Netgear EX6150v2

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AC1200 WiFi Range Extender
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dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Partial Support
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
BrandModelRev Netgear EX6150 v2
Model Part Number EX6150-100NAS
FCC ID (fcc.io) PY316100334
FCC ID (fcc.report) PY316100334
IC ID 4054A-16100334
Board ID 2976528502
Type range extender
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm IPQ4018
CPU1 Type ARMv7 Cortex-A7
CPU1 Speed 717 MHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip Winbond W25Q128FVSG
Flash1 Size 16 MiB 16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size 256 MiB 268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip Winbond W632GU6KB12J
ETH chip1 Qualcomm IPQ4018
ETH chip2 Qualcomm Atheros QCA8072
Ethernet Port Count 1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Expansion IF types none specified
Power 100-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.16 A
Connector type AC (direct)
Serial Port (UART) yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)

Flags:
DFS (master), DFS (slave)

Additional chips
.4GHz WLAN/BT FEM;Skyworks;SKY85303-11;SKY11, 85303, 550JL;2;
5GHz Front End Module;Skyworks;SKY85717;SKY21, 85717, 508WA;2;

Other
Manuf/OEM/ODM Delta Networks
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability End of Life
FCC approval date 05 August 2016
(Est.) release date 06 January 2015
ASIN B00R92CLCW
Country of manuf China
Physical
Dimensions 4.8 x 2.91 x 1.5 inches
Weight 13.6 ounces
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm IPQ4018
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1 Qualcomm IPQ4018
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 2x2:2
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac up to 867 Mbps
802.11n up to 300 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
Netgear EX6150MediaTekMediaTekMediaTek
Netgear EX6150v2QualcommQualcommQualcomm

For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

For a list of all currently documented Netgear devices with specifications, see Netgear.

867 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
300 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC1200 class

Overview

"2976528502" is silkscreened on the board in the FCC photos.

The hardware design is identical to the Netgear EX6100v2 which is missing one

of the 5GHz front-end modules is missing in the FCC photos and is probably
limited to single-stream speeds in this EX6100v2.

The CPU ID is taken from the EX6100v2 FCC images and assumed to be the same.

DFS was added in a Class II Permissive Change on 10/17/2017

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ipq40xx
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: arm_cortex-a7_neon-vfpv4
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 18.06.0
Current supported version: 24.10.4
Unsupported Functions:
AP-Extender toggle-switch
LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8072
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros IPQ4018
WLAN Comment: 2x2:2 MIMO both channels
Install Comment:
tftp broken, buttons mis-mapped?
git • >>
ipq40xx: add support for Netgear EX6100v2/EX6150v2
Specifications:
SOC:	Qualcomm IPQ4018 (DAKOTA) ARM Quad-Core
RAM:	256 MB Winbond W632GU6KB12J
FLASH:	16 MiB Macronix MX25L12805D
ETH:	Qualcomm QCA8072
WLAN1:  Qualcomm Atheros QCA4018 2.4GHz 802.11b/g/n/ac 2x2
WLAN2:  Qualcomm Atheros QCA4018 5GHz 802.11n/ac
	1x1 (EX6100)
	2x2 (EX6150)
INPUT:  Power, WPS, reset button
	AP / Range-extender toggle
LED:	Power, Router, Extender (dual), WPS, Left-/Right-arrow
SERIAL:	Header next to QCA8072 chip.
	VCC, TX, RX, GND (Square hole is VCC)
	WARNING: The serial port needs a TTL/RS-232 v3.3 level converter!
        The Serial setting is 115200-8-N-1.

Tested and working:
 - Ethernet
 - 2.4 GHz WiFi (Correct MAC-address)
 - 5 GHz WiFi (Correct MAC-address)
 - Factory installation from WebIF
 - Factory installation from tftp
 - OpenWRT sysupgrade (Preserving and non-preserving)
 - LEDs
 - Buttons

Not Working:
 - AP/Extender toggle-switch

Untested:
 - Support on EX6100v2. They share the same GPL-Code and vendor-images.
   The 6100v2 seems to lack one 5GHz stream and differs in the 5GHz
   board-blob. I only own a EX6150v2, therefore i am only able to verify
   functionality on this device.

Install via Web-Interface:
Upload the factory image to the device to the Netgear Web-Interface.
The device might asks you to confirm the update a second time due to
detecting the OpenWRT firmware as older. The device will automatically
reboot after the image is written to flash.

Install via TFTP:
Connect to the devices serial. Hit Enter-Key in bootloader to stop
autobooting. Command "fw_recovery" will start a tftp server, waiting for
a DNI image to be pushed.
Assign your computer the IP-address 192.168.1.10/24. Push image with
tftp -4 -v -m binary 192.168.1.1 -c put <OPENWRT_FACTORY>
Device will erase factory-partition first, then writes the pushed image
to flash and reboots.

Parts of this commit are based on Thomas Hebb's work on the
openwrt-devel mailinglist.

See https://lists.openwrt.org/pipermail/openwrt-devel/2018-January/043418.html

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