Netgear WAX214 v2

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abgn+ac+ax (AX1800)
WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual-band 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 v2
FCC ID	PY322300569
Type	access point
Series	WAX
CPU1 Y	MediaTek MT7621AT
CPU1 Type	MIPS 1004Kc
CPU1 Speed	880 MHz ( 2 cores ) 16-bit
Flash1 Chip	Brand? Model?
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 />
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	MediaTek MT7621AT
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)
JTAG Port	no
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date	09 November 2022
Radio 1
Chip1	MediaTek MT7915E
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	MediaTek MT7915E
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 MediaTek chipsets with specifications, see MediaTek.

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: ramips
Subtarget: mt7621
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 24.10.0
Current supported version: 25.12.2

LAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7530
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7915E
Installation method(s):
U-Boot TFTP recovery

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ramips: add support for Netgear WAX214v2 Netgear WAX214v2 is an 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) wireless access point. Specifications: * SoC: MediaTek MT7621AT * RAM: 512 MiB * Flash: NAND 128 MiB (ESMT PSU1GA30DT) * Wi-Fi: 2.4/5 GHz 4T4R (MediaTek MT7915E) * Ethernet: 1x 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN * Switch: MediaTek MT7530 (SoC built-in) * LEDs/Keys * Power (green, blue, amber) * LAN (green, amber) * WLAN 2.4GHz (green, blue) * WLAN 5GHz (green, blue) * Reset button * USB: None * UART: Marked J1 on board, 115200 8N1 * Power * 12 VDC, 1.5 A * IEEE 802.3at (PoE+) Load addresses (same as Netgear WAX202): * stock * 0x80010000: FIT image * 0x81001000: kernel image -> entry * OpenWrt * 0x80010000: FIT image * 0x82000000: uncompressed kernel+relocate image * 0x80001000: relocated kernel image -> entry MAC addresses as verified by OEM firmware: vendor OpenWrt address eth0 lan label ra0 phy0 label + 2 rax0 phy1 label + 3 Installation: * Flash the factory image by TFTP to the bootloader. NMRP can be used to TFTP without opening the case. Revert to stock firmware: * Flash the stock firmware to the bootloader using TFTP/NMRP. References to WAX214v2 GPL source: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GPL/WAX214v2-V1.0.1.5-gpl-src.tar.gz * openwrt/target/linux/ramips/dts/mt7621-ax-nand-wax214v2.dts DTS file for this device.

See also

Netgear WAX series • Netgear • Access Points

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• Netgear WAX218 (AX3600) • PPage

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• Netgear WAX220PA (AX4200) • PPage