Initial release:
- This is the initial release of the firmware.
New Features:
- Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax) capable
- Dual band: 4x4 5 GHz radio, 2x2 2.4 GHz radio; PHY rate: 4800 Mbps (5 GHz) and 600 Mbps (2.4 GHz)
- Supports up to 160 MHz bandwidth on 5 GHz
- Four years of both NETGEAR Insight and ProSupport services
- DL/UL OFDMA support
- DL/UL MU-MIMO
- Beamforming support
- PoE+ (802.3at) power
- Two Ethernet ports: 1 x 2.5Gbps, 1 x 1Gbps
- NETGEAR Insight management mode and standalone management mode
- Instant Mesh support
- Instant Wi-Fi support
- Instant Captive Portal support
- Up to 328 concurrent client connections (128 2.4 GHz + 200 5 GHz)
- WPA3 authentication support
- Enhanced Open (OWE) and OWE Transition Mode authentication
- 802.11r based fast roaming
- Dynamic VLAN support
- Supports up to 8 SSIDs per radio
- NAT mode SSID
- Energy efficiency mode (EEM)
- Multi Pre-Shared Key (MPSK)
Known Issues:
- UI may not redirect automatically to the login page after firmware upgrade.
Workaround: Refresh the page in your web browser. - Radio information on the AP dashboard may not load sometimes.
Workaround: Refresh the page in your web browser. - Captive portal authentication does not work if Captive Portal configuration and VLAN configuration for a SSID is changed together.
Workaround: Change Captive Portal configuration and VLAN configuration one at a time for a given SSID. - When Client Isolation is enabled on a SSID, clients connected to same SSID fail to reach each other even though their IP addresses are added to allowed list.
- Intel AX210 client connectivity might encounter disruptions when roaming.
- Clients with the latest iOS version may fail to roam successfully when both WPA3 security and 802.11r roaming are enabled on the same SSID.
Workaround: Do not enable WPA3 and 802.11r roaming together. - Video streaming to multiple clients does work properly if there are more than 8 clients in a single multicast group.
- Some clients that experience connectivity issues on 5 GHz higher band channels might switch to 2.4 GHz band resulting in lower throughput.
Workaround: Configure 5 GHz lower band channels. - Some newer IoT devices may experience issues connecting to the AP.
Workaround: Upgrade the IoT devices to the latest driver version and try again. If security is set to WPA3 or WPA3 Mixed, change to WPA2, and try again.
Download Link : https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GDC/WAX628/WAX628-V10.2.6.8_firmware.zip
Firmware Update Instructions:
To update your product’s firmware, follow the instructions in your product’s user manual. To find your user manual, visit https://www.netgear.com/support/, enter your model number in the search box, and click the Documentation button on the product page.
Last Updated:10/17/2025
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