Yes it is not the harware capability but the drivers used for some MT AP, probably due to memory limitations.
And the wifiwave2 extra package worries me.
What I liked so much in the standard drivers is gone, and I’m not sure this wifiwave2 is a feature rich implementation of 802.11ac-wave2 (A SNMPwalk might reveal more)
You cannot have both I assume, but wifiwave2 risks to make this wifi platform just another 3th party wifi AP.
Liked, but gone for now … lets hope it comes back
- 4-address mode, very transparent implementation (“AP bridge”/“station bridge” is just wonderful)
- WDS and mesh setup (not found)
- Informative Registration table ( e.g. Last IP, RADIUS comment field) with DUDE to collect them all from all AP in real time
- Dynamic and simple VLAN id assignment in the wireless driver, default per SSID and dynamic based on RADIUS or on Access List setting (e.g. MAC address based for IOT, DLNA, and Home automation devices)
- No direct need to define VLANs and enable VLAN filtering on the bridge, keeping HW offloading for ethernet interfaces operational
Improved …
- minimal A-MSDU (MPDU) and A-MPDU values, this was wasting a lot of airtime for everyone on that channel, due to too small payload (A-MPDU)
- No more CAPsMAN further reduction of the above payload size per timeslot. (Might come back with CAPsMAN 3.0 for wifiwave2)
- TPC handling, avoiding the EIRP reduction by 3 dB, in the regions EIRP allowed list
- Beam forming and 802.11rkv (no experience so far, having only one wifiwave2 unit)
A SNMPwalk might reveal even more
Still hoping that one day classic driver and wifiwave2 could run simultaneously on the same AP (be it on different radio), or better have the features merged.
And while whishfull thinking is on: usable on hAP ac2, wAP ac, cAP ac, cAP ac XL.
Wifiwave2 might have the same look and feel as CAPsMAN with either direct value entry in Wifiwave2, or pointers to Configuration, Security, channel, etc.
But ‘channel’ value does not stay in the wifiwave2 setting , must it be done via ‘channel’ tab only???
Maybe that hAP ac3 is not the best test device. Those long “hare ear / external HGO antenna?” makes one expect high antenna gains.
Wifiwave2 on hAP ax² will bring “BSS coloring”/“spatial reuse”, right?