Netgear EX7300

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AC2200 Nighthawk X4 WiFi Mesh Range Extender
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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
BrandModelRev Netgear EX7300 v1
FCC ID PY315200317
IC ID 4054A-15200317
Type range extender, mesh node
Series Nighthawk X4
CPU1 checkY 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 427 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 Flag of the United States.svg
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 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
Netgear EX7300Qualcomm AtherosQualcomm AtherosQualcomm Atheros
Netgear EX7300v2QualcommQualcommQualcomm 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.

1733 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz 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
OpenWrt Target: ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 19.07.0
Current supported version: 24.10.3
LAN Comment:
Atheros AR8035-A GbE Phy
WLAN Comment:
2.4Ghz 3x3:3 MIMO, 5Ghz 4x4:4 MIMO

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