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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:
    • 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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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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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)
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
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 23, 2024
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Arkus
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Quote from Slickdeezee :
For the stock firmware, is it possible to assign a static IP address to a device based on the device's MAC address?
Yes you can. You will reserve an address within the dhcp range to a specific MAC address.
Sep 23, 2024
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Quote from bcm00re :
I have a spare unit so on this one I first selected setup wired node then done then apply. If didn't seem to work, so I did the meshed setup again this time selecting setup wired node and setup wireless node, etc. I also made sure to disconnect from the WAN and wait for the node to get back to blue before moving. It has been several hours now, and this new child node is still showing as wired
I believe this worked for me as well.

It was wonky, I don't think I fully reset it, it was flashing red for a little while. I then connected child-wan to parent-lan. It's now showing wired-backhaul. I moved the child to the correct room, and it's been staying at wired-backhaul.
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Was able to set-up 3 nodes (parent & 2 children), but with some initial issues. One node was being a problem child and for the longest would not connect. So decide to make said child to be a parent and other 2 nodes as children. Did took a few minutes for the blinking red to turn blue.
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Don't think this has been brought up in previous posts relating to phone app connectivity.
I have 4 x MX4300 (stock firmware for now) with each configured as an access point (bridge mode) and connected to my pfSense router via a managed switch (each AP is on a different VLAN so I can set up firewall rules by VLAN). One of the access points is configured as mesh to a 5th MX4300. I have to say that $90 (2 x $15 and 3 x $20) for this environment was a slick deal :-) I have no linksys account and have configured all of them manually with the web interface. But I did want to see if I could access each of them with the phone app (also with no Linksys account). This was necessary since I could find no way to remove a child node from the mesh config through the Web UI, it is only available in the phone app (possibly other functions as well). Since I have multiple network segments, I have to connect to the specific SSID when I want to connect the phone app to a specific access point. This will allow the app to search the connected network for a compatible Linksys device and you login with the password set. Once completed using the phone app, I recommend that you logout if you are planning on connecting to an AP on another network segment since it will try to login to the last connected device even when you change which SSID you are connected to. Using this sequence I am able to jump to any of the multiple AP's that I have configured.
If anyone see's a problem with that sequence, please let me know.
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Got everything setup, so far so good. One issue is my Samsung TV will only connect to the internet if I go the WPS route on the app, and not the password, and then it loses the connection every time I restart. I ended up hardwiring it but would like to know if anyone else may be having a similar problem.
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I'm using the stock firmware. I turned off WiFi Protected Setup (WPS) on my parent node. Using a wifi scanner, I can see WPS is indeed off on the parent but WPS is enabled on the child nodes. Anyone know if it's possible to disable it on the children?
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Quote from ProAm500 :
Do you have links on the TFTP unbrick process? What TFTP client did you use?

Tftpd64 - http://tftpd32.jounin.net

connect RX -TX, TX - RX and the ground, have a serial connection going. i used Putty. point it the correct com port. . You will see commands on the terminal window.

Step 1
run flashimg

it should give you the ip address of LN1301, it will give you ip address which the file be downloaded from. It will give you the firmware name its needs to download.

Change the ip address of your computer to the ip which the above command tried to download, select the ip in the drop down in Tftpd64.
Subnet mask has to be 255.255.255.0

try the command again - run flashimg
Last edited by itsme13 September 23, 2024 at 03:36 PM.

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I have 3 set up in Bridge mode + mesh, stock firmware, wired backhaul with Xfinity router. Disabled node steering, client steering, and express forwarding before switching to Bridge mode.

Is there any way to see what node you are connected to?

I know the Linksys app doesn't but another app or method for iphone or windows. It doesn't seem like I'm switching nodes.
The Xfinity app shows all devices connected to the Gateway (Xfinity router) by ethernet. Thanks.
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ProAm500
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For those of you that are running OpenWRT and 802.11s (mesh), how the hell did you get it working? I have followed a bunch of guides and can't get any of them working. This one seemed to be one of the better ones that I have followed to a tee and still can't get it to work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVoZppb_FR0
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Quote from Kerrupt :
I have 3 set up in Bridge mode + mesh, stock firmware, wired backhaul with Xfinity router. Disabled node steering, client steering, and express forwarding before switching to Bridge mode.

Is there any way to see what node you are connected to?

I know the Linksys app doesn't but another app or method for iphone or windows. It doesn't seem like I'm switching nodes.
The Xfinity app shows all devices connected to the Gateway (Xfinity router) by ethernet. Thanks.
The Linksys app shows the node you are connected to.
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ProAm500
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Quote from ProAm500 :
For those of you that are running OpenWRT and 802.11s (mesh), how the hell did you get it working? I have followed a bunch of guides and can't get any of them working. This one seemed to be one of the better ones that I have followed to a tee and still can't get it to work.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVoZppb_FR0
So I was able to get mesh working using the 2.5G band. The speed is kinda meh though. Has anyone had success using either of the other two radios?Which mesh wpad package was installed?
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Quote from Kerrupt :
I have 3 set up in Bridge mode + mesh, stock firmware, wired backhaul with Xfinity router. Disabled node steering, client steering, and express forwarding before switching to Bridge mode.

Is there any way to see what node you are connected to?

I know the Linksys app doesn't but another app or method for iphone or windows. It doesn't seem like I'm switching nodes.
The Xfinity app shows all devices connected to the Gateway (Xfinity router) by ethernet. Thanks.

On iOS, I use an app called WiFi analyzer. On the overview page it actually tells you the MAC address BSSID of the access point/node you are connected to. As I walk around I can see this change to the closest/best signal, takes a few seconds for the switch to happen though.

Link https://apps.apple.com/us/app/wif...1602804552
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The next batch is ready. It's available on woot again for $15 after a $5 coupon, limited to 1 unit.

https://slickdeals.net/f/17775918-linksys-ln1301-tri-band-ax4200-wifi-6-wireless-router-15-free-shipping-w-prime
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Quote from aintaboutdislife :
The next batch is ready. It's available on woot again for $15 after a $5 coupon, limited to 1 unit.

https://slickdeals.net/f/17775918-linksys-ln1301-tri-band-ax4200-wifi-6-wireless-router-15-free-shipping-w-prime

Thanks. Ordered one - don't know why Big Grin
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Quote from energyx :
$15 or bust
Looks like you got your wish lol, it's on sale for $15 now - https://slickdeals.net/f/17775918-linksys-ln1301-tri-band-ax4200-wifi-6-wireless-router-15-free-shipping-w-prime
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Quote from itsme13 :
Tftpd64 - http://tftpd32.jounin.net

connect RX -TX, TX - RX and the ground, have a serial connection going. i used Putty. point it the correct com port. . You will see commands on the terminal window.

Step 1
run flashimg

it should give you the ip address of LN1301, it will give you ip address which the file be downloaded from. It will give you the firmware name its needs to download.

Change the ip address of your computer to the ip which the above command tried to download, select the ip in the drop down in Tftpd64.
Subnet mask has to be 255.255.255.0

try the command again - run flashimg

How do you make/connect the cable? From the router do you wire it to usb? Ethernet? DB9?
I've got a router with the homewrk firmware I'd love to convert and make usable

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