Netgear EX7300

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abgn+ac (AC22002R)
AC2200 Nighthawk X4 WiFi Mesh Range Extender
Homepage	Product page
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Netgear
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Netgear EX7300
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear EX7300 v1
FCC ID	PY315200317
IC ID	4054A-15200317
Type	range extender, mesh node
Series	Nighthawk X4
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	720 MHz
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	128 MiB 134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Winbond W9751G6KB25I x 2
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
ETH chip2	Atheros AR8035-A
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: A0:04:60 (1 E, -) Ethernet OUI: A0:04:60 (1 E, -)
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	100-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.5 A
Connector type	AC (direct)
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
Flags: MU-MIMO, DFS
Other
Default SSID: NETGEAR_2GEXT (1 addl. devices) , NETGEAR_5GEXT (1 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.1.250 the IP 192.168.1.250 is used by 25 additional devices of which 6 are Netgear devices Default login user: admin Default login password: password admin:password credentials used by 428 additional devices of which 307 are Netgear devices
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
FCC approval date	08 April 2016
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$170
Newegg	N82E16833122842
ASIN	B01D6JEMWS
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
Wireless interface OUI	A0:04:60
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	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980
Wireless interface OUI	A0:04:60
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Netgear EX7300 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Netgear EX7300v2 Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Atheros

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

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

• 1733 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.) = AC2200 class

Overview

• Web GUI: www.mywifiext.net

WI2 is not identifiable in the FCC photos but is assumed

to be a Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980 or a QCA9990.

The Netgear EX6400 appears to be internally identical to this device.

An FCC C2PC Request available on 8/18/2017 adds DFS support via software enabling.

EX6400 / EX7300 Firmware Version 1.0.1.60 "Supports CE DFS Band 2 and Band 3."

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki

Target: ath79
Subtarget: generic
Package architecture: mips_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 19.07.0
Current supported version: 24.10.3

LAN Comment: Atheros AR8035-A GbE Phy
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558, Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980
WLAN Comment: 2.4Ghz 3x3:3 MIMO, 5Ghz 4x4:4 MIMO
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, U-Boot TFTP recovery, see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot TFTP recovery

git • >>

ath79: add support for Netgear EX6400 and EX7300 This is sold as a dual-band 802.11ac range extender. It has a sliding switch for Extender mode or Access Point mode, a WPS button, a recessed Reset button, a hard-power button, and a multitude of LED's, some multiplexed via an NXP 74AHC164D chip. The internal serial header pinout is Vcc, Tx, Rx, GND, with GND closest to the corner of the board. You may connect at 115200 bps, 8 data bits, no parity, 1 stop bit. Specification: - System-On-Chip: QCA9558 - CPU/Speed: 720 MHz - Flash-Chip: Winbond 25Q128FVSG - Flash size: 16 MiB - RAM: 128 MiB - Wireless No1: QCA9558 on-chip 2.4GHz 802.11bgn, 3x3 - Wireless No2: QCA99x0 chip 5GHz 802.11an+ac, 4x4 - PHY: Atheros AR8035-A Installation: If you can get to the stock firmware's firmware upgrade option, just feed it the factory.img and boot as usual. As an alternative, TFTP the factory.img to the bootloader.