Update: This very popular deal is still available.
Woot! has
Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router on sale for
$14.99 when you apply coupon code
GEARUP4FALL at checkout.
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.
Thanks to community member
achhu26 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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With wireless mesh (instructions below), it's one heck of a deal and blows DECO AX5000 deal out of the water, imho.
EDIT: UPDATED instructions for enabling MESH (thanks to @rbtcordell for the original source):
1-Setup your Main router completely.
2-Plug your child node using the wan port to the main router lan port, wait for a solid purple light on the child node before proceeding
3-Log into your main router web admin.
4-Click on CA at the bottom right.
5-Click on Connectivity and CA Router setup.
6-Click on both Add Wired and Add Wireless nodes buttons. Wait for the Add wireless button to re-enable.
7-Click Done adding Child Nodes and then Apply.
8-Now the child node light should start flashing purple and turn into a mesh mode when it turns blue.
9-Disconnect Ethernet and wait for blue light again.
10-Move node to desired location.
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/v...?p=1304991
openwrt release notes
https://github.com/asd333111/open...ax-fd13d50
disassembly photos for the curious
https://imgur.com/a/linksys-ln130...ly-YJM1qfw
qualcommax: ipq807x: add support for Linksys MX4300 (LN1301)
Hardware specification:
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SoC: Qualcomm IPQ8174
Flash: 1GB (Micron MT29F8G08ABBCAH4 or AMD/Spansion S34MS08G2)
RAM: 2GB (2x Kingston B5116ECMDXGJD or ESMT M15T2G16128A DDR3L)
Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000Mbps (Qualcomm QCA8075)
WiFi1: 5GHz ax 2x2 (Qualcomm QCN5054 + Skyworks SKY85755-11) - channels 36-64 (low band)
WiFi2: 2.4GHz ax 2x2 (Qualcomm QCN5024 + Skyworks SKY85340-11)
WiFi3: 5GHz ax 4x4 (Qualcomm QCN5054 + Skyworks SKY85755-11) - channels 100-177 (high band)
LED: 1x RGB status (NXP PCA9633)
USB: 1x USB 3.0
Button: WPS, Reset
1. Disable DHCP (optional)
2. Set the device to Bridge Mode under Connectivity tab
3. Connect cable from your router to a LAN port.
4. Get some nail polished and a round sticker to cover the annoying flashing right light.
5. Click the 'AC' at the bottom of the page to see the detail configurations of wifi.
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While this is certainly a no-brainer/take my money deal, I detest the 'app' asked to set this up, as it puts you into a deadloop of signing up an account before proceeding, while taking you offline/etc. A real clusterfk that shouldn't exist this day and age. This is a dynamite router/mesh system, especially for enthusiasts.
I don't actually need these ATM. I will eventually replace my TM-AC-1900s I use for APs that cost more than double this, but I don't have any spare 5Ghz APs. The factory firmware ought to work in bridge mode.
And, I just recently retired my TM-AC-1900 with a better unit recently, but this Linksys is better still (the unit I got doesn't have WiFi 6) so I'm in for the cheap upgrade
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I don't actually need these ATM. I will eventually replace my TM-AC-1900s I use for APs that cost more than double this, but I don't have any spare 5Ghz APs. The factory firmware ought to work in bridge mode.
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And, I just recently retired my TM-AC-1900 with a better unit recently, but this Linksys is better still (the unit I got doesn't have WiFi 6) so I'm in for the cheap upgrade
I want to use these with stock firmware for a mesh network that will cover approximately a 10,000 SQFT area. (Yard, garage and living space combined)
The goal is to create a mesh network for all my smart devices plus IP cameras and use a separate DFS 5GHz network with my original Netgear RAX38 for high priority streaming 4k devices. (Love DFS; it works well in highly congested/crowded 5GHz spaces. In my neighborhood nobody seems to be aware of DFS channels so I have flawless 5GHz WiFi)
I plan to use the stock firmware for awhile until Openwrt becomes more developed/reliable but the future looks good IMO due to the LN1301 having such decent specs and its affordability. Now I just hope stock mesh supports Ethernet bridging as my half ars plan is pretty dependent on it working for a few IP cameras that I have...
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