Netgear WAX214(version 1)

Hi all,

I noticed that the Netgear WAX214(v1) now appears to be supported, so I have brought out my unit and have been attempting to load 25.12.0-rc4, I am using serial port and have been following suggestions I have found which are as follows:-.

Interrupt the boot process

Press 4 (to get to uboot prompt)

Set boot partition and Establish network addresses

setenv active_fw 0

setenv ipaddr 10.72.144.249	(ip address assigned to this specific WAP)

setenv serverip 10.72.144.2	(address of networks tftp server)


saveenv

Start Initramfs

tftpboot openwrt-25.12.0-rc4-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax214-initramfs-uImage.itb


bootm

Write OpenWRT permanently

scp andy@10.72.144.2:/tftpboot/openwrt-25.12.0-rc4-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax214-squashfs-factory.ubi /tmp/
ubiformat /dev/mtd11 -f /tmp/openwrt-*.ubi -y
reboot

The initram stage works fine and the writing of the factory section seems to be ok but when I reboot, after around 4 seconds I get the error:-

Cannot parse config file '/etc/fw_env.config': No such file or directory
Failed to find NVMEM device
Press the [f] key and hit [enter] to enter failsafe mode
Press the [1], [2], [3] or [4] key and hit [enter] to select the debug level

So it would appear I am missing fw_env.cfg, I have looked in /etc and /etc/config but no sign of it.

Any suggestions?

Cheers

Andy

All sorted, my own fault, I confused myself by checking for activity on the wrong ip address. when I looked in the right place(192.168.1.1) things all appeared where they should be

cheers

Andy

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