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Refurbished Linksys MX5503 Atlas Pro 6 AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 Dual-Band Mesh System (3-Pack)

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Woot! has Refurbished Linksys MX5503 Atlas Pro 6 AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 Dual-Band Mesh Router System (3-Pack) on sale for $34.99. 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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Product Details:
  • Support for connecting up to 90+ devices & coverage up to 8,100 sq ft total (up to 2,700 sq ft per each node)
  • Speeds up to 5.4 Gbps
  • Band steering
  • Beamforming support
  • Dual-band AX5400
  • 2x4 Spatial streams
  • Guest Wi-Fi
  • Parental Controls
  • Mix with other Linksys "Intelligence Mesh" series products
  • 90-Day Woot! Limited Warranty
  • UPC: 745883834921

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  • This product has a 4.2 out of 5 star rating based on over 260 Amazon customer reviews.
  • Our research indicates that this deal is $63.45 less (64% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $98.44 at the time of this posting.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
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Woot! has Refurbished Linksys MX5503 Atlas Pro 6 AX5400 Wi-Fi 6 Dual-Band Mesh Router System (3-Pack) on sale for $34.99. 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 N3RD_01 for finding this deal.

Product Details:
  • Support for connecting up to 90+ devices & coverage up to 8,100 sq ft total (up to 2,700 sq ft per each node)
  • Speeds up to 5.4 Gbps
  • Band steering
  • Beamforming support
  • Dual-band AX5400
  • 2x4 Spatial streams
  • Guest Wi-Fi
  • Parental Controls
  • Mix with other Linksys "Intelligence Mesh" series products
  • 90-Day Woot! Limited Warranty
  • UPC: 745883834921

Editor's Notes

Written by RevOne | Staff
  • This product has a 4.2 out of 5 star rating based on over 260 Amazon customer reviews.
  • Our research indicates that this deal is $63.45 less (64% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $98.44 at the time of this posting.
  • Please see the original post for additional details & give the WIKI and additional forum comments a read for helpful discussion.
  • Don't have Amazon Prime? Students can get a free 6-Month Amazon Prime trial with free 2-day shipping, unlimited video streaming & more.
  • If you're not a student, there's also a free 1-Month Amazon Prime trial available.

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Shawndak07
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Those were the Ln1301 routers. Comparable to the mx4200 but have more ram. I have 3. They are tri-band where this in only dual-band. This does have a higher ultimate speed, so splitting the 5ghz to mesh would likely be a very similar experience. This is a solid price if you want to setup a solid mesh for cheap.
Tikerz
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Pulled from an old Woot post on the these routers:

AX5300 is a speed rating based on Wi-Fi 6 standard; if two different devices follow the same standard and have the same antenna setup (to oversimplify), then the AX number is exactly the same, even if devices have different ports and different chipset/CPU/RAM/ROM/GigE/USB/software/drivers, even if such changes mean that real-life performance would be different;
MX5300 device has 4-core CPU, 1024MB RAM, 5x GigE, 1x USB3;
MX5500 device has 2-core CPU; 512MB RAM, 4x GigE, 0x USB;
MX4300 (LN1301) had 4-core CPU; 2048MB RAM; 4x GigE, 1x USB3;
MX55EC3 is presumed to be a BestBuy SKU for 3x MX5500;
MX55EC3-RM2 is Linksys Certified Refurbished;
Shawndak07
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Yes. You typically want a tri-band to wirelessly back haul the mesh but these can do 4800mbps 4x4. So splitting that in half would still be 2400mbps, or similar performance to the tri-band models.

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Mar 09, 2026 09:44 PM
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Black_SandsMar 09, 2026 09:44 PM
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Quote from jplee3 :
Per my experience, you do need to install it on all nodes on the network. The mesh settings need to be consistent across all three nodes as well. Unless there's something I'm missing, you do have to put a bit of work into it. It's not rocket science but it can get kind of tedious. There probably is some utility out there that can provision the mesh network across multiple nodes simultaneously but I don't have experience with it.

EDIT: as far as speeds, I think it may be a constraint based on the version/kernel of OpenWRT. Apparently, based on the chipset on this router, in order to achieve speeds consistently greater than 200-300mbps, you have to use an "NSS" kernel build, which it seems there's much less development around. Down the rabbit hole we go I guess... supposedly there are a few openwrt NSS specific builds/branches out there but not many. I think there may also be some DDWRT NSS builds available too. I will have to look into this more tomorrow and for days to come...
Yeesh sounds like it's going to be a headache then lol thank you though and I read that the range on these have to be close to 10 feet from each other to get max speeds but you could be right with the possible interference or updated settings. Keep me posted lol
Mar 09, 2026 10:01 PM
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jplee3Mar 09, 2026 10:01 PM
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Quote from Black_Sands :
Yeesh sounds like it's going to be a headache then lol thank you though and I read that the range on these have to be close to 10 feet from each other to get max speeds but you could be right with the possible interference or updated settings. Keep me posted lol
I ended up packing them back up for a return - the tech is on the older side and its just a pita to deal with provisioning stuff. I will prob hold out for something easier to deal with
Mar 10, 2026 04:26 AM
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someone0Mar 10, 2026 04:26 AM
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Quote from jplee3 :
Does anyone know the surefire optimized settings for stable high speeds on these units with OpenWRT (outside of ethernet backhaul...although in my case, my download speed at the main router seems to be problematic)?
If you very want the best speed, using wifi mesh, then you need tri-bands. 2.4GHz would be limited and won't be fast. So, you would need two 5GHz bands at 160MHz, one for clients and another for backhaul. And that assuming you don't have interference. And that won't happen on these units. But if you can afford ethernet backhaul, then you can use two ethernet port bonded together LACP(802.3ad) and use that as a backhaul and then use 5GHz 160MHz band for client. Preferably turning on wifi roaming 802.11r Fast Transition also.
Mar 11, 2026 10:10 PM
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BoastfulSeagull4458Mar 11, 2026 10:10 PM
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Quote from jplee3 :
I saw that too but my package is out for delivery right now lol
Haha. I forgot all about that. Mine actually got delivered yesterday.

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