Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12) v2

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abgn+ac+ax (AX6000)
wireless router
Support	Support page
Wikipedia	Netgear
WikiDevi.wi-cat.ru	Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12)
3rd Party Firmware
dd-wrt	Status Unknown
OpenWrt	Supported
Tomato any flavor	Incompatible
Gargoyle	Status Unknown
Platform
Brand • Model • Rev	Netgear Nighthawk AX12 v2
Model Part Number	RAX120
FCC ID	PY317300397
Type	wireless router
CPU1 Y	Qualcomm IPQ8074A
CPU1 Type	ARM Cortex-A53
CPU1 Speed	2.2 GHz ( 4 cores ) 64-bit
Flash1 Chip	Winbond W29N04GZBIBA
Flash1 Size	512 MiB 536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (SPI NAND)
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 /> (DDR3)
RAM1 Chip	Nanya NT5CC256M16EP-EK x 2
ETH chip1	Qualcomm IPQ8074A
ETH chip2	Qualcomm Atheros QCA8075
ETH chip3	Aquantia AQR111B0
Switch	Qualcomm IPQ8074A
Ethernet Port Count	1-5GbE x 1-1GbE-WAN 5-1GbE-LAN
Wired Standard	IEEE 802.3i/3u/3ab/3bz
802.1q vlan	Yes
802dot11 OUI: none specified
Stock bootloader	U-Boot
Expansion IF types	USB 3.0
USB ports	2
USB Hub Compatible	Untested
Power	19 VDC, 3.1 A
Connector type	barrel
Serial Port (UART)	yes, 3.3V TTL, (115200 8N1)
Other
3rd Party Firmware Support	OpenWrt • (List | Dev | DLs)
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 1148 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 600 Mbps
802.11a	up to 54 Mbps
WiFi Operating Frequency	5 GHz
FCC ID Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12) PY317300397
CPU1 brand Radio1 chip1 brand Radio2 chip1 brand Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12) Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12) v2 Qualcomm Qualcomm Qualcomm

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.

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

• 4804 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan., 1024-QAM),

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

Flashing

Flashing OpenWrt

On the OpenWrt ToH (techdata entry)
On the OpenWrt Wiki
On the OpenWrt Forum

Target: qualcommax
Subtarget: ipq807x
Package architecture: aarch64_cortex-a53
Supported Since Commit
Support started version: 24.10.0
Current supported version: 24.10.5

LAN Hardware: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8075
LAN Comment: Aquantia AQR111B0 5Gbe Phy
WLAN Hardware: Qualcomm QCN5024, 2x Qualcomm QCN5054
WLAN Comment: 4x4:4 MU-MIMO on both bands
Installation method(s):
see git-commit
Install Comment:
Flash *-squashfs-web-ui-factory.img from stock UI, then from OpenWrt flash the *-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin using LuCI or the command line.
Recovery method(s):
see git-commit
Comment:
v2 does not say "RAX120 v2" on label, but has FCC info on right of sticker that v1 does not have

git • >>

ipq807x: add support for Netgear RAX120v2 Netgear Nighthawk RAX120v2 AX WIFI router with 5 1G and 1 5G ports. The majority of the code is based on @jewwest's PR #11830. Specifications: * CPU: Qualcomm IPQ8074 Quad core Cortex-A53 2.2GHz * RAM: 1024MB of DDR3 (Nanya NT5CC256M16EP-EK × 2) * Flash: SPI-NAND 512 MiB (Winbond W29N04GZBIBA) * Ethernet: 4x 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN, 1x 10/100/1000 Mbps WAN (Qualcomm QCA8075), 1x 10/100/1000/2500/5000 Mbps LAN/WAN (Aquantia AQR111B0 PHY) * Wi-Fi: * 2.4 GHz: Qualcomm QCN5024 4x4 * 2x 5 GHz: Qualcomm QCN5054 4x4 * USB: 2x USB 3.0 * LEDs: Power, 2.4GHz & 5GHz Radio, WPS, WAN, USB1 & USB2, 5G LAN * Keys: LEDs On/Off, Power, Reset, RFKILL, WPS * UART: Marked J9003 VCC TX RX GND, beginning from "1". 3.3v, 115200n8 * Power: 19 VDC, 3.1 A Installation: * Flashing OpenWrt is done in two steps: a) Flash *-squashfs-web-ui-factory.img from stock UI (thanks to @wangyu-). This writes an initramfs based OpenWrt image onto the RAX120v2 b) From OpenWrt flash the *-squashfs-sysupgrade.bin using LuCI or the commandline * U-Boot allows booting an initramfs image via TFTP: - Set ip of your PC to 192.168.1.100 - At the serial console interrupt boot at "Hit any key to stop autoboot:" - In u-boot run `tftpsrv` - On your PC send the OpenWrt initramfs image: tftp 192.168.1.1 -m binary -c put openwrt-ipq807x-generic-netgear_rax120v2-initramfs-uImage.itb Make 5G Aquantia phy work: For the 5G port labeled 'lan5' to work a firmware is needed. This can be loaded in u-boot by writing the firmware to the correct mtd partition. The firmware file found in the Netgear stock firmware under /lib/firmware/ named 'AQR-G3_v4.3.C-AQR_DNI_DR-EQ35AX8-R-prov1_ID23888_VER1311.cld' is needed and has to be converted to a MBN file. The `mkheader.py` script used here can be found in the Netgear V1.2.8.40 GPL source, under 'git_home/u-boot.git/tools/mkheader.py' Convert the CLD file to MBN using: $ python2 mkheader.py 0x44000000 0x13 <*.cld file> aqr_4.3.C.mbn This MBN file can then be flashed to the MTD partition to be used by u-boot. The necessary files can also be found in https://github.com/boretom/openwrt-fork/tree/rax120v2/aquantia-firmware * Write MBN file to MTD partition to be loaded automatically by u-boot: U-boot automatically tries to load the firmware from nand at address 0x7e00000 which corresponds to `/dev/mtd25` in OpenWrt. - find ETHPHYFW partition while running OpenWrt (expected: /dev/mtd25) $ fgrep -i 'ethphyfw' /proc/mtd mtd25: 00080000 00020000 "ethphyfw - copy mbn file to /tmp/ folder of the router $ scp aqr-v4.3.C.mbn 192.168.1.1:/tmp/ - write mbn file to ethphyfw partition $ mtd write /tmp/aqr_v4.3.C.mbn /dev/mtd25 Revert to stock firmware: * Flash the stock firmware to the bootloader using TFTP/NMRP. References to RAX120v2 GPL source: https://www.downloads.netgear.com/files/GPL/RAX120-V1.2.8.40_gpl_src.zip