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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From LN1301's Factory Default, go to Connectivity and select "Static IP" as your Internet Connection type. Specify The Static IP address that you want for the LN1301 and under gateway enter the IP of your router that the LN1301 will act as a bridge/access point to. It should look something like this... (Replace question marks with your relevant IP info)
Ethernet bridging is supported as well on the Mesh clients; I have several Ethernet IP cameras attached to the mesh nodes ports which have been working flawlessly.
Also, the second 5 GHz band supports channel 165 which is not used at all in my area/neighborhood so using my old Netgear RAX38 router for high priority 4k streaming devices because it supports DFS channels seems a bit silly and superfluous. I think I would be better off just using the 4 LN1301s as a true all in one router and mesh system and retire the RAX38 because thanks to channel 165 I don't believe that I need DFS.
Problem is making a smooth transition from Bridge to Router for the main LN1301 and successfully keeping all the connected/configured mesh clients intact. I'm not sure how to do this easily and successfully without causing network chaos and losing access to my main LN1301 when making the switch.
I got 2 more LN1301s coming in soon so perhaps I can use a new one to smoothly replace my RAX38 and then connect the Bridge and add/convert that as a mesh node and the other nodes will auto update? Something tells me I'm in for a mildly retarded convoluted networking adventure regardless
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From LN1301's Factory Default, go to Connectivity and select "Static IP" as your Internet Connection type. Specify The Static IP address that you want for the LN1301 and under gateway enter the IP of your router that the LN1301 will act as a bridge/access point to. It should look something like this... (Replace question marks with your relevant IP info)
Internet bridging is supported as well on the Mesh clients; I have several Ethernet IP cameras attached to the mesh nodes ports which have been working flawlessly.
Also, the second 5 GHz band supports channel 165 which is not used at all in my area/neighborhood so using my old Netgear RAX38 router for high priority 4k streaming devices because it supports DFS channels seems a bit silly and superfluous. I think I would be better off just using the 4 LN1301s as a true all in one router and mesh system and retire the RAX38 because thanks to channel 165 I don't believe that I need DFS.
Problem is making a smooth transition from Bridge to Router for the main LN1301 and successfully keeping all the connected/configured mesh clients intact. I'm not sure how to do this easily and successfully without causing network chaos and losing access to my main LN1301 when making the switch.
I got 2 more LN1301s coming in soon so perhaps I can use a new one to smoothly replace my RAX38 and then connect the Bridge and add/convert that as a mesh node and the other nodes will auto update? Something tells me I'm in for a mildly retarded convoluted networking adventure regardless
Seems like my half ars adventures in networking is done then!
From LN1301's Factory Default, go to Connectivity and select "Static IP" as your Internet Connection type. Specify The Static IP address that you want for the LN1301 and under gateway enter the IP of your router that the LN1301 will act as a bridge/access point to. It should look something like this... (Replace question marks with your relevant IP info)
Ethernet bridging is supported as well on the Mesh clients; I have several Ethernet IP cameras attached to the mesh nodes ports which have been working flawlessly.
Also, the second 5 GHz band supports channel 165 which is not used at all in my area/neighborhood so using my old Netgear RAX38 router for high priority 4k streaming devices because it supports DFS channels seems a bit silly and superfluous. I think I would be better off just using the 4 LN1301s as a true all in one router and mesh system and retire the RAX38 because thanks to channel 165 I don't believe that I need DFS.
Problem is making a smooth transition from Bridge to Router for the main LN1301 and successfully keeping all the connected/configured mesh clients intact. I'm not sure how to do this easily and successfully without causing network chaos and losing access to my main LN1301 when making the switch.
I got 2 more LN1301s coming in soon so perhaps I can use a new one to smoothly replace my RAX38 and then connect the Bridge and add/convert that as a mesh node and the other nodes will auto update? Something tells me I'm in for a mildly retarded convoluted networking adventure regardless
Thank you. I tried it and it was a bit tricky. I set the static IP as you suggested. Then I hit apply (cannot change to bridge without applying) and then I could not connect to the Linksys after that. Was not reachable at the static IP. Then I set my laptop (directly connected to the Linksys) to DHCP so it could be on the same network, then connected to linksysxxxx.local and it got me to the web page. Then I set bridge mode and applied. I see that the static IP is correct. I connected the Internet port to my router but the light stayed red and the linksys is not connected to the internet. Ideas? Thanks!
Edit: I powered it off and then on again, and now light is blue and internet is on! Now to adding child nodes/satellites...
You need to then connect the LN1301 WAN/Internet port to a LAN ethernet jack of your primary router and access the Linksys GUI via the Static IP address that you specified. Then you switch the Linksys LN1301 via its WEB GUI to Bridge Mode and now you should be good to go.
Perhaps you can reserve an IP address in your primary router's DHCP Server settings to the one that you specified for the LN1301's Static IP to insure that the correct IP address is assigned? I did this for my 3 additional LN1301 mesh nodes to make sure that the nodes each have a stable IP address that never changes and it seemed to make everything more reliable for me.
You might need to power cycle the LN1301 after changing the Static IP, Gateway and DNS addresses before connecting it to your primary router's LAN ethernet port as well.
Once you change the LN1301's IP settings, unplug it then connect its WAN/internet port to your router's LAN ethernet jack then plug the LN1301 back in and let it boot up and wait until it's status light become solid blue before trying to access the LN1301 GUI to set it to Bridge Mode via the static IP that you specified; good luck.
Once you get everything set up, I recommend downloading the Linksys [google.com] app as it has a few features that the Web GUI doesn't support. The Channel Finder is particularly useful as it will optimize your mesh clients and bridge to use the best wifi channels available. You can also rename your Mesh nodes and change MTU settings as well. (I would leave MTU alone though)
There's also a hidden Advance Wireless Settings menu that the LN1301's Web GUI supports. If you add "advanced-wireless.html" after the "/dynamic/" in the LN1301's web address you can access it. (IE 192.168.?.??/ui/1.0.99.215382/dynamic/advanced-wireless.html) The settings there are well beyond my limited understanding of networking though so I would recommend leaving them alone for now
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