ZyXEL NWA50AX

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abgn+ac+ax (AX1800)
AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Dual-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point
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3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt Status Unknown
OpenWrt Supported
Tomato any flavor Incompatible
Gargoyle Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev ZyXEL NWA50AX (NebulaFlex)
FCC ID I8811AXAP22A, CCAF21LP0660T1
IC ID 2468C-11AXAP22A
Type access point
CPU1 checkY MediaTek MT7621AT
CPU1 Type MIPS 1004Kc
CPU1 Speed 880 MHz ( 2 cores ) 16-bit
Flash1 Chip Macronix MX30LF1G28AD-TI
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 256 MiB 268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> (DDR3)
RAM1 Chip Naya NT5CC128M16JR-EK
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
Power 12 VDC, 1.5 A
Connector type barrel
Serial Port (UART) yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)

Flags:
Wi-Fi 6, HEW80, MU-MIMO, WPA3

Other
3rd Party Firmware Support OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1 MediaTek MT7915DAN
Chip2 MediaTek MT7975DN
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL (internal)
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 MT7915DAN
Chip2 MediaTek MT7975DN
Wireless interface OUI none specified
Antenna Connector Type U.FL (internal)
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
 FCC ID
ZyXEL NWA90AXCCAF21LP0660T1
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
ZyXEL NWA50AXMediaTekMediaTekMediaTek
ZyXEL NWA50AX ProMediaTekMediaTekMediaTek

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

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

• 574 Mbps - 2SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 256-QAM),
• 1201 Mbps - 2SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan., 1024-QAM) = AX1800 class

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

Target: ramips
Subtarget: mt7621
Package architecture: mipsel_24kc
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 22.03.2
Current supported version: 25.12.4
WLAN Hardware: MediaTek MT7915
WLAN Comment: DBDC
Installation method(s):
GUI OEM, U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery, see git-commit
Recovery method(s):
U-Boot TFTP + serial recovery, see git-commit
git • >> 
ramips: add support for ZyXEL NWA50AX / NWA55AXE
Hardware
--------
CPU:    Mediatek MT7621
RAM:    256M DDR3
FLASH:  128M NAND
ETH:    1x Gigabit Ethernet
WiFi:   Mediatek MT7915 (2.4/5GHz 802.11ax 2x2 DBDC)
BTN:    1x Reset (NWA50AX only)
LED:    1x Multi-Color (NWA50AX only)

UART Console
------------
NWA50AX:
Available below the rubber cover next to the ethernet port.
NWA55AXE:
Available on the board when disassembling the device.

Settings: 115200 8N1

Layout:

<12V> <LAN> GND-RX-TX-VCC

Logic-Level is 3V3. Don't connect VCC to your UART adapter!

Installation Web-UI
-------------------
Upload the Factory image using the devices Web-Interface.

As the device uses a dual-image partition layout, OpenWrt can only
installed on Slot A. This requires the current active image prior
flashing the device to be on Slot B.

If the currently installed image is started from Slot A, the device will
flash OpenWrt to Slot B. OpenWrt will panic upon first boot in this case
and the device will return to the ZyXEL firmware upon next boot.

If this happens, first install a ZyXEL firmware upgrade of any version
and install OpenWrt after that.

Installation TFTP
-----------------
This installation routine is especially useful in case
 * unknown device password (NWA55AXE lacks reset button)
 * bricked device

Attach to the UART console header of the device. Interrupt the boot
procedure by pressing Enter.

The bootloader has a reduced command-set available from CLI, but more
commands can be executed by abusing the atns command.

Boot a OpenWrt initramfs image available on a TFTP server at
192.168.1.66. Rename the image to owrt.bin

 $ atnf owrt.bin
 $ atna 192.168.1.88
 $ atns "192.168.1.66; tftpboot; bootm"

Upon booting, set the booted image to the correct slot:

 $ zyxel-bootconfig /dev/mtd10 get-status
 $ zyxel-bootconfig /dev/mtd10 set-image-status 0 valid
 $ zyxel-bootconfig /dev/mtd10 set-active-image 0

Copy the OpenWrt ramboot-factory image to the device using scp.
Write the factory image to NAND and reboot the device.

 $ mtd write ramboot-factory.bin firmware
 $ reboot

See also

ZyXEL Nebula See also
ZyXEL • List of 802.11be Hardware • ToH
802.11be (Wi-Fi 7)
  • ZyXEL NWA110BE • BE6500 Wi-Fi 7 Dual-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point​
  • ZyXEL NWA130BE • BE11000 Wi-Fi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point
  • ZyXEL NWA210BE • BE12300 Wi-Fi 7 Dual-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point
  • ZyXEL NWA240BE • BE15000 8-stream Wi-Fi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point
  • ZyXEL WBE530 • BE11000 Wi-Fi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Pro Access Point
  • ZyXEL WBE660S • BE22000 Wi-Fi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Pro Access Point
802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6)
ZyXEL NWA50AX • AX1800 Wi-Fi 6 Dual-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point
• FCC ID: I8811AXAP22A (2021-05-07) 802.11ax (Wi-Fi 6) Dual-Radio PoE AP
MediaTek MT7621AT/MT7915DAN/MT7975DN, 128/256MB • ToH • HW
• FCC ID: I8811AXAP22AO (2021-10-28) • Macronix/Nanya
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