Netgear EX6250 v2

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abgn+ac (AC1750)
AC1750 WiFi Mesh Extender
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Netgear
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Netgear EX6250 v2
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Partial Support
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear EX6250 v2
FCC ID	none specified
Type	range extender, mesh node
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7629BA
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A7
CPU1 Speed	1.25 GHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Winbond W25Q128
Flash1 Size	16 MiB 16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br /> (SPI NOR)
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 /> (DDR2)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7629BA
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	100-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.7 A
Connector type	AC (direct)
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Country of manuf	Vietnam
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7761N
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	MediaTek MT7762N
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 1300 Mbps
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Netgear EX6250 Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Atheros Netgear EX6250 v2 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek

For a list of all currently documented MediaTek chipsets with specifications, see MediaTek.

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

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.),

• 1300 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC1750 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

Target: mediatek
Subtarget: mt7629
Package architecture: arm_cortex-a7
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 23.05.0
Current supported version: 24.10.5

Unsupported Functions:
WiFi and 2nd core
WLAN Comment: unknown
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit

git • >>

mediatek: Add support for TP-Link EAP225v5 Device specification: - MT7629 with 16MB NOR flash W25Q128 and 128 MB DDR3 RAM. - MT7761N and MT7762N wireless chips (currenlty no driver in OpenWrt available) - WiFi is NOT working on this device - Dual core but second CPU doesn't seem to work (Error message during boot: "CPU1: failed to come online") There are two similar merge requests for similar devices with the same issues: - https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/12286 - https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/pull/5084 UART interface is next to the reset button, pinout: - 1: TX (the pin with the arrow marker) - 2: RX - 3: GND - 4: VCC UART settings: 115200,8n1, 3.3V U-Boot menu can be entered by pressing Ctrl+B during startup. Booting initramfs: - Set your computers IP adress to 192.168.1.110 - Run a TFTP server providing the initramfs image - Power on the AP, press Ctrl+B to get to the U-Boot menu - Select "1. System Load Linux to SDRAM via TFTP" - Update kernel file name, input server IP and input device IP (if they deviate from the defaults) - After booting, create a backup of all partitions, especially for kernel and root_fs. They are required for reverting back to stock firmware - The sysupgrade image can be flashed now MAC adresses: - LAN and 2.4GHz use the same MAC (the one printed on the device) - 5GHz WiFi MAC is LAN MAC + 1 GPIOs: - GPIO 21 is the reset pin (low active) - GPIO 55 is for the green LED (active high) - GPIO 56 is for the yellow/amber LED (active high) Signed-off-by: Roland Reinl