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expiredf12_26 | Staff posted Oct 11, 2024 05:12 AM
Refurbished Linksys Routers: 2-Piece Linksys Velop Mesh Home WiFi System
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It has 2 Wifi 5 (2.4ghz and 5ghz 2) and 1 WIFI 6 (5ghz 1) bands
The MX8000 is 1.4 ghz with 1gb ram tri-band:
It has 1 Wifi 5 band (2.4ghz) and 2 wifi 6 (5ghz 1 & 2) bands
The MX10600 is made up of 2 MX5300 nodes.
the MX8000 is made up of 2 MX4000 nodes.
The MX4000 nodes are comparable to the LN130 (AX4200/AX4300) except the MX4000 is 200mbps slower on one of the 5ghz bands. Same specs otherwise other than ram. (LN1301 has 2gb ram instead of one since it was purpose built for a Fortinet security app to be running on it before they scrapped the idea and liquidated them).
The MX10600 would be faster if you use a wired backhaul as it only has 1 wifi 6 5ghz band.
The MX8000 will be faster if you use wireless backhaul only as it has 2 5ghz wifi 6 bands.
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Maybe I just need to get the 2 set up on the stock firmware for now (wasn't there a thread here somewhere on how to get the LN1301 working as a mesh?).
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On the other hand, if you can get openwrt or dd-wrt on these, you should be good to go.
Edit: Apparently, you can bypass the app requirement from the web interface.
Basically it is 3 pack of AX5300, so it is $21.67 each and it is close to the price of LN1301 (MX4200).
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Performance comparison:
https://dongknows.com/linksys-mx5...em-review/
The 2 satellites don't have the same hardware/ports as the main router.
The 2 satellites don't have the same hardware/ports as the main router.
On the other hand, if you can get openwrt or dd-wrt on these, you should be good to go.
Maybe I just need to get the 2 set up on the stock firmware for now (wasn't there a thread here somewhere on how to get the LN1301 working as a mesh?).
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Maybe I just need to get the 2 set up on the stock firmware for now (wasn't there a thread here somewhere on how to get the LN1301 working as a mesh?).
1-Setup your Main router completely. 192.168.1.1 is the default addy. If you want to use these Linksys mesh routers in bridge mode set it in the ipv4 drop down under the connectivity menu on the left of the main menu before adding the child nodes.
2-Plug your child node using the wan port to the main router's lan port, wait for a solid purple light on the child node before proceeding
3-Log into your main router web admin.
4-Click on CA at the bottom right.
5-Click on Connectivity and CA Router setup.
6-Click on both Add Wired and Add Wireless nodes buttons. Wait for the Add wireless button to re-enable.
7-Now the child node light should start flashing purple and turn into a mesh mode when it turns blue.
8-Click Done adding Child Nodes and then Apply.
9- Power off child node and move child node to desired location. If you are using wired backhaul use lan port 3 on child node (not WAN port)
10-Repeat process for any other child nodes you need to set up.
11-Disabled client and node steering in connectivity menu. They just cause problems and impact performance.
11-Once complete you can use the Linksys mobile app to confirm if your mesh is setup and using wireless or wired backhaul in the app and change the names of the nodes based on the room you placed them in so you can locate it easily if one goes offline.
12-In the app restart the whole network so you can test that it reconverges all nodes automatically and double check that the nodes came online and connected automatically.
Pro tip: if using in bridge mode set a static IP for the parent and child nodes to make it easy to access the Linksys management interface and minimize chances of any issues.
For instance my glinet router is my main router at 192.168.8.1
I set static addresses for Linksys parent node to 192.168.8.2
Child node 1 as 192.168.8.3
Child node 2 as 192.168.8.4
Child node 3 as 192.168.8.5
Child node 4 as 192.168.8.6
Etc…
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