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Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router

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Woot! has Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router on sale for $14.99 when you apply coupon code 5OFFLINKSYS at checkout. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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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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Woot! has Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band AX4200 WiFi 6 Wireless Router on sale for $14.99 when you apply coupon code 5OFFLINKSYS at checkout. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

Thanks to community member Croatia for sharing 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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Note that the previous thread on this has a massive amount of technical discussion about practically every aspect of this router and detailed setup instructions etc. If looking for answers, I'd start with a search in that thread (terms like OpenWRT, DD-WRT, stock, CA, mesh, USB, throughput, wired, backhaul, bricked, etc). That may be a good start for those new to it, as it probably already answers a lot of questions that are sure to crop up.

https://slickdeals.net/f/17735319-linksys-ln1301-tri-band-ax4200-wifi-6-wireless-router-20-free-shipping?t=17735319

Also, here's a link to some of the basic support docs for it from the Linksys site …

https://support.linksys.com/kb/article/1010-en/
2nd truckload just arrived! Thanks op for posting
Bricked one to OpenWRT... time to stock up more for science.

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Sep 27, 2024
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bikerbandito
Sep 27, 2024
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Currently have one and it's great. Any reason to get two for future potential mesh? I don't see myself buying a large place but $15 is cheap.
Sep 27, 2024
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socalUser
Sep 27, 2024
35 Posts
Quote from RainGater :
That's why you flash openwrt and all it takes is a grand total of not more than 15 minutes. No brainer deal and I already ordered my 4th. Lol
Do you run these all in a mesh network or do you have any configured as dumb AP?

This is the first time I have a TriBand router and I'm wondering what the optimal configuration should be if this is just configured as an AP. Do you enable all 3 radios even though there is no backhaul? If so, do you configure all 3 SSIDs with the same name?
Sep 27, 2024
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lou2004
Sep 27, 2024
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Quote from bikerbandito :
Currently have one and it's great. Any reason to get two for future potential mesh? I don't see myself buying a large place but $15 is cheap.
Buy now think later!!!
Sep 27, 2024
472 Posts
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raju.gupta
Sep 27, 2024
472 Posts
I have Verizon FIOS, will it work ?
Sep 27, 2024
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mrbuyit
Sep 27, 2024
896 Posts
Quote from drawz :
DD-WRT will have no app control, no remote admin, more limited parental controls, and will be harder to turn wifi on and off. You should watch some videos to get an idea of the UI. It's kind of like a Linksys circa 2004.

OpenWrt is sort of the same, with a more basic default feature set, but more available features that can be installed. Still no app or remote admin with limited parental control.

Some people use AdGuard home, on or off router, for parental controls.

All of this is way more complicated than eero and suitable only for more technical users. I personally would keep the Eero if it's working for you. I was considering it, but don't want to pay their monthly fee.
Thanks, I actually had an old Linksys and one of T-Mobile WiFi routers which I flashed to DDWRT so familiar with the interface. I simply didn't know if they might have added functionality or improved the interface. As to Eero, I am using their free option and it's more then plentiful for me. They even added ad blocking support built-in to the units although I prefer the PiHole setup. appreciate the insight those.
Sep 27, 2024
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PaperOrPlastic
Sep 27, 2024
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Quote from johndoe35 :
Pro tip: all your IP cams and IoT devices and smart home devices should be on an entirely different SSID, segregate them out from your main LAN. You don't want your iphones, laptops, desktops and whatever devices that you think is important to be "breathing the same air" as the IoT devices.

How do you create separate SSIDs with this router in mesh? I had separate bands and SSIDs but once I enabled mesh and added a child, it prompted me to combine them all into one. Am I missing something? TIA
Sep 27, 2024
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whodiini
Sep 27, 2024
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Have a question for experts. I currently have 3 of these to provide whole house and yard coverage as an AP and 2 child nodes. So there should be very good coverage for 5Ghz, which is less transmissive than 2.4Ghz. Given that, my question is: what will happen if I dedicate the 2.4Ghz bands (and use a different SSID name) for ioT (cameras, lights, electrical switches, electricity and water monitors, thermostats, doorbells, alexa, google) and dedicate the 5Ghz bands for the other stuff (laptops), movie and music streaming, printing. a) Will it reduce or increase performance of the non-iot stuff? b) will it enhance security?

I dont see how it will enhance security unless I put other firmware (openwrt,ddwrt) that can handle a VLAN. But then I need to replace all my dumb switches to managed switches. The other option is if I create a guest network and put all my ioT stuff on it. But I dont know how the stock firmware handles access on the guest LAN running in bridge mode. The other possibility is that since these are so cheap, I get an additional 1-2 units, and simply make an iOT AP and let my router/firewall deal with the access controls. This latter seems easiest, dont need a VLAN since it is a physical LAN, dont need managed switches, and just need one 10/100Mbps ethernet cable to the AP. Comments?

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Sep 27, 2024
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RyusMaximus
Sep 27, 2024
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Assuming this supports VLAN tagging?
Sep 27, 2024
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jlist
Sep 27, 2024
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Quote from aabbccbbaa :
You'll need to install OpenWRT or DD-WRT
I watched a few youtube videos about setting up a Wireguard server on OpenWRT and DD-WRT. Man I wish they could make setting up a VPN server as easy as on a Gl.iNet device, which essentially is a few button clicks.
Sep 27, 2024
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aabbccbbaa
Sep 27, 2024
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Quote from lou2004 :
Buy now think later!!!

This is the way
Sep 27, 2024
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aabbccbbaa
Sep 27, 2024
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Quote from s11018 :
Are you certain of this? I haven't tested, but others have stated that if you brick OpenWRT installed on first partition you can recover to stock FW on second partition?

What you said is true about OpenWRT (as long as you don't flash both partitions) but the person I was responding to was asking about the stock firmware.
Sep 27, 2024
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Hirox
Sep 27, 2024
138 Posts
I've set up VLANs on DD-WRT before to give my iot devices their own VLAN. I did not realize it is different on this router with Qualcomm CPU. There is no switch config page to assign VLANS to the ports on DD-WRT! It sounds like others are interested in setting the router up this way. Anyone out there who has had success setting up VLANs on this router?
Sep 27, 2024
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Sep 27, 2024
ultrasubzero123
Sep 27, 2024
663 Posts
I'm currently using NETGEAR Orbi Home Mesh WiFi System RBK50. Things are working just fine...

Will I notice an upgrade if I switch to this Linksys router?
Sep 27, 2024
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Sep 27, 2024
UNSCSpartan
Sep 27, 2024
50 Posts
I missed this deal unfortunately :/

I read that this can integrate with the mesh on an AT&t network? Is there another router that can do this? Probably for cheap or hackable?

My parents complain about their AT&t router, this would have been a great addition to help them. They are being charged for each mesh extender, and it doesn't even work well, keeps disconnecting. Can anyone offer an alternative? 🥺

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Sep 27, 2024
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Jasonholli
Sep 27, 2024
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Quote from ultrasubzero123 :
I'm currently using NETGEAR Orbi Home Mesh WiFi System RBK50. Things are working just fine...

Will I notice an upgrade if I switch to this Linksys router?

I was in this exact same situation. I have a large house and was using rbr50 and 4 rbs50 satellites. My IP speed recently increased to 600. Now have 6 of these in mesh and getting full speed everywhere. I've noticed that my Wi-Fi calling is much more stable now.
Sep 27, 2024
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Suspence17
Sep 27, 2024
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Seems to be shipping faster this time than the last sale. I placed my order Sept 24 and the shipping label was created today, 60 hours later or so. The tracking shows up in UPS My Choice or when I look up by reference number (woot order number).

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