The MU MIMO train has been taking of well. Linksys of course did not want to lag behind the rest and have released an interesting model, the EA8500. We tested it extensively.

Linksys has two major router series. Besides the old and trusted EA line of routers, where the EA8500 which we are discussing in this review also belongs, Linksys also has the WRT line of products, where they try to breathe new life into the most successful router of all time, the WRT54G. Linksys has already a wide range of products in the higher segment with the WRT1900AC, WRT1900ACS, E8350 and the EA8500. Soon the EA7500 will be added to this list and the ES9500 has also been announced already.

We are also already testing the WRT1900ACS in our lab, so you can expect a review soon. Today we are going to take a deeper look at the EA8500, the firts MU MIMO router from Linksys. During a call some time ago that we were allowed to attend, this product was announced. Linksys called it the first 'working' MU MIMO router. This was clearly a shot fired at Asus and Netgear, who have already released MU MIMO routers nine months ago, with respectively the RT-AC87U and the R7500. For those routers support for the new technology sadly never came. Both are excellent routers in pretty much all areas, except for MU MIMO support. The EA8500 is supposed to do a much better job.