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PhoenixV
Nov 20, 2016Apprentice
Beamforming and MU_MIMO default settings
I noticed a change in the defaults for MU-MIMO and Beamforming. Prior to upgrading to 1.3.0.26 firmwate, these were checked by default. In 1.3.00.26 the default has been changed to unchecked? Does an...
PhoenixV
Nov 20, 2016Apprentice
It seems that if you update from the previous version and do not do a manual reset of the router they remain enabled, however if you manually reset the router (or through the page in firmware) after the system resets both options are no longer enabled by default.
peteytesting
Nov 20, 2016Hero
yea it will ve the case that if you upgrade the firmware but do not factory reset afterwared the nvram isnt cleared and thus you retain your current config
if however you factory reset after upgrade the nvram will be cleared and the default config at startup is used and by default both mu-mimo and implicit beamforming are disabled