[flood404]

I have an Netgear R7350 AC2400. Bought it from a thrift shop for $6 a few days ago and it looks brand new and it booted up fine with the latest stock firmware. I gave the DD-WRT a go here using this one.

https://download1.dd-wrt.com/dd-wrtv2/downloads/betas/2025/02-02-2025-r59468/netgear-nighthawk-ac2400/ Used the Factory to DD-wrt file. Left me with a boot loop. I was able to restore the factory firmware without opening it up with this application called nmrpflash. Was there a version that did boot or is it still a WIP?

If this will never be supported cause of the CPU it has. I can just donate it to the car shop that I work for more WIFI coverage. Also this damned thing has a security Torx screw. I think a t8 size I don't have the correct screw driver to verify it.

[kernel-panic69]

Split out of other topic, because 802.11ac and not an AX device. Please post FCC ID for full details to verify hardware. Thanks.

[kernel-panic69]

Duplicate post deleted, please keep discussion in this thread.

To answer your question:

You will have to back-track from around 58662 backwards, perhaps. Or just back-track one build at a time from current release until you find one that doesn't result in a bootloop. Of course, serial console connected and logs would be ideal.

Again, FCC ID would help determine hardware.

[flood404]

I got a hold of one of these units for dirt cheap.

I was able to do some testing. It seems the latest build that boots without boot looping is the R59045.


The issues I seen so far is the 5GHz radio doesn't work at anything better than Wireless A at 20MHz setting. Which all devices only connect at 54Mbps only. Any other setting for the MHz it may or maynot show the SSID or it will show the SSDI but won't connect. 2.4GHz works as expected.


So a Mediatek cpu is same as Ralink?

[kernel-panic69]

Please stop cross-posting.

Someone (not me) moved this topic out of the Announcements / Stickies:

Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 15:31 Post subject: Ralink is owned by MediaTek

EDIT: I just happened to see a note about the R6700v2 FCC ID in the user manual on WirelessCAT, so I looked at the R7350 User Manual, and found the label on page 13 that the FCC ID is in fact PY316200344, which probably means that it's a newer / another model of the AC2400 series.

https://www.speedguide.net/routers/netgear-r7350-nighthawk-ac2400-smart-wifi-router-4492