Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12)

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Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream AX6000 WiFi Router
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Netgear Nighthawk AX12 (Leopard)
Model Part Number
RAX120
FCC ID
Board ID
29765589
Type
wireless router
Series
Nighthawk AX
CPU1
Qualcomm IPQ8074
CPU1 Type
ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed
2.0 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip
Winbond W29N04GZBIBA
Flash1 Size
512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br />
RAM1 Size
1 GiB 1,024 MiB <br />1,073,741,824 B <br />8,388,608 Kib <br />1,048,576 KiB <br />8,192 Mib <br />
RAM1 Chip
Nanya NT5CC256M16EP-EK x 2
ETH chip1
Qualcomm IPQ8074
ETH chip2
Aquantia AQR111
Switch
Qualcomm Atheros QCA8075
Ethernet Port Count
2-1x 1GbE + 1x 5GbE-WAN
4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard
IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab

802dot11 OUI: none specified

Stock FW OS
Linux 4.4.60 OpenWrt
Expansion IF types
USB 3.0
USB ports
2
USB Hub Compatible
Untested
Power
19 VDC, 3.16 A
Connector type
barrel
Flags:
Wi-Fi 6, WPA3, VHT80+80, HE80+80, LACP, Link Aggregation, fan, DFS (master), DFS (slave)

Additional chips
Power Management IC;Qualcomm;PMP8074;Q, PMP8074, 000-01, PE745VRC;1;

Other

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
Retail
FCC approval date 04 September 2018
(Est.) release date 07 November 2018
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $500
ASIN B07P3FGKYD Flag of the United States.svg
Country of manuf China
Radio 1
Chip1
Qualcomm QCN5024
Wireless interface OUI
none specified
Antenna Connector Type
none specified
MIMO status
4x4:4
Wireless Standard
IEEE 802.11b/g/n/ax
802.11ax
up to 1150 Mbps
802.11n
up to 600 Mbps
802.11g
up to 54 Mbps
802.11b
up to 11 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency
2.4 GHz
Radio 2
Chip1
Qualcomm QCN5054
Chip2
Qualcomm QCN5054
Wireless interface OUI
none specified
Antenna Connector Type
none specified
MIMO status
8x8:8
Wireless Standard
IEEE 802.11a/n/ac/ax
802.11ax
up to 4804 Mbps
AC-QAM
up to 3464 Mbps
802.11ac
up to 1733 Mbps
802.11n
up to 1200 Mbps
802.11a
up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency
5 GHz
 FCC ID
Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12) v2PY317300397
 CPU1 brandRadio1 chip1 brandRadio2 chip1 brand
Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12)QualcommQualcommQualcomm
Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12) v2QualcommQualcommQualcomm

For a list of all currently documented Aquantia SoC's with specifications, see Aquantia.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm.
For a list of all currently documented Qualcomm Atheros (QCA) chipsets with specifications, see Qualcomm Atheros.

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4804 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan., 1024-QAM),
1148 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan., 256-QAM) = AX6000 class

Overview

Netgear Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream AX6000 WiFi Router (RAX120-100EUS)

WAN: 1x 1GbE, LAN: 4x 1GbE + 1x 5GbE ports (1G/2.5G/5G Multi-Gig)


This device was under short-term confidentiality, but that expired 03/03/2019 ⚠.

Specifications (FCC Doc, Aquantia LAN chip, DFS certification) • >>
  • This device went by the code name Leopard during development and in FCC documents.
It is likely to be released as the Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12).

FCC documents appear to show that this device is 8x8 for channel bandwidths up to 80MHz
but it drops down to 4x4:4 operation when using VHT80+80 or HE80+80 channel bandwidths.

  • The Aquantia LAN chip's ID is not clear. It is AQR11x but the third digit is not clear.

Aquantia does not list any AQR11x parts on their website but an AQR112 has been spotted in
the Everest Networks AP1004WRi and internet searches suggest that an AQR111 could exist.

  • DFS certification was added with a Class II Product Change request on 3/15/2019.
The software/firmware version used in the tests was V1.0.0.65-DFS-20181121.
The latest firmware available on the Netgear website is 1.0.0.64 as of 3/15/2019.

Wi-Fi Certified : WFA79402 (as of 11/20/2018)

Blurb from Netgear
802.11ax Dual-Band WiFi (AX6000).
2.4GHz AX: 4x4 (Tx/Rx) 1024 QAM 20/40MHz, up to 1.2Gbps.
5GHz AX: 8x8 (Tx/Rx) 1024-QAM 20/40/80/160MHz, up to 4.8Gbps.
Backwards compatible with 802.11a/b/g/n/ac WiFi

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List of Netgear Nighthawk ProductsList of 802.11ax Hardware