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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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is there a binary fw for qosmio build?
Edit: was added to the wiki since the last time I read it.
I have one router set up but I can't add another node. I have it in the same room and it still won't find it.
I tried following those directions about setting up wired. connecting it from the internet port to the working routers 1 port and tried to log into 192.168.1.1 but i can't reach the page to even see where CA is please help. Thank you
myrouter.local is the default web address that is used to login the Linksys routers' web-based setup page at http://myrouter.local.
Edit: was added to the wiki since the last time I read it.
IMO i dont see how lytr with a quad core 1.4ghz cant do 1gbs, but a archer a7 with a sing core 750mhz can...
I think some of the openwrt folks with 1gb fiber need to chime in.
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?
IMO i dont see how lytr with a quad core 1.4ghz cant do 1gbs, but a archer a7 with a sing core 750mhz can...
I think some of the openwrt folks with 1gb fiber need to chime in.
FWIW, I am still fine tuning and didn't flash the qosmio's NSS build yet as I have to build it if I were to use his source. I believe NSS build will definitely give better results because of the network stack being offloaded off of the CPU and would like to try that as well.
myrouter.local is the default web address that is used to login the Linksys routers' web-based setup page at http://myrouter.local.
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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.
FWIW, I am still fine tuning and didn't flash the qosmio's NSS build yet as I have to build it if I were to use his source. I believe NSS build will definitely give better results because of the network stack being offloaded off of the CPU and would like to try that as well.
Btw, I started building qosmio source and it's taking forever.
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