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Will the R7000 receive the AC wave 2 update
Just read an article that some of the higher end wireless AC routers will recieve the AC Wave 2 capabilty as a firmware update. I wanted to see if the R7000 will receive this update or will i need to...
Not supported by the hardware, afaik
Not supported by the hardware, afaik
I agree with microchip8. AFAICT, the two biggest features for wave 2 AC are MU-MIMO and 160 MHz. You'll get neither of these with the R7000. But, frankly, the incremental benefits may be questionable. For one, many MU-MIMO capable routers are limiting the support to 2 streams (the R7000 can support 3 streams; do not confuse streams with frequency bands), so while you may get more efficient usage of a channel, that does not necessarily translate to higher speeds for a device. 160 MHz channels are very wide, so you'll start to experience the same sort of crowded, overlapping channel effect that you have with 40 MHz channels in the 2.4 GHz band. In fact, 40 MHz channels are so wide that Wi-Fi standards all but make it impossible to use them in most situations.
So, you may want to enjoy that R7000 for a little bit longer.