Missing 802.11ax features on R730 compared to R750

[john_d]

The SZ 5.2 Release Notes seem to indicate that there is now a significant feature gap between R730 and R750. Is this temporary or will R730 never support OFDMA, DL/UL-MU MIMO, And TxBf?

This has started getting a bit confusing since the R730 data sheet has listed those features for over a year now but to date no AP firmware has been made available supporting it.

Thanks in advance -- I'm just a bit worried as a user who decided to go for the R730 assuming it was the more capable AP.

[hayward_kong]

I just brought up meraki since they used the same chipsets as ruckus...

[john_d]

Ditto. I love Ruckus but there's a lot of similarity with the MR55 vs MR56 situation.

To be clear, the MR56 has 12 metal flaps as antennae. The Ruckus antenna array is absolutely superior.

[michael_mogren]

Extremely disappointed to learn this. Attended a Ruckus webinar about WiFi 6 just yesterday where they said OFDMA was the most important feature of WiFi 6. R730 is extremely expensive, what are we paying for, exactly?

[michael_mogren]

Will this ever be remedied? If not, we should be able to swap R730 for R750 free of charge, and the R730 should stop being sold.

[john_d]

Not looking good. The R850 is now out as a replacement to the R730. In SmartZone 5.2.1 and ZD 10.4.1 that just came out, R730 is still behind the R750 and R850 I’m supported features.