@Mathew Howard wrote:
@ethoplex1 wrote:Cambium said only their sector works properly with beamforming.
I'm planning on trying the Mimosa omni too... I don't expect them to work anywhere near as well as the sector, but I figure it's gotta work better than just using a 2x2 omni)
For what it's worth, I'm not expecting the Mimosa Omni to function as MU-MIMO at all, at least not with the first early firmware. I think that the Cambium Secret Sauce in the AP has to group the clients into ones which are and aren't MU-possible, and I think it needs to know where they are in the antenna's beam pattern. So, I'm guessing that firmware will have to be tuned to support each antenna, which is probably why Cambium said "only our sector supported at first". I think that mainly they don't want people to expect that they can order any 4x4 antenna and then report MU-MIMO sucks, when it's likely just an antenna that Cambium hasn't tuned their 'grouping algorithym' for at that point in time.
So, I've ordered a Mimosa Omni mostly for giggles, and we'll see what we results we get, but I won't be surprised or disappointed by a negative result. I've also ordered it just thinking that maybe 6 months down the road, Cambium might have a 3K firmware which they need testing with the Mimosa Omni, and having one on hand that day in the figure will be handy. :)