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 !!!
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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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I logged in using router pwd and admin login shown on bottom then changed to name a pwd I want, I then jumped to laptop web for setup. I've been jumping pack and forth fine app and web interface..
I've never name Linksys pwd and still just use app fine. 1 parent node and one child node that I've tried wired had wifi.
The Pi 3 is still $35 for 1Gb ram and no flash. This router is on par with an AWS t2.small
Multiple posts mention this router idles at 10 watts. That is just a little bit higher than typical wifi router power consumption. So I don't know if router is that great of a replacement for a Raspberry Pi. If you're thinking of using this behind your main router just for running VPN or whatever, you might use up the hardware cost savings in idle mode power consumption in a couple of years. I've also read that sometimes router power consumption doesn't even decrease very much when you disable wireless, maybe because they don't make them to cut power off the amplifiers. Plus these aren't very repairable. Flash chip could get worn out pretty quickly depending on what you're doing.
Typical wifi router power consumption:
https://www.guru3d.com/review/asu...ew/page-9/
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As an aside, this is also while "mesh with wired backhaul" is just marketing nonsense. A properly configured multi-access point system functions exactly the same, including in terms of client handoffs between access points. A "wired mesh" doesn't add anything to that other than being configured correctly out of the box.
Multiple posts mention this router idles at 10 watts. That is just a little bit higher than typical wifi router power consumption. So I don't know if router is that great of a replacement for a Raspberry Pi. If you're thinking of using this behind your main router just for running VPN or whatever, you might use up the hardware cost savings in idle mode power consumption in a couple of years. I've also read that sometimes router power consumption doesn't even decrease very much when you disable wireless, maybe because they don't make them to cut power off the amplifiers. Plus these aren't very repairable. Flash chip could get worn out pretty quickly depending on what you're doing.
Typical wifi router power consumption:
https://www.guru3d.com/review/asu...ew/page-9/
Still saving one of these for when I inevitably have to replace someone's router, though!
Multiple posts mention this router idles at 10 watts. That is just a little bit higher than typical wifi router power consumption. So I don't know if router is that great of a replacement for a Raspberry Pi. If you're thinking of using this behind your main router just for running VPN or whatever, you might use up the hardware cost savings in idle mode power consumption in a couple of years. I've also read that sometimes router power consumption doesn't even decrease very much when you disable wireless, maybe because they don't make them to cut power off the amplifiers. Plus these aren't very repairable. Flash chip could get worn out pretty quickly depending on what you're doing.
Typical wifi router power consumption:
https://www.guru3d.com/review/asu...ew/page-9/
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It would remove my need for RPi as a separate device. Currently using RPi 3B just for pi-hole.
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