Linksys - MX4300 (LN1301)
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"Both that I suggested are QualComm based with hardware accelleration support with custom builds. I personally use them and they are SOLID."
"Installation is as easy is simple upload and upgrade. No command line, nothing! ... Its as simple as any other router supported by OpenWRT. As i said no tinkering or commandline or tftp or anything. Simple upload and upgrade."
"LN1301 / MX4300 from Linksys is great with openwrt"
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"Both that I suggested are QualComm based with hardware accelleration support with custom builds. I personally use them and they are SOLID."
"LN1301 / MX4300 from Linksys is great with openwrt"
"LN1301 / MX4300 from Linksys is great with openwrt"
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"I bought 2 and have had them running in mesh on two ends of a 1800 sq ft house and they’ve been rock solid fantastic so far for me. ... Full 500mbps speed on WiFi anywhere in the house on my phone. ... I can’t speak to between floors because I live in a one floor house, but I’ve been running them as a wireless mesh. They’ve still been rock solid since I installed them."
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"I bought 2 and have had them running in mesh on two ends of a 1800 sq ft house and they’ve been rock solid fantastic so far for me. ... Full 500mbps speed on WiFi anywhere in the house on my phone. ... I can’t speak to between floors because I live in a one floor house, but I’ve been running them as a wireless mesh. They’ve still been rock solid since I installed them."
"Getting 3x speeds compared to my previous set up and actually getting BETTER speeds than what I am paying for from my ISP. ... I’m getting more than the speeds advertised by my isp. ... Same situation here. Getting better speeds than my plan advertises is a new one for me ... I pay for gigabit internet from Xfinity. I am getting 800-1200 throughout the entire house depending on proximity to nodes. Main node downstairs gets 1200 when next to it."
"I just (last week) migrated from 3x Eero Pro 2nd gen to 3x BE65 Pro (wireless backhaul). I used to have 200mb on the top level of my bungalow and now I get 920mb (max of what I get from my ISP). Crazy difference!"
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"throughput just randomly drops to 1kbps"
"it would not go beyond 1200 mbps on a 2gig network, literally standing 0.1 ft away from the access point."
"Constant disconnects."
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"I bought one of the popular linksys AX4200 kits, as well a couple of the LN1301 units and played around with the mesh setup and it was just trash. ... is mesh only worth it if you CAN do you a wired backhaul? I can't really do that in my current place"
Yea... I'd advise against xiaomi anything. Why don't you go to the openwrt forums are find something nice. A year or so ago, they had some super sweet deals on wifi6e devices. I've been personally running a set of ln1301's with great success.
r/openwrt • Best openWRT compatible brands ->Appears working but I don’t see any NSS build for it. Maybe I’ll stick with my MX4300‘s for now. I can use DFS channels on my MX4300 as my backhaul but if I mix in some 8500 I’ll have to use regular 5Ghz channels or hardwire.
r/openwrt • Best Wi-Fi 6(E) router with OpenWrt support ->Linksy WRT1900ACS was great for it's time. However it is WiFi 5 and old. In the U.S. the Linksys MX4300 WiFi 6 is what I'd recommend especially at the bargain basement price of $25. You maybe able to find it or it's foreign equivalent cheap before it gets popular again. If you are on a budget then just want a cheap OpenWRT thing for you to play with, the Google WiFi 1st gen is everywhere and dirt cheap. Support of it ended years ago and I'm sure you can pickup 2 for $40... even less. Just be sure to get the one with USB-C. Both that I suggested are QualComm based with hardware accelleration support with custom builds. I personally use them and they are SOLID. I'm still waiting for woot to have more of the MX4300s. With Amazon's backing, it's just a matter of time. They have already restocked twice, maybe three.
r/openwrt • Linksys/Recommended Routers ->Does it have to be openwrt? Linksys mx4300 and did-wrt works great.
r/openwrt • OpenWRT One or just buy an off-the-shelf router? ->Does it have to be openwrt? Linksys mx4300 and did-wrt works great.
r/openwrt • OpenWRT One or just buy an off-the-shelf router? ->MX4300 *is* a supported device, but if the list is as old as the post, it'll be missing a lot of recent additions.
r/openwrt • what is the best wifi router for 2025? ->Anecdotal of course but I bought 2 and have had them running in mesh on two ends of a 1800 sq ft house and they’ve been rock solid fantastic so far for me. Full 500mbps speed on WiFi anywhere in the house on my phone.
r/buildapcsales • [Router] Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band WiFi 6 Router - $19.99 Free Shipping (Woot via Amazon) ->I can’t speak to between floors because I live in a one floor house, but I’ve been running them as a wireless mesh. They’ve still been rock solid since I installed them. Never had any latency issues though cause the main router is setup next to my gaming pc, so I just run a little ethernet cable been them.
r/buildapcsales • [Router] Linksys LN1301 Tri-Band WiFi 6 Router - $19.99 Free Shipping (Woot via Amazon) ->Well, I can say that I really disliked the Eero 6 because of the cell phone management feature being the only way of managing these things and that there were pay wall things built into the device. So I'd never go back to them because of that. On the other hand though, I think people need this home management Zigbee stuff like they need another hole in their head. We've some how managed without this online crap to control home devices forever so what's changed? I'd use the Linksys devices but you have your own priorities.
r/HomeNetworking • New home mesh WIFI routers ->This. I had the LN1301/MX4300 and it worked great. Just wished OpenWrt had a mobile app. I switched to UniFi UDR-7, and while it was more expensive, I love the management.
r/openwrt • What are the best routers that use OpenWRT? ->LN1301 / MX4300 from Linksys is great with openwrt I personally use a rasp pi and an USB Ethernet adapter and it hasn't ever had a problem. it's been online without reboot (except for maintenance there and there) since 2021. soon I'm switching to a beelink eq14 with proxmox/OPNSense instead.
r/openwrt • What are the best routers that use OpenWRT? ->LN1301 / MX4300 from Linksys is great with openwrt I personally use a rasp pi and an USB Ethernet adapter and it hasn't ever had a problem. it's been online without reboot (except for maintenance there and there) since 2021. soon I'm switching to a beelink eq14 with proxmox/OPNSense instead.
r/openwrt • What are the best routers that use OpenWRT? ->LN1301, cheap and still has large memory
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