Click here [dd-wrt.com] for a guide on installing DD-WRT
If you are not interested in using custom firmware yet, these routers support mesh with the stock firmware, but the USB port is disabled.
The stock firmware is relatively new, but is speculated to not receive many, if any, updates, so it may be best to wait until custom firmware support is merged and more mature before messing with installing custom firmware.
How to enable mesh:
- Setup your Main router completely.
- 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.
- 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.
- Click Done adding Child Nodes and then Apply.
- Now the child node light should start flashing purple and turn into a mesh mode when it turns blue.
- Disconnect Ethernet and wait for blue light again.
- Move node to desired location.
How to set up as access point:
- Disable DHCP (optional).
- Set the device to Bridge Mode under Connectivity tab.
- Connect cable from your router to a LAN port.
- Get some nail polish and a round sticker to cover the annoying flashing right light.
- Click the 'AC' at the bottom of the page to see the detailed configurations of wifi.
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DD-WRT runs FLAWLESS on this !!!
Here are the details from another thread:-
https://slickdeals.net/f/17735319-linksys-ln1301-tri-band-ax4200-wifi-6-wireless-router-20-free-shipping?p=1753
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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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Do you know whether we can enable WIRELESS MESH on Linksys LN1301? If that is the case, it's one heck of a deal and blows this DECO AX5000 deal out of the water, imho.
EDIT: These are the instructions that was posted on another SD thread about enabling MESH:
"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."
Now I have Google WiFi ac-1304. The mesh is much better with handoffs happening when one signal is slightly weaker than the other, but it still takes like 4-5 seconds. Is this smoother? Trying to see if it's worth upgrading. Also, I don't like the fact that it's Google (privacy nightmare) and it's only accessible via their app with limited functionality. I do like that they have monitoring like data usage per device per month, and I get notifications when a new device is connected.
Does this have any of the nice features and is mesh handoff better? Thanks!
edit: tried checkout again and it went thru
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Tried to buy 1 more, but found $5 had been used each acct.
Regretful. Don't know how to use its Mesh function with only one router : (
Now I have Google WiFi ac-1304. The mesh is much better with handoffs happening when one signal is slightly weaker than the other, but it still takes like 4-5 seconds. Is this smoother? Trying to see if it's worth upgrading. Also, I don't like the fact that it's Google (privacy nightmare) and it's only accessible via their app with limited functionality. I do like that they have monitoring like data usage per device per month, and I get notifications when a new device is connected.
Does this have any of the nice features and is mesh handoff better? Thanks!
In any case, I am sure it *maybe* better than my current Linksys MR9000 in mesh and overall router performance with the impressive specs, imo. $15 or even $20 is a crazy fire sale for LN1301 when you consider this was initially priced at $400. lol
Would like to setup a Guest Wifi on it for IoT devices as well
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Would this be an upgrade on that?
Further, if I bought 4 of these to use as a mesh system, would the main unit attach to the CR3100 router, or would it replace the CR3100 router that Verizon gave me?
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