Linksys LN1301 - Group Buy from US
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Some measurements vs my Orbi. Although I measured both LAN and WAN speeds, I have only included LAN details below. There wasn't much change in WAN speeds in most locations as it was limited by my ISP plan. Any improvements were similar percentage-wise to my LAN improvements as tabled below.
Similarly ethernet speeds didn't see much of a change and were either limited to 1gbps or to my ISP speed.
Tests were performed on a Samsung S22+. I have a wired backhaul between the router and satellite. While setting up the mesh on LN1301, I only chose the option to add a wired node.
My TCL c755 TV showed no improvement in wifi speeds. The specs on the website contradict itself listing wifi support as AX while also mentioning WIFI5. Speeds remained a paltry 285 mbps even though its right next to my satellite. This seems to support people's theory that some other processing power in the TV limits the amount of data it can handle, thereby rendering the networking interface improvements pointless.
An unexpected but happy discovery is that my ISP is IPv6 ready! When I tried setting up ipv6 on my orbi a year ago, everything stopped working. Im not sure if this development is a result of my choice of router, or a change on ACT's end. Now I need to see if I can use this to get around ACT's CGNAT for my game servers so I can kick my friends off my zerotier\tailscale networks
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Similarly ethernet speeds didn't see much of a change and were either limited to 1gbps or to my ISP speed.
Tests were performed on a Samsung S22+. I have a wired backhaul between the router and satellite. While setting up the mesh on LN1301, I only chose the option to add a wired node.
Next to Router | Next to Satellite | Bedroom (14m Opp Router - 1 door) | Dining Room (14m Opp Satellite - line of sight) | Terrace (15m Diagonaly above Router - Walls\Ceiling\Metal) | |
| Orbi (AC3000) Mbps (down / up) | 672 / 591 | 656 / 357 | 302 / 252 | 558 / 400 | 7 / 24 |
| LN1301 (AX4300) Mbps (down / up) | 814 / 839 | 954 / 897 | 337 / 217 | 873 / 640 | 153 / 91 |
| % Change (down / up) | 21% / 42% | 45% / 151% | 12% / -14% | 56% / 60% | 2086% / 279% |
My TCL c755 TV showed no improvement in wifi speeds. The specs on the website contradict itself listing wifi support as AX while also mentioning WIFI5. Speeds remained a paltry 285 mbps even though its right next to my satellite. This seems to support people's theory that some other processing power in the TV limits the amount of data it can handle, thereby rendering the networking interface improvements pointless.
An unexpected but happy discovery is that my ISP is IPv6 ready! When I tried setting up ipv6 on my orbi a year ago, everything stopped working. Im not sure if this development is a result of my choice of router, or a change on ACT's end. Now I need to see if I can use this to get around ACT's CGNAT for my game servers so I can kick my friends off my zerotier\tailscale networks
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Doing the gods work. Now I feel like I should have clicked on buy instead of add-to-cart on ibhejo that day, when it was listed for 4500.Some measurements vs my Orbi. Although I measured both LAN and WAN speeds, I have only included LAN details below. There wasn't much change in WAN speeds in most locations as it was limited by my ISP plan. Any improvements were similar percentage-wise to my LAN improvements as tabled below.
Similarly ethernet speeds didn't see much of a change and were either limited to 1gbps or to my ISP speed.
Tests were performed on a Samsung S22+. I have a wired backhaul between the router and satellite. While setting up the mesh on LN1301, I only chose the option to add a wired node.
Next to Satellite
Bedroom
(14m Opp Router - 1 door)
(14m Opp Satellite - line of sight)
(15m Diagonaly above Router - Walls\Ceiling\Metal)Orbi (AC3000)
Mbps (down / up)672 / 591 656 / 357 302 / 252 558 / 400 7 / 24 LN1301 (AX4300)
Mbps (down / up)814 / 839 954 / 897 337 / 217 873 / 640 153 / 91 % Change
(down / up)21% / 42% 45% / 151% 12% / -14% 56% / 60% 2086% / 279%
My TCL c755 TV showed no improvement in wifi speeds. The specs on the website contradict itself listing wifi support as AX while also mentioning WIFI5. Speeds remained a paltry 285 mbps even though its right next to my satellite. This seems to support people's theory that some other processing power in the TV limits the amount of data it can handle, thereby rendering the networking interface improvements pointless.
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An unexpected but happy discovery is that my ISP is IPv6 ready! When I tried setting up ipv6 on my orbi a year ago, everything stopped working. Im not sure if this development is a result of my choice of router, or a change on ACT's end. Now I need to see if I can use this to get around ACT's CGNAT for my game servers so I can kick my friends off my zerotier\tailscale networks
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Although would've been overkill for a 1500sqft 3BHK single floor flat.
I feel in an apartment complex, the interference due to so many WiFi networks is high causing the coverage to be less than expected. Prior to these units, I was seeing interference related issues in couple of locations, I tried changing to all viable channels but didn’t help.
I live in a similar square footage apartment, but the layout puts the main internet point at one end of the flat. With just one of these Linksys units at one end, although I get coverage in the whole flat, in the far end, the speeds are not that great, 100-150 Mbps.
Now I have installed two of these units, wired backhaul, the satellite on the other end in the bedroom. So far I’m getting my Internet plan speeds all around the flat.