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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.

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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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- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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Written by xlnc

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:
- Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
- If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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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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evil1004

Sep 7, 2024

119 Posts

Joined Nov 2015

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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?

boklos

Sep 7, 2024

907 Posts

Joined Jul 2011

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boklos

Sep 7, 2024

907 Posts

Is ddwrt necessary or the stock software is stable enough?

VivekF1

Sep 7, 2024

161 Posts

Joined Nov 2012

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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!

xxlk9

Sep 7, 2024

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xxlk9

Sep 7, 2024

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LAN port 3 is highlighted yellow. Something special about it over the other 2 LAN ports? New to Linksys router.

ProAm500

Sep 7, 2024

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ProAm500

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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

andy222

Sep 7, 2024

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andy222

Sep 7, 2024

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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

Krayhons

Sep 7, 2024

28 Posts

Joined Aug 2018

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Krayhons

Sep 7, 2024

28 Posts

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

OpusXX

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Sep 7, 2024

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OpusXX

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Sep 7, 2024

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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?

WittyTest9930

Sep 7, 2024

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WittyTest9930

Sep 7, 2024

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How do you set up 6ghz ssid? When I got mine, the only option was 2.5 and 5g

kpb321

Sep 7, 2024

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kpb321

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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

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.

SlySol

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Sep 7, 2024

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SlySol

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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

zippy55513

Sep 7, 2024

203 Posts

Joined Apr 2008

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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.

RainGater

Sep 8, 2024

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RainGater

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Quote from Krayhons

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.

RainGater

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!

SNY2K

Sep 8, 2024

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SNY2K

Sep 8, 2024

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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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