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Lynx

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My RT-AX98U RT-AX68U has three antennae and the manual states they should be left upwards. Have users experimented with tweaking the positions of the antenna to improve Wi-Fi performance? Would this make a mess of the beamforming?
 
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I wouldn't assume so or they'D be stiff (unless you change it all the time I guess but I do guess you sometimes leave the vicinity of your router ;)).
Haven't messed around extensively myself but I always set it up assuming that my furthest away and/or most important clients should be situated along a line at 90° to the middle of one or more of the antennae and since I don't have more than one level I have them pointing upwards
 
The original router antennas are omni-directional (transmitting the same way in all directions) - so you better let them point to "all directions" and let the beamforming function to the job to optimize the signal for the devices.

In case you want to optimize the direction of the WLAN signal yourself, you should go for alternative antennas (uni-directional) - but then the beamforming will not work anymore as designed,
 
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My RT-AX98U has three antennae

RT-AX68U perhaps, as per your previous posts.
Orient the antennas this way | | |, if you live in a single floor house/apartment, and this way \ | /, if you're home has 2nd floor/basement.
 
The original router antennas are uni-directional (transmitting the same way in all directions) - so you better let them point to "all directions" and let the beamforming function to the job to optimize the signal for the devices.

In case you want to optimize the direction of the WLAN signal yourself, you should go for alternative antennas - but then the beamforming will not work anymore as designed,
You mean omnidirectional(omni=all, uni=one).
 

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