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RBR50 implicit beamforming broken?
So I have an RBR50 as an AP and a RBS50 satellite on wired backhaul. 2.2.1.210 firmware on both. I was tinkering with settings and about the only one that had any obvious difference is the implicit be...
From what device are you making the measurements?
Usually Orbi broadcasts radio in all directions. With beamforming, the router determines where your device (which supports Beamforming) is located and projects a stronger signal in that specific direction.
There are two types of Beamforming:
- Explicit Beamforming: supported in newer devices (most but not all 802.11ac devices)
- Implicit Beamforming: a technique used by Netgear to improve the signal for even older devices that don’t support Explicit Beamforming.
I guess that what happened to you is that you have old and new devices close to each other and somehow affected negatively on the targeted result of focusing the signal towards each device.
Usually Orbi broadcasts radio in all directions. With beamforming, the router determines where your device (which supports Beamforming) is located and projects a stronger signal in that specific direction.
There are two types of Beamforming:
- Explicit Beamforming: supported in newer devices (most but not all 802.11ac devices)
- Implicit Beamforming: a technique used by Netgear to improve the signal for even older devices that don’t support Explicit Beamforming.
I guess that what happened to you is that you have old and new devices close to each other and somehow affected negatively on the targeted result of focusing the signal towards each device.