Netgear R7500
Netgear R7500 -100NAS v1
(Nighthawk X4)
Availability: now
Manuf (OEM/ODM): Delta Networks
FCC approval date: 10 June 2014
(Est.) release date: 03 September 2014
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $280
UPC: 606449104110 (UPC DB, On eBay)
Country of manuf.: China
Series: AC2350
Type: wireless router
FCC ID: PY314100258, PY314300288
IC ID: 4054A-14100258
PCB ID: 2976484100
Power: 12 VDC, 3.5 A
Connector type: barrel
CPU1: Qualcomm IPQ8064 (1.4 GHz, 2 cores)
CPU2: Quantenna QT3840BC
FLA1: 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (Micron MT29F1G08ABBEAH4:E)
FLA2: 16 MiB16,777,216 B <br />131,072 Kib <br />16,384 KiB <br />128 Mib <br />0.0156 GiB <br /> (Brand? SPI)
RAM1: 256 MiB268,435,456 B <br />2,097,152 Kib <br />262,144 KiB <br />2,048 Mib <br />0.25 GiB <br /> (Winbond W631GU6KB-15 × 2)
RAM2: 128 MiB134,217,728 B <br />1,048,576 Kib <br />131,072 KiB <br />1,024 Mib <br />0.125 GiB <br /> (Winbond W631GG6KB-12)
Expansion IFs: USB 3.0, eSATA
USB ports: 2
SATA ports: 1
Serial: yes, internal, 4-pin header, populated, 3.3V TTL
WI1 chip1: Quantenna QT3840BC
WI1 chip2: Quantenna QT2518B
WI1 802dot11 protocols: an+ac
WI1 MIMO config: 4x4:4
WI1 antenna connector: RP-SMA
WI2 chip1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9880
WI2 802dot11 protocols: bgn
WI2 MIMO config: 3x3:3
WI2 antenna connector: RP-SMA
ETH chip1: Qualcomm IPQ8064
Switch: Qualcomm Atheros QCA8337
LAN speed: 1G
LAN ports: 4
WAN speed: 1G
WAN ports: 1
abgn+ac
Stock FW OS: Linux
TPFirmware supported: Voxel
Flags: DFS
Default SSID: NETGEARXX (35 addl. devices)
Default login user: admin
Default login password: password
admin:password credentials used by 423 additional devices
of which 304 are Netgear devices
CPU1 brand | WI1 chip1 brand | WI2 chip1 brand | |
---|---|---|---|
Netgear R7500 | Qualcomm | Quantenna | Qualcomm Atheros |
Netgear R7500v2 | Qualcomm | Qualcomm Atheros | Qualcomm Atheros |
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 Quantenna chipsets with specifications, see Quantenna.
- • 1733 Mbps - 4-stream 802.11ac device (433Mbps per stream),
- • 600 Mbps - max. PHY rate for the 40MHz wide 2.4GHz channel = 2350 Mbps class
Nighthawk X4 - AC2350 Smart Wi-Fi Router
"2976484100" appears to be silkscreened on the board.
Note: There are currently multiple FCC IDs which purport to
- be for the R7500: PY314100258 and PY314300288.
Per the FCC photos..
- The NAND flash is marked w/ 4EE17 NW360 (FBGA code NW360):
Hardware
According to these slides (referenced at the SmallNetBuilder link below),
- this device is using a dual-core processor running at 1.4 GHz.
This would indicate that it is not using Broadcom's BCM4709,
- but more likely a Qualcomm Atheros IPQ8064
- (w/ a noted max. clock of 1.4 GHz, per Anandtech)
- ... or perhaps a Marvell Armada XP/375/385.
News
- Netgear Readies 4 Radio Router on DailyWireless
- Netgear AC2350 Router On The Way on SmallNetBuilder
- World premiere, Netgear Netgear R7500 AC2350 wireless router
detailed evaluation of the box, comes teardown map on KoolShare
Forum threads
- How to open R7500 and connect the serial header to a Linux computer
- Mediatrek's thread (NETGEAR R7500 Nighthawk X4 AC2350 Router)
on the SmallNetBuilder forums
Reviews
- Tim Higgins review on SmallNetBuilder
- Review on FoxNetwork
- Review on iXBT.com (RU)
- Review on OpenITForum (PL)
- Andrew Van Til's review on Missing Remote