Setup your Main router completely.
Plug your child router using the wan port to the main router lan port.
Log into your main router web admin. Click on CA at the bottom right.
Click on Connectivity and CA Router setup. Click on both Add Wired and Add Wireless nodes buttons. Wait for the Add wireless button to re-enable then click Done adding Child Nodes. And then Apply.
Now the child node light should start flashing purple and turn into a mesh node when it urns blue.
This is really finicky but mines up and running again after a full reset.
Benefits of installing open sources openwrt/DD-wrt -
1.Current firmware is EOL and this router will not get future updates. But with Openwrt/dd-wrt, you will get longer support.
2. Support for additional packages/features
3. Easy mesh setup
4. VPN support
5. Potential for activating the USB3 port, which doesn't function with the stock firmware.
IMPORTANT Caution for following: As of Sept. 2nd, there is no official release of OpenWRT available yet for this unit - only the developers' testing versions noted below. The Linksys included stock firmware version shipped is from Spring 2024, so you may want to wait for installing an official Openwrt release, which may come within next few weeks.
Steps to install openwrt -
There are two models of this router, one is straight MX4300 and other is Homewrk version (please clarify/update this and ways to identify them. i believe all woot routers are Homewrk version) [Edit by hiroll: Actually most or all of those shipped from Woot are almost certainly the MX4300 ... it's confusing, because the outer brown shipping box is still labeled for the original Homewrk, but the router units packed within the inner white box are labeled MX4300. AFAIK, all of the Woot units are shipped via slow UPS ground from a 3rd party in CA. I received two different ones weeks apart from the earlier deal posts, one ordered through Amazon and the other directly from Woot - and both outer boxes and contents are exactly the same.]
Based on the router version, you need to install different variation of openwrt. One is lytr [github.com] and second is qosmio's build [github.com]. You have to install right version to right router otherwise you may end up with bricked router.
Here are instructions, thanks to @andythepandy
1. Go to https://github.com/testuser7/open...ax-2540ea6 and download the squashfs file for your device (e.g., LN1301 is the same as MX4300, so you'd download openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-linksys_mx4300-squashfs-factory.bin).
2. Follow the installation steps from https://openwrt.org/toh/linksys/mx4200_v1_and_v
3. SSH into your router as user "root" and no password. By default, the IP address for the router would be 192.168.1.1
4. Make sure your router is connected to the internet (WAN port is connected to your ISP). Then in the router CLI, type "opkg update", press enter. Once finished, type "opkg install luci" and press enter. Once the command completes, reboot the router or power cycle.
5. Now you should be able to access Luci by going to 192.168.1.1 in your browser.
Some Relevent links:
https://openwrt.org/toh/linksys/mx4200_v1_and_v
https://forum.openwrt.o
https://forum.openwrt.o
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I'm waiting for mine to ship, but I also want to see if I can contribute in any way to the open firmware projects
It's giving a range of 4 days, need to work out the timing...
It's giving a range of 4 days, need to work out the timing...
If you have the UPS tracking number then go directly to UPS.COM
It has been over one and a half weeks since I placed my order on AMAZON.COM.
According to the UPS website, my package is currently at a UPS facility in a neighboring state.
So it lists one additional day until delivery (via ground shipping service).
It another post, I stated that the subcontractor created a UPS tracking number and my credit card was charged, but they did not hand over the package to UPS until nearly a week later. This shady business practice is not acceptable.
So the delivery estimate that is listed on the AMAZON or WOOT website is the approximate travel time once the shipping carrier gets the package.
How long it takes the merchant to hand off the package to the carrier is a point of contention.
Good luck to all.
tried going to CA connectivity and adding ssid and pass of my main network and it doesn't work
If you're using the nss fork, you'll need to build the firmware and kernel modules from that branch.
tried going to CA connectivity and adding ssid and pass of my main network and it doesn't work
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If you're using the nss fork, you'll need to build the firmware and kernel modules from that branch.
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SSH method
You can recover the Linksys stock firmware by using the basic SSH in PuTTy (for Windows®) and use the following commands:
Determining your router's current partition
/usr/sbin/fw_printenv -n boot_part
Booting your router
For Primary Partition: /usr/sbin/fw_setenv boot_part 1 && reboot
For Secondary Partition: /usr/sbin/fw_setenv boot_part 2 && reboot
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