@David-TP if they are able, i hope they can work out support on other devices besides deco, ax3200, for example. :-) thanks

Tried and failed to use external SSD, APFS format, as recommended by Apple. The AX3200 supports SMB and USB3. I was surprised the Time Machine feature didn’t work.

@C-Link I'd been using Time Capsule and was being warned that support was going away. AX3200 is supposed to support time machine via its USB3 port. I confirmed that it supports SMB. I bought a new...

Thank you. I understand that mu-mimo only exists on the 5ghz bands. And I understand that enabling mu-MIMO, and then smart connect, will allow mu-MIMO whenever a device is connected to the 5ghz...

Ah! That was my hope. Before I enable smart connect, I enable mu-mimo on each of the 5ghz bands. Why I raised the question is that having done this, if I then turn smart connect off, I find that...

Thank you for your response. I would have thought mu-mimo would still be in effect for the 802.11ac bands. Would it work if I disabled 2.4 entirely, and then enabled smart connect using only the two...