So you guys will probably remember our old set.

(laughs)

Alright.

Now, that was great, it was cool to have everything

in one office but as we've started expanding we've gotten

another office that's across the hall.

It's awesome because it's enabled us to do a ton of

cool stuff, build some new sets, have a lot more space,

but the problem is that the Wi-Fi is now a

straight up disaster.

So that's where Asus comes in, not only do they sponsor

this video, but more importantly they hooked us up with

their brand new Lyra Trio.

Hopefully the saving grace to our terrible Wi-Fi situation.

So, the thing is we actually have good Internet

here at the office.

We have a dedicated business line with 300 Mbps up and down,

and as long as we're actually here in the office,

typically we get pretty decent speeds.

So, over Wi-Fi a lot of times we're actually going to be

pretty close to that full 300 Mbps.

Now see there we're getting 190, 240, 260, I mean that's

definitely, totally solid speed.

Now, Wi-Fi's really important for us as not only are we

obviously going to be doing stuff like watching videos and

downloading stuff, but importantly we deal with a lot of

really giant video files we're constantly uploading

to YouTube, uploading and sending files back and forth

between us, and of course most importantly, downloading

those sweet, sweet Steam games to do the benchmarks with.

So in comparison if I run a speed test in our second office,

you're going to see that the speeds are slightly

less than 280 Mbps.

So right now we're getting...

Four, maybe five megabits, oh no, down to two, one.

So, the thing is not only do we not get great speeds,

but almost more importantly than that, it sort of

drops out pretty consistently.

So the way that a mesh Wi-Fi system works is

pretty straightforward.

So, right now we have a single Wi-Fi router, now it's going

to be a fairly high-end AC solution and it's fine for a

small space, but the laws of physics mean the Wi-Fi can

only go so far.

So, if you take a look at the actual Lyra itself, you'll see

that the way of getting around this is just to add

more stations to the mix.

I make it sound really simple, as if a bunch of engineers

at Asus didn't spend years and hundreds and thousands of

man hours on developing a product.

I'm like, "Just add more Wi-Fi, it's fine, don't worry

about it!"

(laughs)

Out of the years that we've shot videos, I've never heard

Ken say the words, "My thumb was in the shot."

(laughs)

So the way this works is that one of these will function

as your main base station.

So just like any other Wi-Fi router, you just need to

connect it via Ethernet to your modem, and especially if

you have a smaller house or apartment, one of these is

actually going to be enough to cover it.

However, if you've got a little bit of a bigger house or

specifically for our situation, you have an office that has

a lot of space to cover, you can connect to the additional

hubs and they will all work together.

What's unique about these is that not only do they have

3x3 MIMO Wi-Fi, but you're also going to be getting

this triangular design.

So, what's cool about that is not only do you have full

dual-band support for 2.4 and 5GHz Wi-Fi, but because

they do have this triangular shape, you're going to be

getting some better range.

So you have to think about a mesh network a little bit

differently than a standard Wi-Fi network in that your

devices are going to be connecting and bouncing between

all of these depending on where you are in the house,

but also only one of these typically, at least, although

I'll talk a little more about that later, is going to be

connected to your router.

So these also need to be able to communicate between

each other and the 3x3 plus the actual triangular design

makes all of this work a lot better than

a traditional 2x2 solution.

The triangular design also helps the Lyra to project

better Wi-Fi signal into multiple story houses.

So this is something that I actually wouldn't mind using in

my own place.

So I do use a mesh network in Google Wi-Fi, and well for

the most part it actually does work really well,

one of my main issues is the performance.

It's reliable but a lot of times when I'm farther away from

the main base station, I see significantly reduced speeds.

In addition, while these will work wirelessly, if you have a

newer place that has Ethernet wired around your house,

you actually can use the Ethernet backhaul to connect

each one of these to the network independently.

So that will give you some better speeds because instead of

them having to talk to each other wirelessly, it can all be

done via wired Ethernet and you're going to be getting

the maximum speed.

So our current network setup is pretty straightforward.

So, a lot of it surrounds this, the Storinator that I built

with Linus a little over a year ago, which currently has

over 150TB of capacity that we use to store all of our

raw footage as well as our completed projects.

So Jimmy has the iMac Pro which is connected via

10 Gig Ethernet to the Storinator.

So you actually don't need the Wi-Fi that much, but for

Ken and I we're actually pretty much entirely relying

on Wi-Fi to be able to pull down files and that

kind of stuff.

So, let's actually get this set up.

With our UPS installed and our cable modem disconnected,

the next step is to install Lyra.

So, all we need to do with this guy is just plug it in

with the included power cable and plug it directly

into our cable modem.

So we plug the Lyra into power as well as connect our

Ethernet port into the LAN/WAN, then we just need to turn

on our cable modem and we will be up and running...

Hopefully.

Next step is to download the Lyra app for iPhone or Android

and it should be as simple as just connecting it like this.

Excellent, your Lyra mesh Wi-Fi node has been discovered.

And there we go, the Lyra is set-up.

So our next step is to take our other base stations and

spread them out throughout the office.

So, one of the main things we actually need to keep in mind

is that we have to cover not only this space but also

the space across the hall.

Setting up the base stations is really straightforward.

All you need to do is plug them in and then inside the app,

they will be added and then once everything is tied together

and any firmware updates are done, you're going to be

up and running.

Inside the app you can see that not only do we have the

main Lyra but also do have the secondary one in the office

as well as most importantly for what we need here,

we have a Lyra set up in our secondary studio.

So with Lyra we are getting features like AI protection,

which is using Trend Micro to be able to analyze any

kind of threats on the network.

But the most important question is, is it going to be

faster in here now?

Let's find out.

Please be faster, please be faster!

Alright, pings pretty quick and oh yeah!

Dude, 120, 130, wow!

And that's at serious upload as well.

170, 180 Mbps.

So no, it's not going to be the full 300 Mbps that's

theoretically possible, but considering that we were at

two, three, maybe 4 Mbps in here before, this has made

a huge difference.

So, that my friends is how we fixed the Wi-Fi

in our studios.

Of course, huge shout-out to Asus for sponsoring this video

and if you guys wanna go check out the Lyra, the link

will be in the description.