Netgear WAX218 v1

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abgn+ac+ax (AX3600)
WiFi 6 AX3600 PoE Wireless Access Point
Support Support page
Wikipedia Netgear
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev Netgear WAX218 v1
FCC ID A8J-EWS377APV3
Type access point
CPU1 checkY Qualcomm IPQ8072A
CPU1 Type ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed 2.2 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip Macronix MX30UF2G18AC
Flash1 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 /> (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 Qualcomm IPQ8072A
ETH chip2 Qualcomm QCA8081
Ethernet Port Count 1-2.5GbE-LAN
Wired Standard IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab/3bz

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock bootloader U-Boot
Expansion IF types none specified
PoE 802.3at, 802.3af, standard
Power 12 VDC, 2.5 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, unpopulated, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Radio 1
Chip1 Qualcomm QCN5024
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax up to 1148 Mbps
802.11n up to 600 Mbps
802.11g up to 54 Mbps
802.11b up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1 Qualcomm QCN5054
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type none specified
MIMO status 4x4:4
Wireless Standard IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
802.11ax up to 2402 Mbps
802.11ac up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n up to 600 Mbps
802.11a up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency 5 GHz

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

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

• 1148 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan.),
• 2402 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan.) = AX3600 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: qualcommax
Subtarget: ipq807x
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 23.05.0
Current supported version: 24.10.5
LAN Comment: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8081 2.5Gbe Phy
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm QCN5024, Qualcomm QCN5054
WLAN Comment: MIMO 4x4:4 on both bands
Installation method(s):
GUI generic, CLI generic, see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit
git • >> 
ipq807x: add support for Netgear WAX218
Netgear WAX218 is a 802.11ax AP claiming AX3600 support. It is wall
or ceiling mountable. It can be powered via PoE, or a 12 V adapter.

The board has footprints for 2.54mm UART headers. They're difficult to
solder because the GND is connected to a large copper plane. Only try
soldering if you are very skilled. Otherwise, use pogo pins.

Specifications:
---------------
    * CPU: Qualcomm IPQ8072A Quad core Cortex-A53 2.2GHz
    * RAM: 366 MB of RAM available to OS, not sure of total amount
    * Storage: Macronix MX30UF2G18AC 256MB NAND
    * Ethernet:
            * 2.5G RJ45 port (QCA8081) with PoE input
    * WLAN:
            * 2.4GHz/5GHz with 8 antennas
    * LEDs:
            * Power (Amber)
            * LAN (Blue)
            * 2G WLAN (Blue)
            * 5G WLAN (Blue)
    * Buttons:
            * 1x Factory reset
    * Power: 12V DC Jack
    * UART: Two 4-pin unpopulated headers near the LEDs
            * "J2 UART" is the CPU UART, 3.3 V level

Installation:
=============

Web UI method
-------------

Flashing OpenWRT using the vendor's Web UI is problematic on this
device. The u-boot mechanism for communicating the active rootfs is
antiquated and unreliable. Instead of setting the kernel commandline,
it relies on patching the DTS partitions of the nand node. The way
partitions are patched is incompatible with newer kernels.

Newer kernels use the SMEM partition table, which puts "rootfs" on
mtd12. The vendor's Web UI will flash to either mtd12 or mtd14. One
reliable way to boot from mtd14 and avoid boot loops is to use an
initramfs image.

 1. In the factory web UI, navigate to System Manager -> Firmware.
 2. In the "Local Firmware Upgrade" section, click Browse
 3. Navigate and select the 'web-ui-factory.fit' image
 4. Click "Upload"
 5. On the following page, click on "Proceed"

The flash proceeds at this point and the system will reboot
automatically to OpenWRT.

 6. Flash the 'nand-sysupgrade.bin' using Luci or the commandline

SSH method
----------

Enable SSH using the CLI or Web UI. The root account is locked out to
ssh, and the admin account defaults to Netgear's CLI application.
So we need to get creative:

First, make sure the device boots from the second firmware partition:

    ssh -okexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 admin@<ipaddr> \
        /usr/sbin/fw_setenv active_fw 1

Then reboot the device, and run the update:

    scp -O -o kexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 \
        -o hostkeyalgorithms=ssh-rsa \
        netgear_wax218-squashfs-nand-factory.ubi \
        admin@<ipaddr>:/tmp/openwrt.ubi

    ssh -okexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 admin@<ipaddr> \
        /usr/sbin/ubiformat /dev/mtd12 -f /tmp/openwrt.ubi

    ssh -okexalgorithms=diffie-hellman-group14-sha1 admin@<ipaddr> \
        /usr/sbin/fw_setenv active_fw 0

Now reboot the device, and it should boot into a ready-to-use OpenWRT.
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