Netgear R8300

abgn+ac (AC5000)
Nighthawk X8 AC5000 Smart WiFi Router
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Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear R8300 100NAS
FCC ID	PY315200309
IC ID	4054A-15200309
Type	wireless router
Series	Nighthawk X8
CPU1	Broadcom BCM47094
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A9
CPU1 Speed	1.4 GHz ( 2 cores )
Flash1 Chip	Spansion S34ML01G200TFI00
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 />
RAM1 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 Chip	Samsung K4B4G1646E-BYK0
ETH chip1	Broadcom BCM47094
Switch	Broadcom BCM53125S
Ethernet Port Count	1-1GbE-WAN 4-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	CFE
Stock FW OS	Linux
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0
USB ports	1
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	19 VDC, 3.16 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 4-pin header, J4
Flags: MU-MIMO, LACP, DFS
Additional chips 2.4GHz RF Power Amplifier Module;Skyworks;SE2623L;;4; 5GHz RF Power Amplifier Module;RFMD;RFPA5542;;8; 3-lane, 3-port PCIe Gen2 Switch;PLX Technology;PEX8603;;1;
Other
Default SSID: NETGEARXX (37 addl. devices) Default login user: admin Default login password: password admin:password credentials used by 425 additional devices of which 306 are Netgear devices
Retail
FCC approval date	26 May 2015
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$300
ASIN	B01NA7F6Y9
Country of manuf	China
Radio 1
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4366
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	4x4:4
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
Radio cor_rev	40
Radio 2
Chip1	Broadcom BCM4366
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 2165 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 BCM4366
Wireless interface OUI	none specified
Antenna Connector Type	U.FL
MIMO status	4x4:4
Wireless Standard	IEEE 802.11a/n/ac
802.11ac	up to 2165 Mbps
N-QAM	up to 600 Mbps
802.11n	up to 450 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
FCC ID Netgear R8500 PY315200309

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 2167Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ac (80MHz chan., acqam),

• 1x 600Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11n (40MHz chan.) = AC5000 class

Overview

802.11ac Tri-Band Quad Stream Gigabit

While not really represented well in the infobox, this is a tri-radio device - all radios

(2x 5GHz [11an+ac], 1x 2.4GHz [11bgn]) used are BCM4366 (FullMAC)

This is an artificially limited Costco exclusive model.

In this case, the R8300 is a R8500 with acqam (1024QAM) and nqam (256QAM)

disabled on the four stream 2.4GHz 802.11n radio limiting its maximum theoretical

speed to 600Mbps instead of 1000Mbps. Also, the USB 2.0 port was removed for R8300.

This device was under short-term confidentiality, but that expired 11/21/2015 ⚠.

See also: Netgear R8500

Product features

• Get fastest speeds available up to 5.0 Gbps
• Tri-band Wi-Fi delivers more Wi-Fi to more devices
• Quad Stream delivers up to four data streams per Wi-Fi band
• 4 active and 4 internal antennas to amplify and maximize range
• 6 Gigabit Ethernet ports, aggregate two for fast file transfers
• Smart Connect intelligently selects Wi-Fi band for every device
• MU-MIMO for simultaneous streaming of data to multiple devices
• Dynamic QoS prioritizes bandwidth by application and device

Specifications

• CPU: Broadcom BCM47094 @1.4 GHz (DualCore ARM Cortex A9)
• Memory: 128 MB Flash (NAND) and 512 MB RAM (DDR3)
• WLAN: 2x 4T4R AC BCM4366 + 1x 4T4R N BCM4366
• DualBand, acqam 5 GHz (2x 2165Mbps), 2.4 GHz (600Mbps)
• Seven (7x GbE) 10/100/1000 Mbps ports: 1x WAN & 6x LAN

LACP: Dual Gigabit Ethernet Port Aggregation (LAN1+LAN2)

• USB: 1x USB 3.0 port
• Dimension:: 316 mm x 264 mm x 61 mm (WxHxD)
• Weight: 1680 g

See also

• List of Costco Exclusive Wireless Devices
• List of Tri-Band Wireless Devices