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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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Does it say homewrk? Plug in eth to one of the lan port and then to computer. Then goto 192.168.1.1 make sure to turn off your Wi-Fi on computer and plug out any Ethernet if any to avoid conflict with existing router.
Bridge mode worked fine without me having to tinker with Express Forwarding and Node Steering. The only issue I had with Bridge mode was discovering that you needed to set a static IP for the LN1301 before connecting it to another router as once Bridge Mode is activated the IP address cannot be changed. (CA>Connectivity>Internet Settings>Type of Internet Connection>Static IP Once that's done THEN switch to Bridge Mode)
But using the LN1301s as a true router mesh setup caused me a bunch of headaches initially; I was getting constant disconnects and freezes for my IP cameras and the mesh nodes would frequently disconnect from the master router. Only when I disabled Express Forwarding did my network become stable and my IP cams were able to live stream smoothly. (CA>Connectivity>Administration>Express Forwarding)
I still would have the occasional mesh node disconnect from the master router though hence my tinkering with Node Steering. (CA>Wi-Fi Settings>Advanced>Node Steering)
Once I disabled that my mesh nodes don't disconnect now and everything has been working great for nearly a week. I believe having 64 devices connected and the sixteen 24/7 1080p streaming IP cams (Included with the 64 devices) are a pretty good test and validation to my claims; at least I'm impressed how stable things have been since I disabled Express Forwarding and Node Steering.
I have 4 LN1301s (1 router+3 mesh) covering 8000 sqft (1500 sqft living space/home + detached garage and yard/lawn). I would like to test the setup for a month or so before giving my final/definitive review and analysis but as it stands the LN1301s have made a good impression and are quite a bargain. I'm using stock firmware as OpenWRT seems to be in beta and I prefer to wait until it has been extensively tested on the LN1301. Besides all this talk of Wizards and Tomatoes scare me
Another odd ball tip I would like to share is to make sure that you have no IP conflicts on your network. Assigning static IPs to devices that use DHCP really helps IMO. (CA>Connectivity>Local Network>DHCP Reservations>Manually Add Device Reservation)
I'm somewhat shocked that the Mesh Nodes don't have Static IPs by default and use random DHCP addresses. IMO the first thing you should do is assign Static IPs for them to increase stability and prevent IP conflicts.
IMO you should assign Static IPs for all your high priority streaming devices; IP cams in particular. Preferably via the device's network settings; but if that's not an option then Manually Add Device Reservation in the LN1301's settings is the next best thing.
You can check for IP conflicts by going to Ca>Troubleshooting>Status. I find it helpful to choose the Open In Browser Option and copy the entire page into Word/LibreOffice, select the entire IP column and paste that list to an online Number Duplicate Detection tool. [somacon.com] There's probably an easier more efficient way to check for IP duplicates of course but that's the half ars method I use
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1) the LED is constantly blinking red
2) I have to connect my old router to this device's LAN. If I connect to WAN, the wifi crashes immediately and I can't connect to internet even via ethernet
Does anyone see the same issue?
I know it's probably tough to know if there are speed gains to be had for me but I would think possibly and I would probably see a stronger signal in that upstairs bedroom if the wireless child node was placed in that bedroom. I do see that these Linksys LN 1301's don't have external antennae whereas my Netgear Nighthawk in the basement has (3) large antennae. But at $20 a pop maybe it's worth it to enter the world of wifi 6?
I wouldn't be surprised if your Netgear has better range than the Linksys when compared one-to-one, but with a mesh I would expect to see an improvement with the Linksys. And while putting the child node in the upstairs bedroom would give you a stronger signal there, the child node would also be further from the parent node. If it were me, I would start by placing the child node on the main floor and test your speed in various parts of your home.
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I did that, but i can't login into the router admin because the password and serial aren't accepted
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