Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12)

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abgn+ac+ax (AX60002R)
Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream AX6000 WiFi Router
Homepage	Product page
Wikipedia	Netgear
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Status Unknown
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear Nighthawk AX12 (Leopard)
Model Part Number	RAX120
FCC ID	PY317300397
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 425 additional devices of which 306 are Netgear devices
Manuf/OEM/ODM	Delta Networks
Retail
FCC approval date	04 September 2018
(Est.) release date	07 November 2018
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD):	$500
ASIN	B07P3FGKYD
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) v2 PY317300397
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12) Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12) v2 Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm

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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.

• Web GUI: http://www.routerlogin.net

• 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

Links of Interest

Forum threads

• Netgear Leopard (Nighthawk X16?) AX11000 Router on SNB forums
• Netgear Nighthawk AX12 Router Outed by Qatar ISP on SNB forums

News

• Netgear Announces Nighthawk RAX80 and RAX120 on AnandTech
• Ooredoo to launch advanced fibre technology in Lusail on Gulf Times
• Netgear Boosts Wi-Fi with new Nighthawk AX12 Router on Forbes
• List of 802.11ax Routers on 24wireless.info (Orbi Mesh)
• https://fccid.io/PY317300397

Pictures

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  Backplate of PCB

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  Heatsink and Fan

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  Fan

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  Debug Header

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  Aquantia LAN Chip

See also

List of Netgear Nighthawk Products • List of 802.11ax Hardware

• Netgear RAX40 (Nighthawk AX4) - AX3000 • Nighthawk (RAX40)
• Netgear RAX80 (Nighthawk AX8) - AX6000 • Jaguar AX8 (RAX80)
• Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12) - AX6000 • Leopard (RAX120)
• Netgear RAX200 (Nighthawk Tri-Band AX12) - AX11000 (RAX200)