expired Posted by xlnc • Sep 3, 2024
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expired Posted by xlnc • Sep 3, 2024
Sep 3, 2024 11:10 PM
Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router
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Mind you that I only have 100Mbps Spectrum internet but I do stream/direct play 4k videos from a Plex media server to several Amazon Firestick 4k devices without issue. Overall IMO you would be hard pressed to find such relatively decent hardware for so cheap; especially a Mesh network.
It wasn't all smooth at first mind you. I kept getting disconnects; especially with the streaming IP cameras. But I discovered by disabling Express Forwarding all my streaming issues went away. (CA>Connectivity>Administration>Express Forwarding)
I'm guessing that Cisco's/Linksys' proprietary Express Forwarding routing protocol was causing havoc with the IP cams streaming capabilities. Also, disabling Node Steering seemed to make things more stable as well; mesh nodes no longer disconnect from the router when Node Steering is disabled. (CA>Wi-Fi Settings>Advanced>Node Steering)
Of course, user experience can vary so feel free to experiment. if the routers are giving you problems, try turning these features off and see if it works
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Keeping fingers crossed!
I'm also not sure the USB bus on this router is as fast as a raspberry pi. And software support is just way better on a Pi than openwrt for pretty much any usecase (Plex, pihole, nas, torrenting, etc).
Heck, this doesn't have HDMI!
Yep, this monster will cost you $43.80/year of power to run in California (0.50/kWh, $4.38 per watt per year)
VS the raspberry pi at $17.52.
Oh wow thanks for this! My house has coax in every single room but not a single ethernet cable. So this basically converts coax to Ethernet to allow for WiFi extenders? Can this also allow a mesh system to be wired instead of wireless?
From what I read, yea you can do wired mesh too.
I'm also not sure the USB bus on this router is as fast as a raspberry pi. And software support is just way better on a Pi than openwrt for pretty much any usecase (Plex, pihole, nas, torrenting, etc).
Heck, this doesn't have HDMI!
Your point regarding better software support and power consumption of the RPi is well taken. I will point out that you can save a couple of watts if you disable all 3 of the radios on the Linksys.
I don't know if you were joking about HDMI support, but I'm assuming that once the Linksys is officially supported by OpenWRT or DD-WRT, one will be able to use a USB 3.0 -> HDMI adapter.
Oh yeah, I also read some people saying that the power supply is a weak point for the RPi? I don't know the details as I didn't really dig into this.
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I would just connect the 1st box to your current cable modem to use it as a wireless router. If you have a big house and need more wireless coverage, configure a 2nd box as a mesh node and put it close to the location where your wireless signal is weak.
Thank you. Would you know if these routers can act as nodes using factory settings? Or need to be flashed?
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