Netgear RAX120 (Nighthawk AX12)

Netgear RAX120 (Leopard)
Nighthawk AX12
Availability: now

Manuf (OEM/ODM): Delta Networks

FCC approval date: 04 September 2018
(Est.) release date: 07 November 2018
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $500
Country of manuf.: China
Series: AX6000

Amazon image

ASIN
B07P3FGKYD (, On Amazon, On CCC)

Type: wireless router

FCC ID: PY317300397
PCB ID: 29765589

Power: 19 VDC, 3.16 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Qualcomm IPQ8074 (2.0 GHz, 4 cores)
FLA1: 512 MiB536,870,912 B <br />4,194,304 Kib <br />524,288 KiB <br />4,096 Mib <br />0.5 GiB <br /> (Winbond W29N04GZBIBA)
RAM1: 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 /> (Nanya NT5CC256M16EP-EK × 2)

Expansion IFs: USB 3.0
USB ports: 2
Serial: yes, 4-pin header, J9003

WI1 chip1: Qualcomm QCN5054
WI1 chip2: Qualcomm QCN5054
WI1 802dot11 protocols: an+ac+ax
WI1 MIMO config: 8x8:8
WI1 antenna connector: none
WI2 chip1: Qualcomm QCN5024
WI2 802dot11 protocols: bgn+ax
WI2 MIMO config: 4x4:4
WI2 antenna connector: none

ETH chip1: Qualcomm IPQ8074
ETH chip2: Aquantia AQR111
Switch: Qualcomm IPQ8074
LAN speed: 1GbE
LAN ports: 5
WAN speed: 5GbE
WAN ports: 1

abgn+ac+ax

Additional chips
Power Management IC;Qualcomm;PMP8074;Q, PMP8074, 000-01, PE745VRC;1;

Stock FW OS: Linux 4.4.60 OpenWrt

Flags: Wi-Fi 6, WPA3, VHT80+80, HE80+80, LACP, Link Aggregation, fan, DFS (master), DFS (slave)

Default login user: admin
Default login password: password
admin:password credentials used by 423 additional devices
of which 304 are Netgear devices

802dot11 OUI: none specified

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

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• 1148 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan.)

• 4804 Mbps - 8SS 5GHz 802.11ax (80MHz chan.) = AX6000 class

Nighthawk AX12 12-Stream AX6000 WiFi Router

Product page • Support page

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)

Expand • 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)

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

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)

Images

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  Backplate of PCB

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  Heatsink and fan

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  PCB with removed heatsink

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  Debug header

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  Aquantia LAN chip

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  Delta EFB0505LA fan