Netgear WAX214

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abgn+ac+ax (AX1800)
WiFi 6 AX1800 PoE Wireless Access Point
Homepage	Product page
Wikipedia	Netgear
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear WAX214
FCC ID	none specified
Type	access point
Series	WAX
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm IPQ6010
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	1.8 GHz ( 4 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Macronix MX30UF1G18AC
Flash1 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 /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size	512 MiB 536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (DDR3)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ6010
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
PoE	802.3af, standard
Power	12 VDC, 1.5 A
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
Flags: Wi-Fi 6
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm QCN5022
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax	up to 574 Mbps
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 QCN5052
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	2x2:2
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
802.11ax	up to 1201 Mbps
802.11ac	up to 867 Mbps
802.11n	up to 300 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Netgear WAX214 Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Netgear WAX214 v2 MediaTek MediaTek MediaTek Netgear WAX214PA

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.

• 574 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 256-QAM),

• 1201 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan., 1024-QAM) = AX1800 class

Links of Interest

Models

• Netgear WAX214 (AX1800) • PPage
• Netgear WAX214 v2 (AX1800) • PPage

FCC ID: PY322300569 (2022-11-09)

• Netgear WAX214PA (AX1800) • PPage

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

Target: qualcommax
Subtarget: ipq60xx
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 25.12.0
Current supported version: 25.12.2

LAN Comment: Qualcomm QCA8072 Phy
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm QCN5022, Qualcomm QCN5052
WLAN Comment: 2.4GHz: 2x2:2 MIMO, 5GHz: 2x2:2 MIMO
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit

git • >>

qualcommax: ipq60xx: add support for netgear wax214 Netgear WAX214 is a 802.11 ax dual-band AP with PoE. (similar to Engenius EWS357APV3) Specifications: • CPU: Qualcomm IPQ6010 Quad core Cortex-A53 • RAM: 512MB of DDR3 • Storage: 128MB NAND (Macronix MX30UF1G18AC) • Ethernet: 1x 1G RJ45 port (QCA8072) PoE • WIFI: 2.4GHz: Qualcomm QCN5022 2x2 802.11b/g/n/ax 574 Mbps PHY rate 5GHz: Qualcomm QCN5052 2x2 802.11a/b/g/n/ac/ax 1201 PHY rate • LEDs: 4 x GPIO-controlled LEDs - 1 Power LED (orange) - 1 LAN LED (blue) - 1 WIFI 5g LED (blue) - 1 WIFI 2g LED (blue) black_small_square Buttons: 1x soft reset black_small_square Power: 12V DC jack or PoE (802.3af ) An populated serial header is onboard, format is 1.25mm 4p (DF13A-4P-1.25H) RX/TX is working, bootwait is active, secure boot is not enabled. The root password of the stock firmware is unknown, but failsafe mode can be entered to reset the password. Installation Instructions: - obtain serial access - stop auto boot (press "4", Entr boot command line interface) - setenv active_fw 0 (to boot from the primary rootfs, or set to 1 to boot from the secondary rootfs partition) - saveenv - tftpboot the initramfs image - bootm - copy openwrt-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax214-squashfs-factory.ubi to the device - write the image to the NAND: - cat /proc/mtd and look for rootfs partition (should be mtd11, or mtd12 if you choose active_fw 1) - ubiformat /dev/mtd11 -f -y openwrt-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax214-squashfs-factory.ubi - reboot Note: the firmware is senao-based. But I was unable to build a valid senao-header into the image. Maybe they changed the header format and senaoFW isn't working any more.