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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:
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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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Guy767
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)
Dannixrevolution
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
Hat-Trick
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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Sep 7, 2024
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yeba
Sep 7, 2024
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Quote from andy222 :
I certainly will try that out. Here is what I am planning to do. Please correct me if I am wrong:
1. Connect pfSense output to router's WAN port
2. Assign static IP address in pfSense to a router based on its mac address.
3. Reset router's default admin password to something different
4. Setup Wifi SSID and Password (My router is still in "Router Mode")
7. Put static IP address generated in PfSense in a router so that it can be accesses via Web UI.
5. Disable DHCP (As IP addresses are handed over by PfSense)
6. Now put Router in "Bridge Mode"
7. Reboot Router

Am I missing something here?
I am sure I tried couple of days back and couldn't access UI.
I managed to hard-wired internet when I swiched to internet ports and not using WAN port for pfSense but wifi wasn't working and UI also wasn't accessible
The UI is buggy, encountered same issue first time I switch to bridged mode. The main mesh node was on red LED and UI wasnt accessible. Did factory reset on both nodes and redid the mesh + bridge mode again. Working fine now and I can still access the web UI on bridge mode. A lot of options disappear with bridged mode.
Sep 7, 2024
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evil1004
Sep 7, 2024
119 Posts
The stock app has very limited parental control. Would flashing to dd-wrt improve parental control options?
Sep 7, 2024
907 Posts
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Sep 7, 2024
boklos
Sep 7, 2024
907 Posts
Is ddwrt necessary or the stock software is stable enough?
Sep 7, 2024
161 Posts
Joined Nov 2012
Sep 7, 2024
VivekF1
Sep 7, 2024
161 Posts
My Linksys app won't recognize this when being added as a child node to existing mesh. The old nodes have no problem being found!
Sep 7, 2024
105 Posts
Joined Aug 2006
Sep 7, 2024
xxlk9
Sep 7, 2024
105 Posts
LAN port 3 is highlighted yellow. Something special about it over the other 2 LAN ports? New to Linksys router.
Sep 7, 2024
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ProAm500
Sep 7, 2024
1,377 Posts
Quote from xxlk9 :
LAN port 3 is highlighted yellow. Something special about it over the other 2 LAN ports? New to Linksys router.
I think that's what's used for setting up mesh for the extra nodes
Sep 7, 2024
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Sep 7, 2024
andy222
Sep 7, 2024
14 Posts
Quote from yeba :
The UI is buggy, encountered same issue first time I switch to bridged mode. The main mesh node was on red LED and UI wasnt accessible. Did factory reset on both nodes and redid the mesh + bridge mode again. Working fine now and I can still access the web UI on bridge mode. A lot of options disappear with bridged mode.
Thanks a lot. I had to do factory reset three times before it worked. All I had to do is just to put the router in "Bridge Mode".
I haven't tried mesh yet. Going to try out now

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Sep 7, 2024
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Krayhons
Sep 7, 2024
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On the stock firmware, when mesh is set up, should I be seeing all the nodes in the connectivity tab? I only see my master node but it shows "Network Device" as connected in my network map and not a linksys device
Pro
Sep 7, 2024
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OpusXX
Pro
Sep 7, 2024
2,217 Posts
Can anyone advise if linksys is STILL supporting this router with periodic sock irmware updates? What MHZ channels are missing and how does this really impact the performance of this router?
Sep 7, 2024
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WittyTest9930
Sep 7, 2024
11 Posts
How do you set up 6ghz ssid? When I got mine, the only option was 2.5 and 5g
Sep 7, 2024
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kpb321
Sep 7, 2024
818 Posts
Quote from WittyTest9930 :
How do you set up 6ghz ssid? When I got mine, the only option was 2.5 and 5g
It doesn't support 6ghz., This is a WiFI 6 device not 6e. It is tri-band but that's because it has two 5ghz radios.
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Sep 7, 2024
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SlySol
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Sep 7, 2024
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Quote from WittyTest9930 :
How do you set up 6ghz ssid? When I got mine, the only option was 2.5 and 5g
If I'm not mistaken, this is a "Wi-Fi 6" model which operates on 2.4 or 5Ghz bands. I think you need Wi-Fi 6E to use 6GHz …

https://www.intel.com/content/www...ifi-6.html
Sep 7, 2024
203 Posts
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Sep 7, 2024
zippy55513
Sep 7, 2024
203 Posts
Quote from RedElmo :
That thing from woot won't ship for half a month! Unbelievable….
My order from woot originally said it won't ship until later this month, then the package just appeared a few days after my order. They never updated woot's tracking until it was delivered, so there's a good chance they're shipping early and only put that long shipping date in case they get backed up.
Sep 8, 2024
772 Posts
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Sep 8, 2024
RainGater
Sep 8, 2024
772 Posts
Quote from Krayhons :
On the stock firmware, when mesh is set up, should I be seeing all the nodes in the connectivity tab? I only see my master node but it shows "Network Device" as connected in my network map and not a linksys device
Yes, if you setup the mesh properly, all the nodes will show up in the Connectivity - Basic tab. Also, it will show that all the nodes are up to date.

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Sep 8, 2024
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RainGater
Sep 8, 2024
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Quote from boklos :
Is ddwrt necessary or the stock software is stable enough?
Stock is rock solid and my take is that it *may* have better performance than DD-WRT or OpenWRT. This is based on my anecdotal experience with Linksys MR9000/MR8300 series that I tested with OpenWRT (802.11s mode) and stock mesh and stock is far superior, imho. Speeds are NOT even comparable as stock was giving me almost the full bandwidth on my fiber link where as OpenWRT was very dismal!
Sep 8, 2024
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SNY2K
Sep 8, 2024
301 Posts
Quote from aabbccbbaa :
Yes, the 5GHz2 band which is 4x4 is used for the wireless backhaul. Using the CA menu from a desktop browser you can even assign a different SSID for this band if you want to have it dedicated to the backhaul.

What would be the benefit of not having the 2nd 5GHz band as dedicated backhaul, or why didn't they make the 2nd 5GHz band dedicated by default?

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