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Orbi Pro needs more than 2x2 stream radio!
More a comment than a questions; after having deployed the consumer version of Orbi, I was looking at Orbi Pro for a small business; but since the hardware is more or less the same, my original compl...
Hi,
and thanks for the input. And, yeah, that's fair in terms of the limited amount of devices that have 3x3 radios today. That said, the more streams the more efficient the unit would be - even in regular MIMO. That is, since most devices are 2x2, this would at least serve to be able to serve a 2x2 device and a 1x1 (say, a phone) at once. Or, said Apple or other high end devices with higher speed at 3x3.
I agree, probably a cost/performance balance measure. I would just like Orbi - especially the Pro version - to have a model that does utilize more streams.
Cheers
Kyne wrote:
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That said, the more streams the more efficient the unit would be - even in regular MIMO. That is, since most devices are 2x2, this would at least serve to be able to serve a 2x2 device and a 1x1 (say, a phone) at once.
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Regular MIMO (aka SU-MIMO) can't serve multiple devices at once. Only MU-MIMO can do that. SU-MIMO can only serve a single device at a time, so 3x3 would not be any more efficient when dealing with 2x2 and 1x1 devices.
For reference, compare Figures 3 and 4 in this article by Cisco on 802.11ac Wave 2.
I agree, probably a cost/performance balance measure. I would just like Orbi - especially the Pro version - to have a model that does utilize more streams.
They've been slowly upgrading all of their Nighthawk routers with MU-MIMO. When they get to the Orbi, I'm sure they'll add a stream. MU-MIMO "burns" a stream in order to work, so they'll have to add one in order to maintain parity.
I stand corrected - understood re SU-MIMO vs MU-MIMO.
thanks!