In this video, I explain what beamforming is and what it means for your router. I also provide the findings of an experiment I ran to see if it actually works…
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0:38 What is beamforming?
1:23 How does beamforming work?
2:59 Beamforming analogy
6:32 Does beamforming actually work?
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The non-beamforming router I used in this video (TP-Link Archer A7): https://amzn.to/40DspSF
The beamforming router I used in this video (TP-Link Archer AX10): https://amzn.to/4e64Rcd
What is beamforming and how does it work?
Beamforming is a feature of newer routers that’s meant to provide your devices with better WiFi signals and faster WiFi speeds.
The main idea behind beamforming is that it allows your router to “steer” its WiFi signal towards the devices in your home that it’s communicating with. In addition to steering the WiFi signal toward your devices, beamforming also allows your router to narrow the WiFi signal that is sent in the direction of your devices. This provides the following benefits:
--Longer WiFi range in the direction of your device
--A narrower WiFi signal decreases the chances of interference between the device and the router
--A stronger WiFi signal at farther distances from your router
--Faster WiFi speed
The key benefit here is that beamforming allows your router to do all of this automatically; you don’t need to change anything about the configuration of your router.
As you’ll see from the experiments I ran to test the performance of a beamforming router, beamforming can indeed increase the WiFi speed of your devices (although not by a substantial amount).
Conclusion
If you have any questions about beamforming or how it works, please leave a comment below.