Linksys Velop MX5300 Wifi6 Introduction

[chadster766]

The MX10 is a two node MX5300 Velop Wifi6 system.

The MX5300 is larger than your standard Velop node but has a much farther radio range with it's 13 internal antennas.

Unlike your standard Velop the MX5300 has an Internet\WAN port, four 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN ports and a USB3.0 port.

Primary MX5300 Node WAN to LAN (Ethernet) throughput test:
Topology: WRT3200ACM (McDebian) 192.168.1.1 => Primary MX5300 (10.249.1.1) => WRT3200ACM (McDebian) 10.249.1.196

root@MCDEBIAN:~# iperf3 -c 192.168.1.1 -R
Connecting to host 192.168.1.1, port 5201
Reverse mode, remote host 192.168.1.1 is sending
[  5] local 10.249.1.196 port 52670 connected to 192.168.1.1 port 5201
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate
[  5]   0.00-1.00   sec   111 MBytes   935 Mbits/sec
[  5]   1.00-2.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec
[  5]   2.00-3.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec
[  5]   3.00-4.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec
[  5]   4.00-5.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec
[  5]   5.00-6.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec
[  5]   6.00-7.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec
[  5]   7.00-8.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec
[  5]   8.00-9.00   sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec
[  5]   9.00-10.00  sec   112 MBytes   937 Mbits/sec
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
[ ID] Interval           Transfer     Bitrate         Retr
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   939 Mbits/sec    0             sender
[  5]   0.00-10.00  sec  1.09 GBytes   936 Mbits/sec                  receiver

iperf Done.

 

[chadster766]

Primary MX5300 Node WAN to WLAN (5Ghz, WPA3, Wifi6, strong signal) throughput test:
Topology: WRT3200ACM (McDebian) 192.168.1.1 => Primary MX5300 (10.249.1.1) => Samsung Galaxy S20 10.249.1.34

 

[chadster766]

I hope you enjoyed this introduction of the Velop MX5300 Wifi6 mesh system.

 

[L&LD]

I think I missed the review part.

What did you have before and what did this system fix or improve?

A review without a conclusion doesn't seem complete to me.

 

[thiggins]

Agreed it's not a review. I have no problem with the post. But I've changed the thread title to not mislead.

 

[chadster766]

Agreed it's not a review. I have no problem with the post. But I've changed the thread title to not mislead.

Thanks Tim that is a better title for this thread.

 

[chadster766]

Below are some of my standard Velop setup recommendations:

• 5Ghz doesn't pass through building materials very well so I wouldn't worry about a strong outside 5Ghz interference too much.
• According to my previous Velop testing Bridge Mode will provide the most performance since the Velop won't be doing NAT and firewalling.
• Use your sysinfo.cgi bh_report to maximize your coverage by keeping the AP\STA signal strengths to approx -65 between nodes. This will also help your wireless client roaming between nodes.
• Disable Prioritization, Node and Client Steering.
• Set Prioritization speeds manually to 1024mbps for both download and upload even though it's disabled
• Have separate SSIDs for 2.4Ghz and 5Ghz.
• Try to get a hub and spoke topology instead of a daisy chain.

Instructions to get the Velop sysinfo.cgi report:

1. Linksys App => Velop Administration => Click on first node in list
2. LAN => IP Address
3. Use the LAN IP Address of the node in the below URL
4. http://<your node ip address>/sysinfo.cgi
5. Login using your Velop system password and username of "admin"
6. The report will display in browser, search for "bh_report" to find the backhaul report section

The output should look like this:

bh_report
  Node (MAC)  NODE IP          PARENT IP        Intf.  Chan.   RSSI(AP/STA)      Speed  State Timestamp 
------------  ---------------  ---------------  -----  -----   ------------  ---------  ----- ------------
149182854304  192.168.200.107  192.168.200.131    5GH  161          -70/-59  155.89500     up 1581717301

If you have wired nodes disconnect the Ethernet cable, wait 5 minutes and re-run the report to make sure those nodes are placed properly as well.

 

[chadster766]

I've change my recommended signal strength between nodes from -70 to -65.