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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
R7000 is a good router. It had it's time. Look at the hardware specs. Too old to deal with Wave 2.
I disagree, RE had its time :)
The R7000 can certainly serve for a few more years. Especially since on the client side there's virtually no MU-MIMO or other Wave 2 hardware available - the majority will remain "Wave 1" for a year or longer. As usual, routers tend to leap ahead (because, you know, big numbers sell) wrt what is available on the client side
I said that when Wave 2 subject came up. I had 3 different routers between R7000 and R7800. When I am tinkering with a new router
there is no impact to the family. No one knows I swapped out the router. I play with new one for a while alone. When it is ready, I put it
to service in the middle of night when I am the only one awake in the house.