Linksys - Velop MX4200 WiFi 6 Whole Home Mesh System
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Last updated: Dec 15, 2025 Scoring
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"Some of the kelty tents have these sleeves that the bottom of the poles go into and it makes solo setup a breeze."
"I could set up in the dark without a light"
"An all clip suspension tent is much easier to pitch solo than a tent that uses sleeves."
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"faster speeds with a wired back call mesh system ... Paying for one gig down and could barely get 500 on an iPhone 16 Pro Max… With this one I’m getting 1100 down which is amazing."
"Actually better than a range extender, as Mesh systems are designed from the ground up to work with each other in the system. ... But it's half ass "patched up" jerky jerky mesh was no match to a Deco. Deco was snappier, more reliable, and longer range."
"internal connections for example i use Sunshine & Moonlight to game stream to my living room TV or my bedroom projector and I get the full 2.5gig speed test to my desktop from the tv, projector and my phone that are on wifi"
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"What I've most recently is use it to provide connectivity to my spouse's festival booth. ... Open wifi signal showing 1 bar that would never actually give me an IP on my phone, and the Slate grabbed it, and gave me a steady/fast signal that covered me all the way across the festival grounds to the food trucks."
"Actually better than a range extender, as Mesh systems are designed from the ground up to work with each other in the system. ... But it's half ass "patched up" jerky jerky mesh was no match to a Deco. Deco was snappier, more reliable, and longer range."
"it stays connected a long way away ... I had it set up in my 4th floor hotel room in Jamaica and was still connected at the pool outside"
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"it eliminated all my dead spots"
"I've been enjoying 300mbps in every room"
"mesh, no cables and it works great on a pretty big house with another router 100m away. ... I have the main router, one repeater on flat 1, another on flat 2, one in the garage, and another in the shed"
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"I reboot them quarterly as a preventative measure for good overall network health, but they’re otherwise maintenance free. ... Literally plugged them in, changed the SSID and password, turned on HomeKit Secure Router, and that’s been it."
"Literally plugged them in, changed the SSID and password, turned on HomeKit Secure Router, and that’s been it."
"It’s the ease of the setup that made me it a good choice for me."
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"I had their AX1800 that was purchased from a local Walmart before the 3000 and it kept having to be rebooted which was annoying as ever as you might imagine!"
"Netgear told me to factory reset after every firmware update. It took over one hour every time…They write it in every forum thread. They never fixed their firmware. This was an awful experience."
"If the power went out, it wouldn’t come back on until after I manually unplugged."
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"The supported Linksys units can't do 1Gbps, they're limited by their ports. With a 1gig port, the max it would be able to do is 960-940 range."
"maxes out at 1gb Wan port"
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"constant issues with the Velop mesh"
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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."
"constant issues with the Velop mesh"
Now we’re getting some where! The numbers look good according to: https://devicetests.com/what-is-a-good-ping-speed That’s really good ping time. You will need a mesh wireless system if you are not comfortable with wiring APs, or access points. The APs act as transceivers for a better signal/connection to the WiFi. The mesh system will try its best but, it’s a second best when it comes to wired Ethernet. When choosing a brand, do your research. They all have pros and cons. I have a Linksys Velop mesh system. It’s the ease of the setup that made me it a good choice for me. I got it at a steal, which is a plus!
r/HomeNetworking • Router for big family of gamers ->I got a 3 mesh system Linksys MX4200 used for $25 and it works great covers my house in WiFi for the cameras and cellphones and gives me full 950mbps wired connection to my computers.
r/pcmasterrace • Gaming routers have to be the biggest waste of money I feel ->I’ve got Linksys AX4200 set up in two homes. Three nodes in each. Default setup except for changing the SSID and password. Absolutely rock solid. I reboot them quarterly as a preventative measure for good overall network health, but they’re otherwise maintenance free. I never have the issues people come here complaining about with automations not running, HomePods not working, audio lag, devices going no response, etc. Literally plugged them in, changed the SSID and password, turned on HomeKit Secure Router, and that’s been it. Would recommend them a thousand times over others. A lot of people on this sub will recommend Ubiquiti because it’s “enterprise grade”. A lot of people on this sub with “enterprise grade” networking gear also come to complain that none of their shit works properly. That all said, no network is going to support 100+ wifi devices very nicely. Hubbed devices with the hubs hardwired into your mesh nodes are going to give you the best, most reliable results for smart home devices. EDIT: Ubiquiti fanboys and armchair network admins are big mad about my recommendation.
r/HomeKit • Reliable Wi-Fi 6 Router for Smart Home & 100+ Devices ->Tough call, mostly because you need fast ports, namely the wan, so you aren't limited to 960Mbps as you would be using a gigabit wan port. Gl.inet flint2 or the openwrt one has 2.5 wan, and is fully supported. And not that it really matters, but dd-wrt does support some WiFi 6 models. Linksys mx4200 v1 and 2, mx4300, mr7350, mr7500, mx8500, Asus rt-ax89x I'm not sure how well all those models perform with dd-wrt, as I don't have those units. dd-wrt mainly won't be supporting broadcom WiFi 6 based units. Probably because the drivers. I use an mx4200 with openwrt (AgustinLorenzo nss enabled build) and it suits my needs just fine, but I only have a 300Mbps connection.
r/openwrt • Most powerful/fastest WIFI 6/AX router fully compatible with OpenWRT? ->Mesh systems were built for this application. I'm a longterm satisfied Linksys Velop user.
r/HomeNetworking • Easiest way to extend WiFi to guest house?. ->I have just moved to Unifi from Linksys due to the constant issues with the Velop mesh. All wired and seems to be working very well. Even the Mrs is happy
r/HomeKit • Reliable Wi-Fi 6 Router for Smart Home & 100+ Devices ->I ditched my Linksys Velop system for a Unifi Express 7 & Unifi U6 Pro. Much happier with the Unifi system over the Linksys.
r/HomeKit • What Wi-fi 6 Router for home is the best value you've used? ->Well, the good part is that any Wi-Fi router should be able to transmit at about 600 megabytes per second minimum. However, you're only paying for 100 megabytes per second into the house. That means anything you're accessing over the internet is not going to be a problem with the cheapest router you can purchase. As has been stated already in other comments, your biggest decision-making should be based on coverage. If you have a large home, it might be best to go with a router that can have mesh devices added to it later if you find that you'll need them. For instance, a linksys, velop line of routers work pretty well.
r/Spectrum • Budget/cheap router to use for spectrum 100 mbps plan? ->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. And those claim to be tri band. So my question is this, is mesh only worth it if you CAN do you a wired backhaul? I can't really do that in my current place and when I do move I'm just going to skip to a unifi setup.
r/buildapcsales • [ROUTER] Bundle of ASUS BD5 Dual-Band WiFi 7 Mesh, 5000 Mbps, 2500 sq.ft (1pk) Security and Parental Control + BD5 Outdoor Dual-Band WiFi 7 Mesh, 5000 Mbps, 2500 sq. ft, IP65, PoE Powered, Wall & Pole Mount for $89.99 ->Linksys Velop was a game changer for my Google Home experience. 4 Refurb nodes. Were inexpensive too. https://www.reddit.com/r/googlehome/s/f0uwyP1uNK
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