Netgear EX7300

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AC2200 Nighthawk X4 WiFi Mesh Range Extender
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 EX7300 v1
FCC ID	PY315200317
IC ID	4054A-15200317
Type	range extender, mesh node
Series	Nighthawk X4
CPU1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
CPU1 Type	MIPS 74Kc
CPU1 Speed	720 MHz
Flash1 Chip	Winbond W25Q128FVSG
Flash1 Size	16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size	128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip	Winbond W9751G6KB25I x 2
ETH chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
ETH chip2	Atheros AR8035-A
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: A0:04:60 (1 E, -) Ethernet OUI: A0:04:60 (1 E, -)
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	none specified
Power	100-240 VAC ~ 50/60 Hz, 0.5 A
Connector type	AC (direct)
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3, (115200 8N1)
Flags: MU-MIMO, DFS
Other
Default SSID: NETGEAR_2GEXT (1 addl. devices) , NETGEAR_5GEXT (1 addl. devices) Default IP address: 192.168.1.250 the IP 192.168.1.250 is used by 25 additional devices of which 6 are Netgear devices Default login user: admin Default login password: password admin:password credentials used by 425 additional devices of which 306 are Netgear devices
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
Retail
Availability	End of Life
FCC approval date	08 April 2016
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$170
Newegg	N82E16833122842
ASIN	B01D6JEMWS
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9558
Wireless interface OUI	A0:04:60
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	3x3:3
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11b/g/n
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11g	up to 54 Mbps
802.11b	up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1	Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980
Wireless interface OUI	A0:04:60
Antenna Connector Type	none specified
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n	up to 600 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Netgear EX7300 Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Qualcomm Atheros Netgear EX7300v2 Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Atheros

For a list of all currently documented Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Atheros.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

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

• 1733 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),

• 450 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC2200 class

Overview

• Web GUI: www.mywifiext.net

WI2 is not identifiable in the FCC photos but is assumed

to be a Qualcomm Atheros QCA9980 or a QCA9990.

The Netgear EX6400 appears to be internally identical to this device.

An FCC C2PC Request available on 8/18/2017 adds DFS support via software enabling.

EX6400 / EX7300 Firmware Version 1.0.1.60 "Supports CE DFS Band 2 and Band 3."

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
OpenWrt Target: ath79
OpenWrt Subtarget: generic
OpenWrt Package architecture: mips_24kc
Support started version: 19.07.0
Current supported version: 23.05.5

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