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Prime Members: Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router

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Woot via Amazon has for Prime Members: Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router on sale for $24.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Members SaveMeMoney4 & MadPup for sharing this deal.

About this Item:
  • Covers up to 2700 sq. ft.
  • Handles 40+ devices
  • Speed up to 4.2 Gbps (AX4200)
  • WiFi 6 Tri-Band
  • Quad-Core Processor
  • MU-MIMO and OFDMA

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No Longer Available:

Woot! also has Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router on sale for $24.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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Update: This popular deal is still available.

Woot via Amazon has for Prime Members: Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router on sale for $24.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Community Members SaveMeMoney4 & MadPup for sharing this deal.

About this Item:
  • Covers up to 2700 sq. ft.
  • Handles 40+ devices
  • Speed up to 4.2 Gbps (AX4200)
  • WiFi 6 Tri-Band
  • Quad-Core Processor
  • MU-MIMO and OFDMA

Editor's Notes

Written by SubZero5 | Staff
No Longer Available:

Woot! also has Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router on sale for $24.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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Jul 27, 2024 1:38 PM
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ArtisanalChicken32Jul 27, 2024 1:38 PM
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Quote from frugalislife :
Hi everyone,
I have received the router and I would like to share what I know to give some insights for some of us. First of all, I don't own a mesh system or know anything much about a mesh system.

1) Model: Linksys MX4301-UN Homewrk For Business 1PK, SKU: LN1301, https://store.linksys.com/support...sku=MX4301 [linksys.com]

2) To login, username: admin (default) password: the given wifi password that came with the router

3) Wireless Setting: When changing different name for 2.4ghz and 5ghz, it will have a pop up stating that "Mesh Wifi combines bands to act as one network......"

4) In the wireless setting, the Wifi Mode is selected: Mixed....
To make changes, I have clicked "CA" in the lower right hand corner in order for the selection to show up.
I do not see an AX mode selection at all.

5) Advance Wifi Advanced: Client Steering and Node Steering.

Hopefully, someone who has received the router could tell us if this is a mesh router.

Please see the attached pictures.
No AX support is disappointing, wonder if it's locked via firmware or simply lacks the hardware. Do you see DFS wifi channels? Are you seeing just 20/40/80mhz options for channel width? Does the USB storage option work? Are there any firewall/QOS settings? Port forwarding? In depth IPv6 settings(do we get more than just auto DHCPv6)? VPN client/server support? ICMP options for IPv6? uPnP settings? Mac filtering? Mobile app support? There should be a hidden options menu if you remove the end of the url "home.html" and add "advanced-wireless.html", what options exist there?

Openwrt is probably the way to go but seeing how robust it is stock would be interesting. Looks to be your standard linksys firmware with CA settings
Last edited by ArtisanalChicken32 July 27, 2024 at 06:41 AM.
Jul 27, 2024 2:38 PM
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twood2005Jul 27, 2024 2:38 PM
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Quote from misaki83 :
Do you see the "Fortinet / HomeWRT" in the setting page / "Security by Fortinet" logo printed on product like this? ( https://www.avfirewalls.com/datas...omewrk.pdf )

The mode number & specification revealed looks this is matching enterprise class solution product MX4301 (with mesh & enterprise management & anti-virus & ipsec vpn)
This confused me too. this is the MX4301 (look at the link provided at the beginning) not the same as the MX4300 we are waiting on.
Jul 27, 2024 4:23 PM
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frugalislifeJul 27, 2024 4:23 PM
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Quote from misaki83 :
Do you see the "Fortinet / HomeWRT" in the setting page / "Security by Fortinet" logo printed on product like this? ( https://www.avfirewalls.com/datas...omewrk.pdf )

The mode number & specification revealed looks this is matching enterprise class solution product MX4301 (with mesh & enterprise management & anti-virus & ipsec vpn)
In the front of the router, the logo is only "Linksys". It does not say Fortinet at all...
Jul 27, 2024 4:25 PM
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frugalislifeJul 27, 2024 4:25 PM
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Quote from ArtisanalChicken32 :
No AX support is disappointing, wonder if it's locked via firmware or simply lacks the hardware. Do you see DFS wifi channels? Are you seeing just 20/40/80mhz options for channel width? Does the USB storage option work? Are there any firewall/QOS settings? Port forwarding? In depth IPv6 settings(do we get more than just auto DHCPv6)? VPN client/server support? ICMP options for IPv6? uPnP settings? Mac filtering? Mobile app support? There should be a hidden options menu if you remove the end of the url "home.html" and add "advanced-wireless.html", what options exist there?

Openwrt is probably the way to go but seeing how robust it is stock would be interesting. Looks to be your standard linksys firmware with CA settings
I will get back to you on this. I can upload picture to show you.
Jul 27, 2024 7:27 PM
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anish88Jul 27, 2024 7:27 PM
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Quote from Miser4ever :
Ok, so I got mine and fiddled with it. First, this is a very easy router to unbrick so go ahead and fiddle with the firmware all you want. Unfortunately I was unsuccessful in installing the linksys mx4200v1 firmware as well as installing openwrt for mx4200v1. On openwrt the light turned purple but I couldn't ssh into the router. I guess it can't be hacked into a mesh. Went ahead and purchased the slickdeal mx8000 refurbished that was just posted and will be returning these. Good luck to all and please do post on any different outcomes. Obviously $25 a node for a 4.2gbps Wi-Fi 6 mesh would be a spectacular bargain.
I tried to flash mx4200v1 but was stuck on the blue light. a couple of resets it worked.

trying again
Last edited by anish88 July 27, 2024 at 12:31 PM.
Jul 27, 2024 7:41 PM
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DarkBlad3zJul 27, 2024 7:41 PM
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I just got mine and can confirm this is the MX4300, it is shown under the device. OpenWRT only support MX4200 at the moment but just leave it to the pros to make it work for MX4300, maybe in a month or so. For now just buy and hold.
Jul 27, 2024 9:41 PM
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Saver188Jul 27, 2024 9:41 PM
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Quote from anish88 :
I tried to flash mx4200v1 but was stuck on the blue light. a couple of resets it worked.

trying again
Does MX4200v1 firmware work?

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Jul 27, 2024 10:27 PM
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anish88Jul 27, 2024 10:27 PM
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Quote from Saver188 :
Does MX4200v1 firmware work?
No, I tried three times with no luck

I wonder if there's another model that coincides with this one. I tried MX 4200v1 and V2 with no luck
Jul 27, 2024 11:16 PM
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Saver188Jul 27, 2024 11:16 PM
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Quote from anish88 :
No, I tried three times with no luck

I wonder if there's another model that coincides with this one. I tried MX 4200v1 and V2 with no luck
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/14051/

You may want to try that (please report back if you do).
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Jul 27, 2024 11:54 PM
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poorgradJul 27, 2024 11:54 PM
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Quote from anish88 :
No, I tried three times with no luck

I wonder if there's another model that coincides with this one. I tried MX 4200v1 and V2 with no luck
I was wrong earlier in this thread about the LN1301 / MX4300 HW being identical to the MX4200.
The stock MX4200 firmwares are unlikely to work as the OpenWRT work for LN1301 has revealed that although the PCB assembly looks the same as the MX4200v1 PCB, the RAM and flash are actually bigger. The LN1301 seems to have 1 GB flash and 2GB RAM which is more than even the MX5300.

Quote from Saver188 :
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/14051/

You may want to try that (please report back if you do).
That's the MX5300 OpenWRT commit.
OpenWRT support for LN1301 will likely arrive soon as multiple people in the OpenWRT thread for the MX4200 are working on making it work [openwrt.org]. OpenWRT will free you of the limitations of the stock FW. E.g. USB works, you can do mesh, make VLANs, etc.

Good news is also that you can still get the LN1301 and it's even cheaper now at $20.
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Jul 28, 2024 12:04 AM
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stridhiryu03Jul 28, 2024 12:04 AM
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Quote from poorgrad :
Good news is also that you can still get the LN1301 and it's even cheaper now at $20.
It's from a third party seller with under 10 reviews and around 3/5 stars out of those unless I'm missing something.
Jul 28, 2024 12:25 AM
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rczriderJul 28, 2024 12:25 AM
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Quote from stridhiryu03 :
It's from a third party seller with under 10 reviews and around 3/5 stars out of those unless I'm missing something.
Eh, I bought 3@$20, anyway. If there's a problem, free returns to Walmart within 30 days.

At this price, if the specs are right and OpenWRT works out, this is a screaming deal.
Jul 28, 2024 3:28 AM
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SalP1311Jul 28, 2024 3:28 AM
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can confirm this is a Linksys MX4300 model router. Came in the original package that looks like it came directly from Linksys. It cannot be used in Access point mode or in a mesh setup. It is just a basic router. I could not find WRT support for it. $25 is great for a backup router laying around in a pinch but I already have a TP-Link AX1800 for backup which can be used as an access point too so sending the MX4300 back to Amazon.
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Jul 28, 2024 4:27 AM
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TillmanAJul 28, 2024 4:27 AM
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Does it do Client Mode? ( pulls wifi down and makes an ethernet port for my gimp machines)

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Jul 28, 2024 4:57 AM
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kenshiJul 28, 2024 4:57 AM
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Quote from Rdog :
Can anyone who got these confirm if they can be configured to bridge mode? I plan to run cables to it so I don't need the mesh feature.
Bridge mode is there under the drop down menu, but it gives you no option to config it...

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