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Orbi MU-MIMO Support
Hello. Is the MU-MIMO feature in the Orbi wireless system limited to the dedicated band between Router and Satellite only... or will the MU-MIMO feature also extend to devices that support MU... in a...
There are two types of beam forming. Explicit and Implicit. Implicit is the old protocol (wave 1) explicit is the new protocol (wave 2) and is tied directly to MU MIMO. If you have that on then your device is running explicit. Turning on the second option in settings enables the older protocol. Used often to eliminate issues with smart devices etc. However Netgear is encouraging not to use MU MIMO also as explicit beamforming is also creating connection issues with smart devices (think smart hubs, lights nests etc). When I have either option enabled my Orbi begins disconnecting those devices and even the internet connection hard wired to my desktop two or three times a day. So my question to them is when will the explicit MU MIMO option work as intended.
im guessing it will be when the dev team figure out a fix for the apple clients ( and others ) connectivity issue , as the reason to turn both off is to help with the issues
and again mu-mimo is of little value to any one at the moment anyway as there are ni mu-mimo clients yet and even when there are mu-mimo clients you wont notice much difference if any in the day to day running of a home wifi system with its many clients
byw your understanding of explicit and implicit beamforming is a bit off track
implicit beam forming is where the riouter uses beamforming to help older non AC clients , eg wireless N and g etc and is of some marginal benefit as only the router trach the client device , the client ( non AC ) has no way of tracking the router position
explicit beamforming is part of ( but not compulsury part of ) the wireless AC standard and requires both router and client to have it enabled for it to work correctly
however mu-mimo is not tieed to nore is it part of explicit beam forming and both work separtly and independent of each other