an hour and informed me that they were working on the feature I wanted and indicated it would be available in forthcoming firmware update. Now that is customer service! Overall, the Gryphon is a cool, modern router that even the most tech challenged can manipulate. It offers security features that others don't and the speed and coverage are much better than the Airport Extreme that I replaced. I have had no service interruptions, no random disconnects, and no error messages. It has already quarantined malware on two of my Android devices and provides a level of confidence that I have not previously experienced with routers. Coverage is superb everywhere and outside in the yard. Hands down, the best router on the market to date.

Ease of use, control my kids' internet access times ,peace of mind knowing that they are protected from inappropriate contents

Installed the wireless router. I am very satisfied with its capability and ease of use. I bought this product to regulate/oversee my kids' internet usage as the primary reason. Secondary reason is to improve the WiFi signal coverage for my home. Pros: 1 Ease of setup. Connect according to the instructions, installed the app on my phone, scanned the QR code and the rest is fairly automated. It took me a couple of tries and it went quite smoothly. 2. All the controls and setup are done from the app on my phone anywhere that I have internet connection. 3. Allows me to control when my kids have access to the internet. Once their bedtime is passed, their internet is cut off automatically. 4. Allows my kids to request in real time, internet access time extension. 5. Allows me to see a history of the websites that each computer has accessed. 6. Security. It provides full time monitoring of intrusions and alerts me when an unknown device has accessed my network. 7. It blocks questionable contents from my kids while they are surfing on the internet. 8. Allows me to customize internet access level for each of my kids according to their age. 9. Good WiFi signal coverage. Cons: None so far.

WHEN you're done w homework/chores THEN I'll use my Gryphon app to give you Wi-Fi access, love Mom.

Super easy to install. WIith four kids ages 16, 14, 12, and 10, Gryphon has given me peace of mind that what is coming thru our WiFi is being filtered thru my preferences. I also love having the ability pause Wi-Fi for a specific device in our home, so if a child needs to be given a consequence, I simply use the app on my phone to pause Wi-Fi connection for that child's device.😘

This is quite simply the greatest consumer router in the world.

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.

Easy to setup, great to use, outstanding customer service.

Couldn't be happier with this product. Performance is one step above my old wifi router. Parental controls are a snap, great tool for parents to take back control of the electronic addiction epidemic that is going through our youth these days. Set up was a breeze and management is a ridiculously easy with the smart phone app. But the tipping point, what impressed me the most, has been the customer service. I have a network setup that I am sure is pretty unique to my case. I ran into an issue with DNS name resolution that I'd be willing to bet not even 1% of their customer base would encounter in their environments. I brought it up with Gryphon Customer Service nonetheless, and I was astonished to find out the effort they put in fixing this issue for me. They came back with prompt responses to my emails, and not from some clueless CSR following a script, but I could tell it was from the guys who actually know what the thing works. They asked the right questions for what I'm sure was trying to replicate my environment so they could replicate the bug, found what the problem was and issued a firmware update addressing it. All this in less than a week. I've never seen this kind of response from an electronics company. I hope this product is wildly successful, and that the company reaps the fruits of their good work. Highly recommended. Five stars (and I never give 5 stars on my reviews).

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