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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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One of the posts said it should be the yellow port that does NOT say Internet?
I currently have my child units working with the Ethernet cable plugged into the Internet port.. Wondering if this is incorrect.
Turning on with no wire, it takes 10min to boot, and i get a yellow light, which means it fell over to 2.4ghz backhaul.
Turning on with wire in the internet. it takes 10min to boot, and i get a yellow light, which means it fell over to 2.4ghz backhaul.
Turning on with a wire in any of the first 3 ports. Boots in a minute and i get full speed.
But.... If i turn on with a wire in any of the first 3 ports. Boots in a minute and i get full speed. AND THEN plug it into internet, i also get full speed.
Another thing i tried, plugging into the first 3 slots, and then plugging a pc into interenet, said pc does not get a connection.
So the only thing i can think of, which im not going to test, is if the nodes are near enough to each other to have a good 5ghz backhaul, it may fall over to a wire in the internet port after booting a few minutes.
I thought it should be the internet port but one post said it is the yellow port that does not say internet
Can anyone confirm which one to use once the child is configured. I.e. I'm placing it upstairs connected to ether net
One, offhand comment from someone about using the yellow lan port doesn't seem reliable to me. Since that isn't officially support I don't know that we will get anything from the MFG so it's just what people have done and seems to work. The app should be able to tell you if it's working in wired backhaul mode or not.
I do wonder what the Yellow Lan port is for.
One, offhand comment from someone about using the yellow lan port doesn't seem reliable to me. Since that isn't officially support I don't know that we will get anything from the MFG so it's just what people have done and seems to work. The app should be able to tell you if it's working in wired backhaul mode or not.
I want to see if I can manually change the channels I connect to as well, thank you. Just got it and i gained 50mbps over my TM AC1900 flashed to an AC86U Merlin
Another thing is my wifi settings doesn't let me change much from what others commented like disabling 2.4 or setting 5.0 with low or high freq. or choosing different channels, are these settings on openwrt or mesh mode only? I am using the original firmware.
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Another thing is my wifi settings doesn't let me change much from what others commented like disabling 2.4 or setting 5.0 with low or high freq. or choosing different channels, are these settings on openwrt or mesh mode only? I am using the original firmware.
click on "CA" on lower right. that provide more advanced settings.
But no sign yet.
Nor gone the Amazon's $20 FP sale either.
But seems still cannot add wireless Mesh Node.
Is it because it's under the "Bridge" mode? So I have to first change it to "DHCP" mode,
Add mesh node,
And then change back to "Bridge" mode?
Will the mesh node be kept in this way?
T-Mobile cellular modem (wifi turned off) → ASUS Merlin router (wifi on) → ethernet cable → WAN port on LN1301 in bridge mode with the same SSID as the ASUS ↔ other LN1301s in mesh mode.
That will maximize your original SSID wifi network range; all your devices won't need to be updated as they will continue to use the same SSID as before. This is also a relatively simple setup
Also curious what people think about ASUSMerlin on the old reliable ASUS vs OpenWRT on these things, as far as parental controls, subnets, guest networks, DNS, VPN, etc.
But yeah for simplicity I think I will just bridge them to begin with, and keep the ASUS at least as a wired router, if not the wifi source.
But seems still cannot add wireless Mesh Node.
Is it because it's under the "Bridge" mode? So I have to first change it to "DHCP" mode,
Add mesh node,
And then change back to "Bridge" mode?
Will the mesh node be kept in this way?
Do I miss anything?
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T-Mobile cellular modem (wifi turned off) → ASUS Merlin router (wifi on) → ethernet cable → WAN port on LN1301 in bridge mode with the same SSID as the ASUS ↔ other LN1301s in mesh mode.
That will maximize your original SSID wifi network range; all your devices won't need to be updated as they will continue to use the same SSID as before. This is also a relatively simple setup; just need to change the Static IP address before switching to Bridge mode. (CA>Connectivity>Internet Settings>Type of Internet Connection>Static IP Once that's done THEN switch to Bridge Mode). I recommend rebooting the LN1301 once you change the IP before switching to Bridge mode.
As for the stock firmware of the LN1301; most features are disabled in Bridge/AP mode. All parental controls, connected devices, DHCP etc will be handled by the router that the LN1301 is connected to. (Your Asus). You can still add Mesh nodes though to the LN1301 by accessing the IP you assigned to the Bridge/AP and going to CA>Connectivity>CA Router Setup.
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Thank you for the instruction! I tried to unify the SSID / Passcode of the APed linksys to be the same as my existing Asus's AiMesh, and successfully "Merged" the AP's SSID to AiMesh's, by observing that there's only one such SSID (actually 2 b/c I had separated 2.4G and 5G Ssid before).
Now my cellphone is connected to the SSID.5g, like before.
The only catch now is that I don't know if my cellphone is connecting to my Asus.Ssid.5g, or the new Linksys.Ssid.5g. The only way to check is to see if it's in the Asus' device list - if not, then it's connected to the LinkSys.
But so far, I'm seeing all my mobile devices appear in the Asus' device list. So does it mean that the Linksys has no device connected at all? I cannot verify this b/c in bridge mode, there's no "device list" function in the Linksys' UI.
So any other approach I can check that my Linksys AP did connect any device?