Netgear WAX610Y OpenWrt Firmware

CPU: Qualcomm IPQ6010
RAM: 512 MB
Flash: 128NAND MB

The Netgear WAX610Y is supported by OpenWrt on the qualcommax/ipq60xx target. 3 firmware images are available from the official OpenWrt 25.12.5 stable release — download one below, or build a custom OpenWrt image for this device with your own package selection.

Specs

Specifications

CPU	Qualcomm IPQ6010
CPU cores	4
CPU frequency	1200 MHz
RAM	512 MB
Flash	128NAND MB
2.5 Gbit Ethernet ports	1
WLAN hardware	Qualcomm QCN5022, Qualcomm QCN5052

Hardware data from the OpenWrt Table of Hardware; verify against your unit before flashing.

Build matrix

Supported firmware versions

Distribution	Version	Target	Profile
OpenWrt	25.12.5	qualcommax/ipq60xx	netgear_wax610y

Downloads

Download images

OpenWrt 25.12.5 · qualcommax/ipq60xx

Image	Type	sha256
openwrt-25.12.5-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax610y-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin Not sure? Pick this if upgrading from OpenWrt.	sysupgrade	3dd2e6fd66cc…
openwrt-25.12.5-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax610y-squashfs-ui-factory.tar For first-time flash from stock firmware.	ui-factory	7209d0c314cf…
openwrt-25.12.5-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax610y-initramfs-uImage.itb Minimal kernel image, useful for first install or recovery.	kernel	f93dd5f70535…

Downloads are served by the official OpenWrt mirrors — unchanged upstream stable builds.

Packages & install

Default packages & installation

Default packages

Every image for the Netgear WAX610Y ships these packages by default. The customize option below lets you add or remove packages before the image is assembled.

Device packages (1)

ipq-wifi-netgear_wax610y

Target default packages (37)

apk-mbedtls ath11k-firmware-ipq6018 base-files ca-bundle dnsmasq dropbear e2fsprogs firewall4 fstools kmod-ath11k-ahb kmod-fs-ext4 kmod-gpio-button-hotplug kmod-leds-gpio kmod-nft-offload kmod-qca-nss-dp kmod-usb-dwc3 kmod-usb-dwc3-qcom kmod-usb3 libc libgcc libustream-mbedtls logd losetup mtd netifd nftables odhcp6c odhcpd-ipv6only ppp ppp-mod-pppoe procd-ujail uboot-envtools uci uclient-fetch urandom-seed urngd wpad-basic-mbedtls

Installation notes

First install from stock firmware: flash the factoryimage through the vendor firmware's upgrade page or recovery mode.
Already running OpenWrt or ImmortalWrt: flash the sysupgrade image from LuCI (System → Backup / Flash Firmware) or with the sysupgrade command.
The kernel / initramfs image boots from RAM without writing to flash — useful for a first install or for recovering from a failed flash.

Verify your download against the published checksum before flashing:

$ sha256sum openwrt-25.12.5-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax610y-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin
3dd2e6fd66cc53ae74cd891232849844d3fb83fd5d5c89442d3f1c6652da6dc0  openwrt-25.12.5-qualcommax-ipq60xx-netgear_wax610y-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin

Build custom firmware

Need more than the default image for the Netgear WAX610Y? Pick your packages — LuCI apps, themes, VPN clients — set the basics, and get a ready-to-flash OpenWrt image assembled from official packages in minutes.

Customize firmware for this device

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Upstream

Upstream & source

Images are assembled from packages compiled and published by the upstream OpenWrt and ImmortalWrt projects. The complete corresponding source code is available from those projects under the GPL.