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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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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Not necessarily true. You can connect the LN1301 as a wired bridge to the Asus router and then add additional child mesh clients to the LN1301 thus giving additional nodes.
I plan to do something similar when my LN1301s arrive; connect it as a bridge to my main router and add nodes/mesh clients to the LN1301. The plan is to connect all my IP cameras plus smart devices to the LN1301 mesh network and use my Netgear RAX38 router as an exclusive DFS 5GHz network for all my high priority wireless streaming devices.
Also I'm hoping to use Openwrt eventually as well when the LN1301 firmware is more mature and tested. Using LN1301s as Docker devices via Openwrt sounds fantastic. It will be like having a decently powerful $15 mini pc which uses 10 watts that can host several Docker containers 24/7.
Perhaps I'm assuming and expecting too much from Openwrt though. However from my limited half ars research Openwrt does appear to be able to run Docker unless someone here wants to correct me. Hopefully I can figure this stuff out when the time comes
Can I add this as wireless repeater connecting to Orbi and configure at 2.4G and place it in garage?
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I have spectrums advanced POS router and whatever modem that came with that. I'm assuming it would be better to return the spectrum router they are charging me for monthly and use the two of these I received today ( I have one more coming). I'm fine with the basic bare bones stock mesh for now until I learn more.
So from my understanding I take one of my units and hook it up in place of my spectrum router as a parent node and then the other one I currently have I follow the steps I have seen in here to make it a child node. I just basically follow the couple steps and press the button and wait for the light to change ?
One LN1301 will connect to the Asus router as a bridge and the other LN1301 will be a node/mesh to expand the WiFi range of the Asus. A bit convoluted but it should work.
Regardless, given the low price of these LN1301s getting 3 or more seems like a great way to have decent wifi coverage throughout your home.
Woot seems to have a plethora of LN1301s and are virtually giving them away at this point. With relatively decent hardware, Openwrt support and mesh capability via the default firmware I'm wondering what's the catch; deal seems suspiciously too good...
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