Interesting thing. I was on 22.03.6 because of mentioned WAN-problems, but for the moment I do not need WAN. So I tried 23.05.2
root@AX53U-S1:~# ubus call system board
{
"kernel": "5.15.137",
"hostname": "AX53U-S1",
"system": "MediaTek MT7621 ver:1 eco:3",
"model": "ASUS RT-AX53U",
"board_name": "asus,rt-ax53u",
"rootfs_type": "squashfs",
"release": {
"distribution": "OpenWrt",
"version": "23.05.2",
"revision": "r23630-842932a63d",
"target": "ramips/mt7621",
"description": "OpenWrt 23.05.2 r23630-842932a63d"
}
}
root@AX53U-S1:~# grep vht_capab /var/run/hostapd*.conf
vht_capab=[RXLDPC][SHORT-GI-80][TX-STBC-2BY1][SU-BEAMFORMER][SU-BEAMFORMEE][MU-BEAMFORMER][MU-BEAMFORMEE][RX-ANTENNA-PATTERN][TX-ANTENNA-PATTERN][RX-STBC-1][SOUNDING-DIMENSION-2][BF-ANTENNA-2][MAX-MPDU-7991][MAX-A-MPDU-LEN-EXP7]
And now the surprise:
root@AX53U-S1:~# grep -r beamform /tmp/run/
/tmp/run/hostapd-phy1.conf:he_su_beamformer=1
/tmp/run/hostapd-phy1.conf:he_su_beamformee=1
/tmp/run/hostapd-phy1.conf:he_mu_beamformer=1
/tmp/run/hostapd-phy1.conf.prev:he_su_beamformer=1
/tmp/run/hostapd-phy1.conf.prev:he_su_beamformee=1
/tmp/run/hostapd-phy1.conf.prev:he_mu_beamformer=1
There were changes with beamforming from Openwert 22 to 23.