Netgear WAX630

abgn+ac+ax (AX60003R)
AX6000 Tri-Band PoE Multi-Gig WiFi 6 Access Point
Homepage	Product page
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 WAX630
Model Part Number	WAX630-100NAS
FCC ID	PY321100520
Type	access point
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm IPQ8074A
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	1.651 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip	Winbond W29N04GZ
Flash1 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 /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size	1 GiB 1,024 MiB <br />1,073,741,824 B <br />8,388,608 Kib <br />1,048,576 KiB <br />8,192 Mib <br /> (DDR3 466 MHz)
RAM1 Chip	Brand? Model?
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ8074A
ETH chip2	Qualcomm QCA8072
ETH chip3	Qualcomm QCA8081
Ethernet Port Count	1-2.5GbE-WAN 1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab/3bz
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
PoE	802.3bt, 802.3af, standard
Power	12 VDC, 3.5 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
Flags: WiFi 6
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	Domotz, OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
(Est.) release date	‎May 23, 2021
ASIN	‎B095L3636R
Country of manuf	Taiwan
Physical
Dimensions	11.81 x 11.81 x 4.25 inches
Weight	3.76 pounds
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 PMP8074
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
Radio 3
Chip1	Qualcomm PMP8074
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
FCC ID Netgear WAX620 PY321100520

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.

• 2x 2402 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan., 1024-QAM)

• 1x 1148 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AX6000 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)

Target: qualcommax
Subtarget: ipq807x
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 24.10.0
Current supported version: 24.10.5

LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8072
LAN Comment: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8081 2.5Gbe Phy
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm QCN5024, Qualcomm PMP8074
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit

git • >>

qualcommax: ipq807x: add support for Netgear WAX630 ``` Specifications: * CPU: Qualcomm IPQ8074A, SoC Version: 2.0, Quad core 1651 MHz * RAM: 1 GiB of DDR3 466 MHz * Flash: NAND 512 MiB (Winbond W29N04GZ) * 6 RGB LEDs: Power, LAN1, LAN2, 2.4GHz, 5GHz H and 5GHz L * UART: One 4-pin populated header next to the heatsink and a chip. GND RXD TXD, beginning from the external antennas. 115200n8. Lan: * One 100/1000/2.5GBASE-T Gigabit Ethernet 802.3bt/at * One 100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet Wlan: * 4x4 in 2.4GHz  : 802.11b/g/n/ax * 4x4 in 5.0GHz L: 802.11a/n/ac/ax * 4x4 in 5.0GHz H: 802.11a/n/ac/ax * OFDM and OFDMA * Bidir and MU-MIMO * Internal antenna 2.86/4.41/4.98 dBi (2.4GHz/5GHz L/5GHz H) Power: * 802.3bt/at 30.1W * DC 12V/3.5A Mounting: Wall and ceiling ``` ``` 1. Download the OpenWrt initramfs image. Copy the image to a TFTP server 2. Connect to the console on the AP, and connect the LAN port to your LAN 3. Stop auto boot to get to U-boot shell, interrupt the autoboot process by pressing '0' when prompted 4. Set active_fw in env 4. Set active_fw in env # setenv active_fw 1 5. Transfer the initramfs image with TFTP # setenv serverip 192.168.1.10 (IP of TFTP server host) # setenv ipaddr 192.168.1.1 (IP used by the router for getting the image, must be in the same subnet as the TFTP host) # tftpboot openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-netgear_wax630-initramfs-uImage.itb 6. Reboot and load the image # bootm 7. SCP factory image to the AP # scp openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-netgear_wax630-squashfs-factory.ubi root@192.168.1.1:/tmp/ 8. Connect to device using SSH (use the LAN port) 9. Flash squashfs-factory.ubi from within the initramfs instance of OpenWRT Before you flash, please check your mtd partitions where mtdX is the right mtd rootfs partition. # cat /proc/mtd (To check MTD partitions) # ubiformat /dev/mtd18 -y -f /tmp/openwrt-qualcommax-ipq807x-netgear_wax630-squashfs-factory.ubi 10. Set active_fw to 0 # /usr/sbin/fw_setenv active_fw 0 11. Reboot the AP and your done # reboot ```