Linksys is first to market with a working multi-user MIMO router, the $280 EA8500

Linksys has announced that it's the first to ship a working MU-MIMO (multiple-user, multiple input, multiple output) router, the $280 Linksys Max-Stream AC2600 (aka the EA8500). That grumbling you're hearing is coming from early adopters who already bought MU-MIMO-"ready" routers and are still waiting for the firmware needed to turn that feature on. MU-MIMO is the first step toward the coming generation of "Wave 2" 802.11ac routers. The real deal will also be capable of bonding several channels ...