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Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

quite68
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Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

In some situations (not sure which ones) I cannot disable beamforming. I uncheck the checkbox and press Apply but after settings are applied the checkbox is checked again.

Any idea what is going on?

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quite68
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Re: Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

I suspect this is a bug in 1.0.12. I've reverted to 1.0.11 and it's working again.

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FURRYe38
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Re: Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

Is AX mode enabled? 

What browser are you using? Try MS EDGE. I just disabled mine and it stayed disabled.

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quite68
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Re: Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

AX is not enabled.

I'm using Chrome on an Ubuntu machine.

Sometimes disabling Beamforming does work, not sure what the settings difference is between when it works and when it doesn't.

It wasn't a problem with an older fw version.

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FURRYe38
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Re: Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

Try with Firefox? 

I'm using a Windows PC. 

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quite68
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Re: Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

It's the same in Firefox. I doubt it's anything to do with the browser.

My guess is there's something in the fw that says you can't disable Beamforming if X is true, but it doesn't tell you in the web-site it just quietly refuses to disable it.

 

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plemans
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Re: Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

Why are you trying to disable beamforming? 

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FURRYe38
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Re: Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

I'm currently using my RAXE with Smart Connect disabled along with AX mode. Might try this as well. I was able to disable and enable it this morning. 


@quite68 wrote:

It's the same in Firefox. I doubt it's anything to do with the browser.

My guess is there's something in the fw that says you can't disable Beamforming if X is true, but it doesn't tell you in the web-site it just quietly refuses to disable it.

 


 

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quite68
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Re: Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

I suspect this is a bug in 1.0.12. I've reverted to 1.0.11 and it's working again.

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FURRYe38
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Re: Cannot disable beamforming on RAXE500 (fw V1.0.12.96_2.0.45)

Wondering if you apply v.96 again over on top if it sticks. 

Not sure if it's bug. I'm able to disable and enable Beamforming on mine and I've got v.96 FW loaded.

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