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ArtLee
Apprentice
Jun 21, 2017

Newbie questions

I'm three days into using my new Orbi RBK50. And, I have a couple of questions...   Should UPnP be set to on???  Shoud I have Implicit Beamforming turned on??? And, Enable MU-MIMO??? Do I need t...
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ArtLee's avatar
ArtLee
Apprentice
Jun 21, 2017

So, do I port forward? No, I don't even know what it is. 

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peteytesting
Hero
Jun 21, 2017
ArtLee wrote:

So, do I port forward? No, I don't even know what it is.

thn i suggest you just leave UPnP tyrned on or you will have to port forward anything that need 2 way comms and that includes game consoles

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    ArtLee
    Apprentice
    Jun 21, 2017

    Yes, I think I'll just leave it turned on. Thanks...

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    peteytesting
    Hero
    Jun 21, 2017

    i will say however make sure you have a good working paid for antiuvirus software on all your clients devices so bad software or viruses etc cant be installed on those devices which may then take advantage of UPnP to access the internet