I went against my hatred for Netgear and bought an EX6200 as a replacement for the wireless access points I’ve been using. Having not bought any wireless gear for a while, I figured might as well check out 802.11AC equipment.
After the purchase, I found the hardware to be well over spec: dual core 800Mhz processor, 128MB RAM, but the firmware was crippled by rubbish “end-user friendly” features, and only allowed external connections from the existing LAN via wireless sources. To Netgears credit, it does state the following in the manual:
“Can I plug it directly to my main wireless router using ethernet? No…”
After 40 minutes of stubbornly trying to get it to connect to my LAN using ethernet, I gave up and found this post: Transform the NETGEAR EX6200 into a Wi-Fi Router with DD-WRT. A few moments later it was a fully featured wireless access point with enterprise features. Thank you DD-WRT team, love your hard work.
Can you share the initial flashing file? The article is no longer available.
Hi Marc, you can usually use the “Wayback Machine” to find missing webpages –
[The original Article] https://web.archive.org/web/20150315071633/http://www.myopenrouter.com/article/56606/Transform-the-NETGEAR-EX6200-into-a-Wi-Fi-Router-with-DD-WRT/
New download link for the firmware – it is redirected from the old page, looks like they have reformatted the website.
http://www.myopenrouter.com/downloads/file/109/dd-wrt.K3_EX6200.zip
Cheers
Get the latest here:
http://www.desipro.de/ddwrt/K3-AC-Arm/
or here:
http://ddwrt-kong.clonevince.fr/
Also on his site:
http://tips.desipro.de/2014/02/12/wireless-starters-guide-for-first-time-dd-wrt-users/