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Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router

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Woot via Amazon has Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router on sale for $19.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member xlnc for finding this deal.

About this Item:
  • Covers up to 2700 sq. ft.
  • Handles 40+ devices
  • Speed up to 4.2 Gbps (AX4200)
  • WiFi 6 Tri-Band
  • Quad-Core Processor
  • MU-MIMO and OFDMA

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  • About this Deal:
    • This price matches this previous Frontpage Deal (+59).
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this Product:
    • 1 Year Linksys Warranty
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Update: This popular deal is still available

Woot via Amazon has Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router on sale for $19.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to community member xlnc for finding this deal.

About this Item:
  • Covers up to 2700 sq. ft.
  • Handles 40+ devices
  • Speed up to 4.2 Gbps (AX4200)
  • WiFi 6 Tri-Band
  • Quad-Core Processor
  • MU-MIMO and OFDMA

Editor's Notes

Written by megakimcheelove | Staff
  • About this Deal:
    • This price matches this previous Frontpage Deal (+59).
    • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • About this Product:
    • 1 Year Linksys Warranty
  • About this Store:

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Model: Linksys LN1301 WiFi Router - Tri-Band WiFi - Plug-n-Play Setup - Covers up to 2700 sq. ft. - Speed up tp 4.2 Gbps - Handles 40+ Devices

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I have to disagree with you there. I have 64 devices connected to four LN1301s in a router + mesh network and performance has been decent and stable for nearly a week now. I have 16 IP cameras streaming 1080p video 24/7 as well. (Half of them via Ethernet bridging with the mesh nodes)

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)
User feedback across two years indicates better performance with all three off. Express forwarding seems to negatively affect streaming. Node steering interferws with Google Home and Apple Homekit. Client steering slows connection down if you have more than one router.

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
Still waiting for mine to ship from the last $15 deal. Just checked and Woot says SEPT 13. Hasn't even shipped yet.

It's not a deal if you never receive it.

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SonicTron
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Has anyone tested these in mesh 3+ units with 100+ devices on one of the WRT firmwares
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cobra11murderer
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Quote from MP20Day :
I cannot find this information, even on Linksys website. Is this ONLY 2.4Ghz or is it both 5 + 2.4? Thanks! (Amazon says 2.4 and doesn't list any other)

its both
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cobra11murderer
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Quote from SensibleFruit9735 :
Garbage. If you like headaches, buy 'em up! There is a reason they are so cheap.

true... now put ddwrt on it
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Quote from vivecsotha :
K it's been 24 hours
out for delivery today.
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MP20Day
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Quote from cobra11murderer :
its both
Thank you.
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Quote from frankyzee :
Thanks - living in Florida our routers are one lightning strike away from being replaced, so nice to have this as a spare!
you dont need a new router you need a power conditioner. APC/Panamax make some good ones. Surge can take out your PC/TV/Fridge not only a $20 router.
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Quote from buy_now_think_later :
You can flash using browser don't even need usb

Can you give a link to the exact instructions for that I'm feeling a little bit helpless at the moment, even though I'm quite capable of this sort of thing.

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Quote from MP20Day :
I cannot find this information, even on Linksys website. Is this ONLY 2.4Ghz or is it both 5 + 2.4? Thanks! (Amazon says 2.4 and doesn't list any other)

It's 2.4GHz plus two 5GHz (one 2x2 and 4x4) bands.
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Quote from nightanole :
I thought 80mhz mode was "auto" and then you could manually limit it to 40 or 20?

That's right
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Quote from SensibleFruit9735 :
Garbage. If you like headaches, buy 'em up! There is a reason they are so cheap.
Wow! Just wow for the profound statement. Lol

If you think a 2 GB RAM+ 1 GB Flash + Tri-band + OpenWRT and DD-WRT support as garbage, then you bet your bottom dollar it is!

Did I mention that it's ONLY $20? NVM, it's not for you. 😜
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I want to make two separate mesh networks that are completely separate from each other yet both have Internet. I don't want to pay for two Internet lines. Is there a way to have two separate networks use one Internet line? If anyone knows how to do this, please tell me the terms and I'll Google them myself and figure it out. Thanks in advance for anyone who helps.
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Quote from xlnc :
Seems inadvisable. The environmental specs in the Linksys Velop MX4000 series user guide [linksys.com] says

Operating Temp. 32° to 104° F (0 to 40° C)
Operating Humidity 10% to 80% relative humidity, non-condensing

Houston is a hot & muggy place in the summer.
I have my old Linksys Velop AC 2200 running in garage for 3 years in Dallas where temperature has been 18F to 100+ F. It should be fine with proper ventilation.
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Received the Woot $15 one.
Set it as AP to current Asus AX86U and looks ok.

Just found the Woot one is "Linksys MX4300 (LN1301)",
but this OP one is also LN1301, but "AX4200".

Which one is wrong? Or AX4200==MX4300 ?
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About to pull the trigger but want to know more about the usb port. From what I read, it's non-functional stock but might be able to unlock with dd-wrt/openwrt. Can someone confirm if it can be unlocked?

I want to plug an external drive to the usb to use it for an occasional media server. But not on all the time.

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Quote from Frugal_Jerk :
I want to make two separate mesh networks that are completely separate from each other yet both have Internet. I don't want to pay for two Internet lines. Is there a way to have two separate networks use one Internet line? If anyone knows how to do this, please tell me the terms and I'll Google them myself and figure it out. Thanks in advance for anyone who helps.
It really isn't that hard to do. You just end up double NATed with the second router behind the first one. Might be a little tricky if you are using these Linksys for both meshes and I'm not sure how well the setup will handle things when for example you are trying to add the nodes to the second router. Worst case I'd say hook one router up to your modem and get everything setup then disconnect that and repeat the process. To make sure things work correctly you'll want to change the IP range for the second network. So if the first one defaults to 192.168.1.1-255 you can do the second one as 192.168.2.1-255 or you could got to a 10.1.1.1-255. I believe the router does that automatically if it see it getting a 192.168 address on the WAN port like when it's the second router.

My question would be why do you want to separate mesh networks? That's a lot of wireless channels in use for all the different networks. There might be some way to accomplish what you want without having to setup two wireless mesh networks.

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