{
  "id": "netgear/wax206",
  "vendor": "NETGEAR",
  "model": "WAX206",
  "category": "router",
  "identifiers": {
    "chips": [
      "MediaTek MT7622BV"
    ],
    "fcc_id": [
      "PY321100533"
    ]
  },
  "status": "open-firmware",
  "projects": [
    {
      "name": "OpenWrt",
      "url": "https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wax206",
      "kind": "firmware",
      "license": "GPL-2.0"
    }
  ],
  "install": [
    {
      "project": "OpenWrt",
      "method": "other",
      "guide": "https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wax206",
      "installer": "https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=24.10.5&target=mediatek%2Fmt7622&id=netgear_wax206",
      "difficulty": "medium",
      "tools": [
        "Computer with a TFTP server",
        "Ethernet cable"
      ],
      "opens_device": false,
      "notes": "Table of Hardware method: TFTP generic, U-Boot TFTP recovery (send the image to the bootloader's network recovery over TFTP). Table of Hardware note: Flash the factory image through the stock web UI, or TFTP to the bootloader. NMRP can be used to TFTP without opening the case."
    },
    {
      "project": "OpenWrt",
      "method": "vendor-upload",
      "guide": "https://openwrt.org/toh/netgear/wax206",
      "installer": "https://firmware-selector.openwrt.org/?version=24.10.5&target=mediatek%2Fmt7622&id=netgear_wax206",
      "difficulty": "easy",
      "tools": [
        "Computer with a web browser"
      ],
      "opens_device": false,
      "brick_risk": "low",
      "notes": "Table of Hardware method: GUI OEM (upload the factory image through the stock firmware's upgrade page). Table of Hardware note: Flash the factory image through the stock web UI, or TFTP to the bootloader. NMRP can be used to TFTP without opening the case."
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "sources": [
      "openwrt"
    ]
  },
  "updated": "2026-10-17"
}