Netgear RAX80 (Nighthawk AX8)

Netgear RAX80 (Jaguar)
Nighthawk AX8
Availability: now

Manuf (OEM/ODM): Foxconn U12H376

FCC approval date: 21 August 2018
(Est.) release date: 07 November 2018
(Est.) initial retail price (in USD): $400
Country of manuf.: Vietnam
Series: AX6000

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ASIN
B01MQDZXA4 (, On Amazon, On CCC)

Type: wireless router

FCC ID: PY318200414
IC ID: 4054A-18200414
PCB ID: U12H376

Power: 19 VDC, 3.16 A
Connector type: barrel

CPU1: Broadcom BCM4908 (1.8 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 W29N04GVSIAA)
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 /> (Winbond W634GU6MB-12 × 2)

Expansion IFs: USB 3.1 (Gen 1)
USB ports: 2

WI1 chip1: Broadcom BCM43684
WI1 802dot11 protocols: an+ac+ax
WI1 MIMO config: 4x4:4
WI1 antenna connector: none
WI2 chip1: Broadcom BCM43684
WI2 802dot11 protocols: bgn+ax
WI2 MIMO config: 4x4:4
WI2 antenna connector: none

ETH chip1: Broadcom BCM4908
ETH chip2: Broadcom BCM54612E
Switch: Broadcom BCM4908
LAN speed: 1G
LAN ports: 5
WAN speed: 1G
WAN ports: 1

abgn+ac+ax

Additional chips
2.4GHz High-Power WLAN Front-End Module;Skyworks;SKY85331-11;;4;
5GHz High-Power WLAN Front-End Module;Skyworks;SKY85743-21;;4;

Stock FW OS: Linux 4.1 aarch64

Flags: Wi-Fi 6, 1024QAM, VHT160, HE160, Link Aggregation, LACP, MU-MIMO, DFS (master/slave), fan

Default login user: admin
Default login password: password
admin:password credentials used by 421 additional devices
of which 302 are Netgear devices

802dot11 OUI: 14:59:C0 (1 E, 1 W)
Ethernet OUI: 14:59:C0 (1 E, 1 W)

	FCC ID
Netgear RAX75 (Nighthawk AX8)	PY318200414

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

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• 1150 Mbps - 4SS 2.4GHz 802.11ax (40MHz chan.)

• 4800 Mbps - 4SS 5GHz 802.11ax (160MHz chan.) = AX6000 class

Nighthawk AX8 Smart WiFi Router

Product page  • Support page

This router was initially referred to as the Nighthawk X12 in FCC documents

but it has been released as the Netgear Nighthawk AX8 (RAX80).

Software/Firmware Version is listed as "Linux 4.1 (aarch64) 17.10.25.3"

in the Test Report (DFS)_rev 3 FCC document.

• Web GUI: http://www.routerlogin.net

Reviews

• First Peek At Wi-Fi 6: ASUS RT-AX88U & Netgear RAX80 on SNB
• 802.11ax/Wi-Fi 6 Netgear Nighthawk AX8 RAX80 on TechBang (CN)

SoC: Broadcom BCM4908 ARM 64-bit (Cortex-B35) @1.8GHz

RAM: 2x Samsung K4B4G1646E-BYMA (1GB DDR3-1866)

Flash: Winbond W29N04GVSIAA (4Gb NAND MLC)

WLAN: Broadcom BCM43684 (2x 2.4/5GHz)

FEM: Skyworks SKY85331-11 (4x 2.4GHz)

Skyworks SKY85743-21 (4x 5GHz)

LAN: Broadcom BCM54612E (GbE PHY)

OEM: Foxconn U12H376

Forum threads

• Netgear Jaguar (Nighthawk X12) AX6000 Router on SNB forums

News

• Netgear Announces Nighthawk RAX80 and RAX120 on AnandTech
• 802.11ax Max Wi-Fi Access Point SoC on Broadcom
• Netgear Jaguar (Nighthawk X12) on 24wireless.info
• List of 802.11ax Routers on 24wireless.info

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)