NETGEAR is aware of a growing number of phone and online scams. To learn how to stay safe click here.
Forum Discussion
Solved
R8500 MU-MIMO support
Purchased this router 11 monts ago, was promised MU-MIMO support by the end of the year (2015). Does the current firmware, V1.0.2.64_1.0.62, support MU-MIMO? Also, random reboots still seem t...
It'll be ready by late 2015!! :smileylol: :smileylol: :smileylol:
LOL! Right!
Updated this morning without issue and all is well.
Took far too long to get here, but appreciated none the less.
Is there something else that needs to be set up with Mu-MIMO?
I have an HP Omen 15" laptop with an Intel Wireless7260BN 802.11 bgn 2x2 WiFi that is now testing at 20 Mbps downloads, it was download testing at 140 Mbps on the previous firmware.
My other laptop, a Mid 2014 Apple 15" Macbook Pro, which doesn't have mimo, is still testing at about 140 Mbps.
The new firmware seems to have slowed down my MIMO capable devices.
I have airtime fairness, beamforming and mu-mimo enabled, smart connect enabled for the two 5ghz radios and seperate ssid names for 2.4 and 5 ghz.
Other settings are Enable 20/40 MHz Coexistence checked on 2.4ghz, frag at 2346 and cts/rts threshold at 2347 for all radios.
New firmware running perfectly! Very fast no drops so far.
QOS finally fixed, Getting A rating for bufferbloat for the first time with
stock Netgear Firmware.
CC
