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Advanced Wireless Settings - odd default choices
Hello, When I was reading reviews for this product there were two features that drew me to it. One was the 3rd band for dedicated wireless Ethernet backhaul. The second was for MU-MIMO support, wh...
What you're saying is MU-MIMI feature being enabled will somehow cause older devices to be unable to connect to WiFi. So far everything I've tried works including devices dating back to 2008. Unless I don't understand what and how MU-MIMO works as this particlur tech is new to me.
No, just taking advantage of MIMO takes both router and device to support it. Some users don't have MIMO on there devices so this feature can be distabled. If it's working for you then of course, keep it enabled.
FURRYe38 wrote:
No, just taking advantage of MIMO takes both router and device to support it. Some users don't have MIMO on there devices so this feature can be distabled. If it's working for you then of course, keep it enabled.
Yeah, okay that makes sense. But then my point about default is still there and especially given the ubiquitous aspect of Apple devices in a household. I bet many Orbi users never venture into the management console let along Advanced wireless settings to enable what I feel to be an invaluable feature.
Maybe. It's all up to the user. Hard to tell what users are doing aside from the ones that come here for help.
gr8sho wrote:
But then my point about default is still there and especially given the ubiquitous aspect of Apple devices in a household. I bet many Orbi users never venture into the management console let along Advanced wireless settings to enable what I feel to be an invaluable feature.
Remember, we, in this community forum dont speak for or represent Netgear... we are just a bunch of people trying to help others. Your question is valid but also rhetorical (to this audience).
That's fine. I've been doing forums a long time, and I get it. Also know that Netgear folk also read here. I'd certainly be interested in hearing more about it. Like I said earlier, many are probably missing out on what I consider a very worthwhile feature.
As an aside relating to defaults, I read in another thread a suggestion to put the router/modem/gateway the Orbi is connected to in DMZ. This was by a user and not by NG. I haven't done an exhaustive scan of the website, but likewise haven't seen any mention or recommendation to configure the host router the Orbi is connected to in DMZ+ or IP Passthrough mode. I realize that by not doing so makes the install mostly trivial, but by the same token I believe it to be less effecient.
Cheers
