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New & Refurbished Routers: Refurbished: Linksys Hydra Pro 6 Mesh WiFi 6 Router

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Atachi
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https://computers.woot.com/offers...-fi-system

In the box:
(1) Linksys MX8503 Atlas Max 6E Tri-Band Mesh Wi-Fi 6E System (3-Pack)

Tri-band MX8500 (AXE8400) - 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz

One 5 Gbps (10/100/1000/2500/5000 Mbps) WAN port
Four gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbps) LAN ports

openwrt supported
https://openwrt.org/toh/hwdata/li...sys_mx8500

dd-wrt supported
https://forum.dd-wrt.com/phpBB2/v...p?t=338146

user guide with specs
https://downloads.linksys.com/sup...IDE_EN.pdf
MacBJ
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What's the difference between $60 vs $200 mesh wifi systems for home use? I'm on 300M internet connection.
michael7278
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It depends, What's your use case ? Service speed? Wired nodes or wireless?

CPU and Ram is the same, the only difference is MX10600 has 2 x 5ghz bands (one ac one ax) and the MX8500 has 1x 5ghz ax and the third band is 6ghz.
If you have no 6ghz clients you won't see any difference. Also the 6ghz band has a ~50% shorter range than 5ghz.

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Feb 15, 2025
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SquirtTortuga
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I have one of the Linksys mesh setups. It has been fairly reliable but I am very disappointed by the control interface. It is so basic and any small change of settings requires a reboot which takes about ten minutes and resetting each node to regain normal function. I would not recommend.
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whodiini
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Quote from TealLinen2994 :
In for 2 sets of MX8503. A multigig, wifi 6E, openwrt supported router for $26.70 each is a killer deal ATM.

I've messed around with the MX4300/MX4200/MX5300 the past few months in openwrt. Been all good so far. The BIG plus of these MX8500 is the 5GB WAN port. All the others have only gigabit. They are still building out residential multigig service in my area (1.2gb max ATM) but I don't know when a deal like this will come around again. Full FOMO in effect.
I also saw that the MX8503 has one 5GB WAN port. Since I use a wired backhaul, its a shame that the LAN ports are only 1 GB. However, I noticed that it has a USB 3.0 port which is rated up to 5Gbps. Would any of the openwrt installs support connecting a 2.5Gb ethernet adapter to the USB 3.0 port for wired backhaul? That would indeed make this a smoking deal.
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Richpocket
Feb 15, 2025
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Can I put on VPN on this router?
Feb 15, 2025
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DRG2003
Feb 15, 2025
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Does anyone know if this is capable of capping/throttling the speed on the guest network? I pulled up the manual online and couldn't find reference to that. Also, how many of these can be linked together? IIRC Google Home is 5 or 6 max, didn't know if this was the same.
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SociableHaddock3665
Feb 15, 2025
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Quote from dam091 :
That's what mesh is. If it didn't hop seamlessly, it wouldn't be a mesh system.

FYI, mesh is just a new (or newer, at this point) term for existing bridge technology, albeit with a few more bells and whistles. You can accomplish the same thing with any 3 routers with a little work.
Thanks. I used to play around with ddwrt back in the days with bridging, but the setup was rather complex and not easy. Is the ddwrt firmware easier to use now? I like the simplicity of these mesh setup as they just ask you for the network to extend and they handle the rests for you.

Also is this router tri-band?
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Shawndak07
Feb 15, 2025
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Quote from dam091 :
That's what mesh is. If it didn't hop seamlessly, it wouldn't be a mesh system.

FYI, mesh is just a new (or newer, at this point) term for existing bridge technology, albeit with a few more bells and whistles. You can accomplish the same thing with any 3 routers with a little work.
Correct but wifi 6 is really the key to this. The handoff on wifi 4/5 is absolutely terrible. Wifi 6 has virtually seamless handoff.
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lattiboy
Feb 15, 2025
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Quote from yhchan :
Any comments on the Mx8503? Openwrt officially supports it but I don't see any NSS build after a quick Google search? Is the 6Ghz radio worth upgrading from the MX4300 deal just a few months ago?
Same thought. I have 4 of the MX10600 and the 6Ghz and 5GB WAN on this is tempting, but I simply don't have wireless clients that need that amount of bandwidth. Don't want to go through setup on a new build for features that may not even work with open-wrt. The price is insane though....

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topperdude
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Quote from TealLinen2994 :
In for 2 sets of MX8503. A multigig, wifi 6E, openwrt supported router for $26.70 each is a killer deal ATM.

I've messed around with the MX4300/MX4200/MX5300 the past few months in openwrt. Been all good so far. The BIG plus of these MX8500 is the 5GB WAN port. All the others have only gigabit. They are still building out residential multigig service in my area (1.2gb max ATM) but I don't know when a deal like this will come around again. Full FOMO in effect.
I was also considering this set with OpenWrt but could not find it as a supported router in the OpenWrt Table of Hardware. Could it be listed on OpenWrt as a different model? Which version of Openwrt are you running on it?

Thanks for any feedback,
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TealLinen2994
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Quote from topperdude :
I was also considering this set with OpenWrt but could not find it as a supported router in the OpenWrt Table of Hardware. Could it be listed on OpenWrt as a different model? Which version of Openwrt are you running on it? Thanks for any feedback, -Topper
Are you looking up MX8503? Look up MX8500. It's there. MX8503 is the product SKU (IE 3x MX8500's = MX8503 product SKU), not the device name.
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Xywami
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Quote from topperdude :
I was also considering this set with OpenWrt but could not find it as a supported router in the OpenWrt Table of Hardware. Could it be listed on OpenWrt as a different model? Which version of Openwrt are you running on it?Thanks for any feedback,-Topper
It's listed as MX8500. MX8503 is the name of the 3-pack MX8500.
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TealLinen2994
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Quote from whodiini :
I also saw that the MX8503 has one 5GB WAN port. Since I use a wired backhaul, its a shame that the LAN ports are only 1 GB. However, I noticed that it has a USB 3.0 port which is rated up to 5Gbps. Would any of the openwrt installs support connecting a 2.5Gb ethernet adapter to the USB 3.0 port for wired backhaul? That would indeed make this a smoking deal.
AFAIK, no. Even if you could somehow backhaul on the USB, I wouldn't do it. There are good reasons why nobody uses USB 3.0 that way.

MX8500 doesn't do link aggregation as far as I can tell either, so I think you're stuck with gigabit on wired.
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mwitters
Feb 15, 2025
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I ordered the 6e wifi mesh. I have been buying and testing a number of wifi 6e and wifi 7 routers and mesh systems. (and returning them), the difference between wifi 6e and wifi 7 is small unless you are pushing some serious data over your network. This is a great price for a 5gbps 3 pack mesh system. This should completely cover most people's entire home or most of it anyways.
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whodiini
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Quote from TealLinen2994 :
AFAIK, no. Even if you could somehow backhaul on the USB, I wouldn't do it. There are good reasons why nobody uses USB 3.0 that way.

MX8500 doesn't do link aggregation as far as I can tell either, so I think you're stuck with gigabit on wired.
Thanks. That means the master will have up to 5Gbps and child nodes up to 1Gbps. Under some conditions, that will be the limiting factor.
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A New Band for Your Latest Devices
The 6 GHz Wi-Fi band offers crystal clear signal, and up to 6.5x faster speed for AR and VR devices, and video conferencing.

Highest Capacity Device Ever
With 4x the channels of current Wi-Fi systems, the 6 GHz band can handle all of the traffic from the busiest smart homes using heavy-bandwidth devices all day, every day

Ultra-Fast Multi-Gigabit Speed
With a 5 Gbps WAN port, you can experience multi-gigabit internet speed throughout your home for smart TV's, streaming devices, gaming consoles, VR and AR, and more.

Powerful Wi-Fi 6E Mesh Coverage
Intelligent Mesh technology combined with Wi-Fi 6E is designed to deliver gigabit Wi-Fi speeds to every corner of your home or business.

Industry-Leading Technology
An advanced Qualcomm chipset delivers the ultimate Wi-Fi 6E experience. This next generation technology transforms home and business Wi-Fi with its wire-like stability and lazing-fast performance.

Easy Setup, Easy Control
The Linksys app makes setup simple. Once set up, you can access your network from anywhere, and view or prioritize which connected devices are using the most Wi-Fi.


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