Netgear R8300

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Nighthawk X8 AC5000 Smart WiFi Router
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Platform
BrandModelRev Netgear R8300 100NAS
FCC ID PY315200309
IC ID 4054A-15200309
Type wireless router
Series Nighthawk X8
CPU1 checkY 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

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Other

Default SSID: NETGEARXX (37 addl. devices)
Default login user: admin
Default login password: password
admin:password credentials used by 427 additional devices
of which 307 are Netgear devices

Retail
FCC approval date 26 May 2015
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $300
ASIN B01NA7F6Y9 Flag of the United States.svg
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 R8500PY315200309

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

For a list of all currently documented Netgear devices 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