Netgear R8000

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Nighthawk X6 - AC3200 Smart WiFi Router
Netgear R8000.jpg
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3rd Party Firmware
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Platform
BrandModelRev
Netgear R8000-100NAS
FCC ID
IC ID
Board ID
U12H315T20
Type
wireless router
CPU1
Broadcom BCM4709A0
CPU1 Type
ARMv7 Cortex-A9
CPU1 Speed
1.0 GHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip
Macronix MX30LF1G08AA-TI
Flash1 Size
128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (NAND)
RAM1 Size
256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br />
RAM1 Chip
Samsung K4B2G1646Q-BCK0
ETH chip1
Broadcom BCM4709A0
Switch
Broadcom BCM4709A0
Ethernet Port Count
1-1GbE-WAN
4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard
IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: E8:FC:AF (1 E, -)
Ethernet OUI: E8:FC:AF (1 E, -)

Stock bootloader
CFE
Stock FW OS
Linux
Expansion IF types
USB 3.0, USB 2.0
USB ports
2
USB Hub Compatible
Untested
Power
12 VDC, 5 A
Connector type
barrel
Serial Port (UART)
yes, 4-pin header, internal, populated, 3.3V TTL

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Other

Default SSID: NETGEARXX (35 addl. devices)
Default login user: admin
Default login password: password
admin:password credentials used by 420 additional devices
of which 301 are Netgear devices

Manuf/OEM/ODM
Foxconn U12H315 T20
3rd Party Firmware Support
DD-WRT (kongarm), FreshTomato • (List | DLs)
, OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
, Tomato (Shibby) • (List | DLs)
Retail
FCC approval date 02 June 2014
(Est.) release date 11 July 2014
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $300
Newegg N82E16833122611
ASIN B00KWHMR6G Flag of the United States.svg
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1
Broadcom BCM43602
Wireless interface OUI
E8:FC:AF
Antenna Connector Type
none specified
MIMO status
3x3:3
Wireless Standard
IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac
up to 1300 Mbps
N-QAM
up to 600 Mbps
802.11n
up to 450 Mbps
802.11a
up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency
5 GHz
Radio cor_rev
40
Radio 2
Chip1
Broadcom BCM43602
Wireless interface OUI
E8:FC:AF
Antenna Connector Type
none specified
MIMO status
3x3:3
Wireless Standard
IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac
up to 1300 Mbps
N-QAM
up to 600 Mbps
802.11n
up to 450 Mbps
802.11a
up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency
5 GHz
Radio cor_rev
40
Radio 3
Chip1
Broadcom BCM43602
Wireless interface OUI
E8:FC:AF
Antenna Connector Type
none specified
MIMO status
3x3:3
Wireless Standard
IEEE 802.11b/g/n
N-QAM
up to 600 Mbps
802.11n
up to 450 Mbps
802.11g
up to 54 Mbps
802.11b
up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency
2.4 GHz
 FCC ID
Netgear R7900PY314200264
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
Netgear R8000BroadcomBroadcomBroadcom
Netgear R8000PBroadcomBroadcomBroadcom

For a list of all currently documented Broadcom chipsets with specifications, see Broadcom.

For a list of all currently documented Netgear device with specifications, see Netgear.

• 2x 1300 Mbps - 3SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan.),
• 1x 600 Mbps - 3SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AC3200 class

Overview

This is a tri-radio device - all radios

(2x 5GHz [11an+ac], 1x 2.4GHz [11bgn]) used are BCM43602 (FullMAC)
BCM43602 is supported in the mainline Linux kernel by brcmfmac

"U12H315T20", "801726", and "GP REV 1" is silkscreened on the board.

Links of Interest

Reviews

Forum threads

News

references this EXPreview (CN) article
Announces the XStream platform (.. which seems to be BCM4709 + 3x BCM43602),
which is touted as 'Penta Core' (each 43602 radio embeds a small processor to allow
for FullMAC operation, 4709 remains the same dual-core Cortex A9 SoC it already was)
Announces the BCM43602 3x3 11ac PCIe SoC

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Supported by dd-wrt as of = r8000 build 29968 20160617

Device Forum Thread

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On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum
Support started version: 15.05
Current supported version: 23.05.2

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JTAG-Serial Info

Serial

Serial Recovery

How to Set Up a Serial Console for NETGEAR R8000

Notes

GPL Info

GPL info >> •
/*formal version control*/
#define AMBIT_HARDWARE_VERSION     "U12H315T00"
#define AMBIT_SOFTWARE_VERSION     "V1.0.2.99"
#define AMBIT_UI_VERSION           "1.1.99"
#define STRING_TBL_VERSION         "1.0.2.99_2.1.40.1"

#define AMBIT_PRODUCT_NAME          "R8000"
#define AMBIT_PRODUCT_ALIAS         "Nighthawk X6"
#define AMBIT_PRODUCT_DESCRIPTION   
"802.11ac Dual Band Gigabit Wireless Router R8000"
#define UPnP_MODEL_URL              "R8000.aspx"
#define UPnP_MODEL_DESCRIPTION      "802.11ac"

#define AMBIT_NVRAM_VERSION  "1" /* digital only */

/****************************************************************************
 * Board-specific defintions
 *
 ****************************************************************************/

/* Interface definitions */
#define WAN_IF_NAME_NUM             "eth0"
#define LAN_IF_NAME_NUM             "vlan1"
#define WLAN_IF_NAME_NUM            "eth1"
#define WLAN_N_IF_NAME_NUM          "eth2"
#if defined(R8000)
#define WLAN_5G_2_IF_NAME_NUM          "eth3"
#endif
#define WDS_IF_NAME_NUM             "wds0.1"    /* WDS interface */

/* Foxconn add start by aspen Bai, 11/13/2008 */
#ifdef MULTIPLE_SSID
#define WLAN_BSS1_NAME_NUM          "wl0.1"     /* Multiple BSSID #2 */
#define WLAN_BSS2_NAME_NUM          "wl0.2"     /* Multiple BSSID #3 */
#define WLAN_BSS3_NAME_NUM          "wl0.3"     /* Multiple BSSID #4 */

/* Foxconn add start, Tony W.Y. Wang, 03/22/2010 @For 5G*/
#define WLAN_5G_BSS1_NAME_NUM       "wl1.1"     /* Multiple BSSID #2 */
#define WLAN_5G_BSS2_NAME_NUM       "wl1.2"     /* Multiple BSSID #3 */
#define WLAN_5G_BSS3_NAME_NUM       "wl1.3"     /* Multiple BSSID #4 */

/* Foxconn add end, Tony W.Y. Wang, 03/22/2010 @For 5G*/
#define WLAN_5G_2_BSS1_NAME_NUM       "wl2.1"     /* Multiple BSSID #2 */
#define WLAN_5G_2_BSS2_NAME_NUM       "wl2.2"     /* Multiple BSSID #3 */
#define WLAN_5G_2_BSS3_NAME_NUM       "wl2.3"     /* Multiple BSSID #4 */
#endif /* MULTIPLE_SSID */
/* Foxconn add end by aspen Bai, 11/13/2008 */

/* GPIO definitions */
/* Foxconn modified start, Wins, 04/11/2011 */

#define GPIO_POWER_LED_GREEN        2
#define GPIO_POWER_LED_GREEN_STR    "2"
#define GPIO_POWER_LED_AMBER        3
#define GPIO_POWER_LED_AMBER_STR    "3"

#define GPIO_LOGO_LED_1             1
#define GPIO_LOGO_LED_1_STR         "1"
#define GPIO_LOGO_LED_2             9
#define GPIO_LOGO_LED_2_STR         "9"

#define GPIO_WAN_LED                8
#define GPIO_WAN_LED_2              9

#define GPIO_WIFI_2G_LED            13
#define GPIO_WIFI_5G_LED            12
#define GPIO_WIFI_5G_2_LED          16
#define GPIO_WIFI_SUMMARY_LED       14   // from 15 to 14 by ken
 
#define GPIO_LED_SWITCH             19

#define LANG_TBL_MTD_RD             "/dev/mtdblock"
#define LANG_TBL_MTD_WR             "/dev/mtd"

#define ML_MTD_RD                   "/dev/mtdblock"
#define ML_MTD_WR                   "/dev/mtd"
/* MTD definitions */
#define ML1_MTD_RD                  "/dev/mtdblock9"
#define ML1_MTD_WR                  "/dev/mtd9"
#define ML2_MTD_RD                  "/dev/mtdblock10"
#define ML2_MTD_WR                  "/dev/mtd10"